Aero Dili

The country of Timor-Leste, which Pope Francis visited recently, has only one airline. It is called Aero Dili, and was founded in July 2017, and started operations in August 2018. The only plane available is an Airbus A320 and has a fleet-age or life-span of 17 years. I believe the plane transported Pope Francis from Timor-Leste to Singapore, as is the custom of the local airline transporting the Pontiff to his next destination. On the plane there is a prayer written on a cardboard which adapts itself to all religions, Islam, Catholic, Protestant, Hinduism, Buddhism and Confucianism. This is the Catholic prayer: ‘In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, Amen. We ask you Lord, to give us a good journey,  and good weather. Give us the guidance of the your holy angels, including the crew on this plane, so that they can lead us safely to our destination. We pray also that our families, whom we left behind us, may be consoled with peace, until we make contact with them very soon. Blessed be your name, forever and ever. Amen.’ Timor-Leste is predominantly Roman Catholic, some even say 100%.