Swiss (LX, Zurich) has announced it will double its A350-900 fleet plan and operate ten units of the type by 2031. The first of the ten is still scheduled to arrive by June 2025. The airline said that the five additional aircraft will come from the existing order book of parent Lufthansa Group. While Swiss [...]
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Nigerian airlines and their suppliers are facing tough times because of extremely high interest rates, Aero Contractors (N2, Lagos) CEO Ado Sanusi has complained to local media. Airlines will not be able to survive in a high-interest environment, he warned. “The cost of funding in this country is very high. This is stifling growth in [...]
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MHS Aviation (Germany) (M2, Munich) has added its first Falcon 900EX, ch-aviation research reveals. OE-IDM (msn 51), a 24.9-year-old Dassault Aviation jet, was previously operated by Tyrolean Jet & Service and is the last of its type to have flown under the Austrian operator's fleet. The aircraft completed its final flight under the 'TJS' code [...]
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Gestair Private Jets (GES, Madrid Barajas) has retired its sole Citation Sovereign, EC-MLV (msn 680-0215), according to ch-aviation research. The 16.4-year-old jet had been part of the Spanish operator’s fleet since 2017. The aircraft was actively operating until June 25, completing a flight between Santander and Zurich, where it remained parked until November 8. On [...]
Executive Jet Charter (EXJ, Gloucestershire) has retired its sole Falcon 2000EX EASy, G-LATE (msn 88), according to ch-aviation research. The 18.1-year-old Dassault Aviation jet, in the operator's fleet since 2015, was last active under the 'EXJ' code on July 31, flying between Cannes Mandelieu and Paris Le Bourget. The aircraft has remained parked at Paris [...]
Pascan Aviation (P6, Montréal Metropolitan) will shortly transfer the first Saab 340B(F) to its in-house fleet, after Transport Canada certified the conversion of the turboprop for operations in the country. President and chief executive Julian Roberts told Cargo Facts that while the decision to add the type was opportunistic, demand turned out strong enough to [...]