South Africa's FlySafair still awaits news on sanction
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Türkiye's ULS Airlines to launch A330 ops in early 2Q25
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Pakistani gov't to launch new PIA privatisation campaign
The Pakistani government is proceeding with plans to privatise PIA - Pakistan International Airlines (PK, Islamabad International) and will launch a fresh expression-of-interest campaign by the end of April, a government adviser on privatisation told Reuters. At the same time, the government has conceded that it will not have privatised the airline by the July [...]
US-Bangla Airlines wet leases BBN Airlines Indonesia B737s
US-Bangla Airlines (BS, Dhaka) has wet leased two B737-800s from BBN Airlines Indonesia (0B, Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta). The first, PK-BBH (msn 36121), ferried to Dhaka on March 31, 2025, and commenced operating for US-Bangla the following day. The second B737, PK BBG (msn 39390) is due to ferry to Bangladesh in early May. Both aircraft are [...]
Hawaii's Transair to resume ops by late 4Q25
Transair (Hawaii) (RDS, Honolulu) has announced it aims to resume inter-island air cargo service in Hawaii by late 2025, pending regulatory approvals. In a statement on April 9, Rhoades Aviation Inc. (RAI) trading as Transair, said an administrative law judge of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) had ruled in favour of RAI and dismissed [...]
Lao Airlines begins C909 ops
Lao Airlines (QV, Vientiane) has become the second non-Chinese operator to put the C909 into service. RDPL-34229 (msn 10156) entered into scheduled operations on April 12 on the Vientiane-Pakse route. To date, the only other non-Chinese operator of COMAC aircraft is TransNusa (8B, Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta). "We’re excited to introduce the newest member of the Lao [...]
Southwest Airlines to retrofit whole fleet in 2025
Southwest Airlines (WN, Dallas Love Field) will begin retrofitting the interiors of its entire fleet on May 1, installing premium seating and changing to an assigned seating boarding procedure. In an interview with Aviation Week, Landon Nitschke, senior vice president of technical operations, says the airline must retrofit over 800 aircraft by December 31 to [...]
US government seeks dismissal of Silver Airways’ Chapter 11
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South Africa's FedAir halts lodge flights over compliances
Federal Airlines (South Africa) (7V, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) has paused flights to some private game lodges in South Africa pending their compliance with new civil aviation regulations that require all aerodromes and heliports involved in commercial air transport to be certified or licensed. Contained in the 31st Amendment to the Civil Aviation Act, Regulation 139 [...]
TUI fly (Netherlands) to operate group's 2025 Irish flights
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