An announcement of regulatory sanctions against FlySafair (FA, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) for allegedly contravening South Africa's foreign ownership restrictions has been delayed due to the matter being under judicial consideration. The decision had been expected by November 29, but the International Air Services Licensing Council (IASLC) withheld its announcement as the issue is sub judice. [...]
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A ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon has boosted the number of airlines returning to the region after months of inactivity due to heavy fighting, local media reported. AZAL Azerbaijan Airlines was the first to return following the deal when it started flights to Tel Aviv Ben Gurion from Baku Heydar Aliev International on November 30. [...]
Baffinland Iron Mines Corp has replaced struggling Chrono Aviation (NDL, Québec) with Summit Air Charters (SUT, Yellowknife) as the operator of charter flights to its Mary River mine, although the arrangement is currently a short-term one, Nunatsiaq News has reported. The charter contract, arranged through Arctic Co-operatives Ltd. (a former part-owner of Chrono Aviation), was [...]
The UK Home Office will double its fleet of Dash 8 turboprops in maritime surveillance configuration to tighten the monitoring of small boats carrying irregular migrants across the English Channel. Like the first, the second aircraft will be operated by PAL Aerospace (SPR, St. John's), the Sunday Telegraph reported. The second aircraft is expected to [...]
Reliance Industries (Mumbai International) has taken delivery of its first E175, VT-JMR (msn 17000976), ch-aviation research has found. The brand new Embraer ferried from São José dos Campos U.E. Stumpf International to Delhi International between November 22 and 25, with stops at Recife, Sal Amilcar Cabral International, Palma de Mallorca, Hurghada, and Dubai World Central. [...]
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AirX Charter (AX, Malta International) has closed a Series A funding round, raising approximately USD35 million to acquire four additional aircraft, according to its chairman, John Matthews. He says the newly acquired aircraft, which will include a Challenger 850, Legacy 600s, and likely a Challenger 605, will undergo a three-month programme of interior upgrades and [...]
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Wizz Air (W6, Budapest) has been told to halt advertising in the United Kingdom that the country’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) deemed as “misleading” over environmental claims, a statement from the regulator said. The ruling comes after the authority investigated an ad that said “Fly Wizz Air - one of the greenest choices in air [...]