Russia's S7 Airlines adds three A321s
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Ariana Afghan Airlines adds wet-leased A340
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Uzbekistan Airways wet-leases two A330s
Uzbekistan Airways (HY, Tashkent International) has wet-leased two A330-200s from local carrier Qanot Sharq (HH, Tashkent International) for one year, meaning the latter has reverted to narrowbody-only in-house operations. UK-33020 (msn 1237) entered into service for the flag carrier on May 20, operating the Tashkent International-Istanbul Airport-Tashkent rotation. It is configured for up to 265 [...]
Global aviation-linked consortium joins race for PIA sale
An international consortium including global aviation groups has joined the bidding process for a controlling stake in loss-making PIA - Pakistan International Airlines (PK, Islamabad International), Bloomberg and Pakistan's News International reported. A May 18 announcement from the consortium reveals that its members include the consulting and management firm Swiss Aviation Group AG; Austria's Airport [...]
Philippine Airlines to add wet-leased A330 capacity
Philippine Airlines (PR, Manila Ninoy Aquino International) will wet-lease two A330-200s from Wamos Air (EB, Madrid Barajas) to operate on the Manila-Sydney Kingsford Smith and Manila-Melbourne Tullamarine city pairs for five months, effective June 1, 2024. The carrier said the deal would help ensure effective fleet management and operational resilience during the upcoming peak travel [...]
Iberia named new A321neo(XLR) launch operator
Iberia (IB, Madrid Barajas) will be the global launch operator of the A321-200NY(XLR), the airline confirmed to ch-aviation following parent IAG International Airlines Group’s decision to withdraw the oppurtunity from sister carrier Aer Lingus (EI, Dublin International). While Iberia does not yet have a projected delivery date, once it does, it will deploy the long-haul [...]
Saudia Group orders 105 A320/A321neo
Saudia Group has placed an order with Airbus (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac) for a total of 105 A320/A321neo to be split between its Saudia (SV, Jeddah International) and flyadeal (F3, Jeddah International) carriers. In terms of the breakdown, Saudia will receive fifty-four A321neo while flyadeal will benefit from thirty-nine A321neo and twelve A320neo. "The new aircraft [...]
Corendon Dutch Airlines retires last B737-800
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Russian court finds Komiaviatrans boss guilty of corruption
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Libya's Berniq Airways orders six A320/1neo
Berniq Airways (NB, Benghazi) says it has signed an agreement with Airbus (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac) covering six new-build A320-200Ns and A321-200Ns. According to the Libyan carrier, the ceremony took place in Toulouse last week. The exact split between the two types was not revealed, nor were delivery dates. Founded in 2018 and operational since 2021, [...]