LAM - Linhas Aéreas de Moçambique (TM, Maputo) is to lease four more aircraft - two B737s and two E145s - to boost capacity on domestic and regional routes, according to Américo Muchanga, who took over as chairman of the state-owned airline in July 2024. Speaking to public broadcaster Televisão de Moçambique (TVM) on the [...]
Undeterred by Western sanctions, operators of the business jets of Russia's wealthiest oligarchs continue to import spare parts for the aircraft, according to 2023 customs data reviewed by Russia-focused investigative news outlet The Insider. Gazpromavia (4G, Moscow Ostafyevo), in-house operator of the oil and gas behemoth Gazprom, has imported inflight computer displays and engines manufactured [...]
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Aegle Aviation (Hong Kong International) has stopped operating its only A330-200, which had been deployed on behalf of Flamingo Cargo between Europe and Libya over the last year. ch-aviation research has revealed that VP-CKK (msn 926) was removed from Aegle Aviation as of late July 2024, following the last Châteauroux Déols Marcel Dassault-Benghazi flight on [...]
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South Korean pop culture company STARS Group plans to apply to the country's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport for a permit to lease two Bombardier Aerospace Challenger 650s to provide a premium charter flight experience to travellers keen for a taste of Korean culture. STARS has established a subsidiary entity called Hallyu Air, through [...]
Creditors of Air Belgium (KF, Brussels Charleroi) have been asked to vote on the airline's reorganisation plan on September 4 or submit their proxy voting forms by August 30 as part of the current court-led reorganisation procedure (procédure de réorganisation judiciaire - PRJ) to restructure its debts and avoid insolvency. Belgian news site Aviation24 reports [...]
Aurigny Air Services (GR, Guernsey) has wet-leased an ATR72-500 from Swiftair (WT, Madrid Barajas) to compensate for the ongoing delays in the delivery of its fifth in-house, dry-leased ATR72-600. EC-KKQ (msn 763) was ferried from Madrid Barajas to Guernsey on August 27 and operated its first revenue flight to Nottingham East Midlands on the same [...]
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