New mysterious airline in Zimbabwe now flies 3 Airbus A340 aircraft
A previously unknown airline, FlyX Aero, has quietly begun operations with a fleet that includes three Airbus A340-300 registered Z-FLA (ex 9H-TQZ) , Z-FLB and Z-FLE . Until recently, the aircraft had drawn little attention — but an unusual series of flights in November has raised new questions about the carrier’s purpose and operations.
Last update: February 20,2026
According to publicly available flight-tracking data, Z-FLA flew in the first week of October between Istanbul and Izmir, operating what appeared to be test flights. That pattern changed on 15 November, when the aircraft departed Istanbul for Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. The following day it repositioned to Fujairah, before returning to Sharjah on 19 November.
On 20 November, the A340 left Sharjah for Juba, the capital of South Sudan. After an on-ground stop of roughly 2.5 hours, it departed again under the callsign FXZ78P. The aircraft landed at Nairobi International airport. On November 22 the aircraft left to Sharjah.
Notably, the flight from Sharjah to Juba did not carry the usual “P” suffix, which typically designates a positioning or ferry flight. Instead, the absence of the suffix suggests the sector may have been commercial in nature — potentially a specialist charter or cargo movement. Adding to the mystery, the flight did not appear on Sharjah Airport’s public arrivals or departures board, indicating it may have been handled off-schedule or under special arrangements.
At November 25, the aircraft again flew from Sharjah to Juba as FXZ77. After 2,5 hours the aircraft departed to Nairobi as FXZ78. After around 10 hours on the ground the aircraft returned to Sharjah as FXZ12. For the three flights no P suffix for positioning were used.
FlyX Aero itself remains largely opaque. The airline has website under construction, no published schedule, or public corporate information. Yet aircraft-registry data on the enthusiast platform Planespotters indicates the company is expected to operate up to four Airbus A340-300s, an unusually large and long-range fleet for a start-up carrier of unknown purpose.
As Z-FLA continues to surface in unexpected locations, analysts and aviation observers are watching closely to determine whether FlyX Aero intends to launch regular commercial services, operate ad-hoc charters, or serve more specialized logistics markets in Africa and the Middle East.
Z-FLA has been parked at Dubai DWC since December 14 for maintenance. It later flew to Izmir and on February 16 it flew to Cairo and then to Antalya.
On January 24 sistership A340-300 Z-FLB flew from Beja in Portugal to Izmir in Turkey. Likely this was a delivery flight. The aircraft was previously operated by HiFly Malta, which has its base in Beja. The aircraft flew to Antalya at February 6.
The third A340 in the fleet is Z-FLE. This aircraft was flown from Johannesburg to Antalya but diverted to Harare. It is ex N4459N owned by Gaynor Fly on 01-Dec-25 and sold to FlyX Aero as Z-FLE two days later. At February 25 the aircraft flew from Harare to Antalya where it joined the other two A340 aircraft.
The fact that all three A340s are planned to be parked at Antalya is interesting. There is no public information why these aircraft are here. All three aircraft did not fly since arrival at Antalya.
