Brazil’s VoePass Linhas Aéreas cancels routes after crash
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WestJet completes sale-leaseback for eight B737-800s
WestJet (WS, Calgary) and Aergo Capital completed a sale-and-leaseback transaction for eight B737-800s in early August 2024, the lessor announced in a statement. “The eight B737s are an excellent addition to our growing portfolio. This marks our first transaction with WestJet, and we are particularly pleased to add another Canadian carrier to our client base,” [...]
Canada Jetlines files insolvency notice of intention
Canada Jetlines (AU, Toronto Pearson) has appointed BDO Canada as its trustee and filed a Notice of Intention to Make a Proposal, the first step of a restructuring process under the county's Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act. On August 15, Canada Jetlines announced it would suspend all flights and file for creditor protection after it ran [...]
Cabo Verde Airlines seeks Dash-8 wet-lease
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Canada Jetlines' initial creditors claim over C$11.88mn
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Germany's Discover Airlines to retire A330-200s in 2026
Discover Airlines (4Y, Frankfurt International) says it will retire its three A330-200s when their leases expire in 2026, replacing them with additional A330-300s. The Lufthansa Group leisure carrier is also growing its narrowbody fleet. "Over the next three years, a total of six A330-300s and at least three A320s will join the fleet. The A330s [...]
Emirates to buy five A380s after leases end in 4Q24
Emirates (EK, Dubai International) has agreed to buy five A380-800s currently dry-leased from Doric Asset Finance at the end of their leases in the fourth quarter of 2024 for a total sum of USD200 million. The lessor said in a London Stock Exchange that the aircraft - A6-EDX (msn 105), A6-EDY (msn 106), A6-EDZ (msn [...]
Turkish Airlines wet-leases A321F for cargo ops
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Indonesia's Pelita Air eyes scheduled int'l ops in late 2024
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Australia's Jetstar Airways faces Covid-credit class action
Australian low-cost carrier Jetstar Airways (JQ, Melbourne Tullamarine) is facing a class action lawsuit in the country's Federal Court based on allegations that it failed to refund customers' payments for cancelled international flights between 2020 and 2022, despite being legally obliged to do so. The firm behind the suit, Echo Law, is a small legal [...]