South Africa's Zondo Judicial Commission of Inquiry's findings of corruption between 2016 and 2020 at South African Airways (SA, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo), its maintenance subsidiary South African Airways Technical (SAAT), and ground handler Swissport have led to the first foreign prosecution related to the bribery schemes. Julian Aires, president of JM International, a US-based aircraft [...]
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US oil & gas giant ConocoPhillips says it has begun offering an air shuttle service to its employees in the country's lower 48 states using an E145, N284CP (msn 14501178). ConocoPhillips Aviation is basing the aircraft at the ConocoPhillips Global Aviation hangar at Houston Intercontinental for service to Midland International, Carlsbad, NM, Bartlesville, and Williston [...]
N-Jet has retired its last Cessna Citation Encore+ and both of its Dassault 900EX EASy aircraft, ch-aviation research has revealed. The last of two Encore+, once operated by N-Jet, N562CL (msn 560-0768), and both Falcon 900EX EASy, N590CL (msn 132) and N592CL (msn 152), were transferred to new operator ICMC LLLP in late May and [...]
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has tentatively determined that Gridiron Air (RZN, Fort Worth Alliance) is fit, willing, and able to conduct interstate and foreign charter flights carrying passengers and cargo as a US-certificated air carrier using B777-200ERs. Gridiron Air currently operates charters for NFL team the Arizona Cardinals under its Part 125 certificate, [...]
The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has confirmed the grounding of Arik Air (W3, Lagos) aircraft based on a Federal Supreme Court order regarding a USD2.5 million debt the airline owes to Atlas Petroleum International, the country's largest privately owned petroleum exploration and production company. "Based on the order of court over debt issues, their [...]
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Nigerian Aviation Minister Festus Keyamo has warned that the country could retaliate against British Airways (BA, London Heathrow) if its request for traffic rights to Heathrow is denied, the New Telegraph newspaper reported. The government has asked the United Kingdom to allow Nigerian airlines, particularly Air Peace (P4, Lagos), to operate to the British hub, [...]
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TUI fly (Belgium) (TB, Brussels National) has grounded its fleet of E195-E2s due to a shortage of spare parts at Antwerp. The TUI Group carrier has been forced to divert all flights to and from Antwerp to Brussels National given that Antwerp’s runway is too short to handle the airline’s B737NG fleet, a spokesperson confirmed [...]