The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the sale of assets belonging to Arik Air (W3, Lagos) (in receivership), including aircraft and hangars, resulting from the airline's substantial debt to Nigerian fuel giant Atlas Petroleum International Limited, Nigeria's Independent and Post Times newspapers reported. Specifically, the court has mandated the sale of the following [...]
TGF - Tanzania Government Flight (Dar es Salaam) has purchased a used DHC-8-Q400 from De Havilland Aircraft of Canada (DHC, Toronto Downsview), the Canadian manufacturer announced at the 2024 Farnborough International Air Show on July 22. This followed an official announcement of De Havilland Canada’s OEM Certified Refurbishment Programme at the air show earlier on [...]
Neves LLC has acquired its first Challenger 604, N604TS (msn 5412), from Shatkin Air, ch-aviation research has revealed. The 25.3-year-old large jet was registered to the new owner on June 7, 2024. It entered into service on June 24, flying from Louisville International to Sarasota/Bradenton and then back to the new operator's headquarters at Elizabethtown. [...]
NetJets Aviation (EJA, Columbus John Glenn, OH) has announced wide-ranging plans to expand its exclusive-use Fixed Base Operator (FBO) network at key locations across the United States. The first new facility to open will be at Scottsdale, Arizona, to be operated in partnership with Jet Aviation due later this summer. The business aviation company plans [...]
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Abra Group has notified Spain’s securities regulator (Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia - CNMC) of its proposed acquisition of charter specialist Wamos Air (EB, Madrid Barajas), starting the clock on the first phase of an inquiry the government agency is making into the operation. The CNMC said on its website that it [...]
Rano Air (R4, Kano) continues to operate domestic services with three of its five in-house E145s, ADS-B data confirms, dispelling Nigerian media reports that its operations have dwindled to one aircraft. Nigeria's Business Hallmark news site reported last week that Rano Air had scaled down to one aircraft, claiming that a leasing company had reclaimed [...]
One Air (HC, London Stansted) - the United Kingdom's sole operator of B747 freighters - is lobbying the new labour administration in Westminster to establish a bilateral agreement with the European Union to ease post-Brexit bottlenecks. These include difficulties hiring pilots and engineers and accessing maintenance facilities due to the UK's exit from the EU [...]
Drukair (KB, Paro) has signed a Letter of Intent with Airbus (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac) for three A320-200Ns and two A321-200NY(XLR)s to expand its international network. A statement issued during the 2024 Farnborough Air Show said deliveries are planned to begin only in 2030. The state-owned Bhutanese flag carrier will deploy them out of the country's [...]