Mining company Mineral Resources Limited has commenced fly-in-fly-out (FIFO) flights using its in-house airline, MinRes Air (Perth International), and an A319-100 wet-leased from Skytraders (SND, Sydney Kingsford Smith). Refurbished and repainted in MinRes Air's livery, the 15.5-year-old VH-VHP (msn 3757) completed a 3,600-kilometre sector from Brisbane International to Ken's Bore via Wodgina on July 2 [...]
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FlyingGroup is positioning itself as a high-quality specialist in the management of midsize and large business jets, even while it has also developed expertise as one of the leading PC-24 operators. It is also mulling a unified EASA AOC across the group, chairman and chief executive Bernard van Milders told ch-aviation in an interview at [...]
The Sri Lankan government has decided to restructure rather than privatise SriLankan Airlines (UL, Colombo International) after none of the entities that expressed interest in it were deemed suitable. A July 3 media statement on the Sri Lankan government website confirmed the change of heart, with the aviation minister, Nimal Siripala de Silva, saying none [...]
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My Freighter (C6, Tashkent International) has signed a lease agreement with Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) for two additional B767-300ER(BCF)s, increasing its overall freighter-dedicated fleet to five aircraft, ch-aviation research has learned. ADS-B data shows that both airframes, N230CM (msn 25583) and N274CM (msn 25587), are currently stored in Wilmington Air Park. They are owned [...]
The newly appointed MD and CEO of Biman Bangladesh Airlines (BG, Dhaka) has plans to grow the fleet from the present 21 aircraft to 47 over the next 11 years, requiring a major investment in new aircraft. Mohammad Jahidul Islam Bhuiyan, appointed to the top job in May, says his planned expansion will require an [...]