Venezuela threatens to halt flights with Spain
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US’s New Pacific Airlines retrofits B757s for VIP charters
New Pacific Airlines (7H, Anchorage Ted Stevens) and Elevate Aviation Group, through Private Jet Services, have retrofitted three B757-200s with an all-business class cabin featuring 78 seats, high-speed satellite Wi-Fi, and in-seat power, as both companies continue to strengthen their partnership in the VIP charter segment. “We are thrilled to have the VIP configuration of [...]
ACASS Europe adds first Falcon 8X to charter fleet
ACASS Europe (Rimini) has inducted the first Falcon 8X to its charter fleet through its Sanmarinese Air Operator's Certificate. T7-JUN (msn 407) was registered in San Marino in early May 2024 and flew for the first time from Geneva via Châteauroux Déols Marcel Dassault to Farnborough on May 20. The operator announced the induction of [...]
Luanda handed TAAG $128mn in state support in 2023
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France's SD Aviation takes first Citation M2
SD Aviation (La Roche-sur-Yon) has taken delivery of its first Cessna Citation M2 Gen2, namely F-HLBF (msn 525-1176). The brand new Cessna Aircraft Company small jet was ferried from Wichita Eisenhower via Ottawa International, Narsarsuaq, Reykjavik Keflavik, Glasgow Prestwick, and Paris Le Bourget to the operator's base at La Roche-sur-Yon over the course of September [...]
Kyrgyzstan's Blue Jet Airways adds first B727-200(F)
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Royal Jordanian schedules A320neo debut for 1Q25
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Israeli shipper pleads guilty to smuggling parts to Russia
Gal Haimovich, the Israeli owner of an unspecified international freight company, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to violate United States sanctions on Russia by facilitating the export of aviation parts via the United Arab Emirates and the Maldives. The United States Department of Justice alleged that Haimovich arranged for around 160 shipments of sanctioned goods [...]
SpiceJet to appeal High Court engine lease decision
SpiceJet (SG, Delhi International) will appeal a Delhi High Court decision this week that upheld an earlier ruling ordering the return of three aircraft engines to lessors Team France 01 SAS and Sunbird France 02 SAS. ch-aviation understands the low-cost carrier will now take the matter to India's Supreme Court. As previously reported in ch-aviation, [...]
Near-term IPO off the table says Philippines AirAsia CEO
The CEO of Philippines AirAsia (Z2, Manila Ninoy Aquino International) told journalists at an aviation forum this week that any IPO will not happen for several years. "We have a plan to go public, [...] it’s in the roadmap, but not immediate, not in the next two to four years," Ricardo Isla said, adding that [...]