Spain's Air Nostrum moves all ACMI contracts to CityJet
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Portugal greenlights LAM Mozambique cargo flights
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R Komor resumes all operations amid spat with regulator
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Amman talks with Royal Jordanian about more freighters
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Kenya Airways suspends DRC flights over staff arrests
A political spat is brewing between Kenya and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) amid Kenya Airways (KQ, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta) suspending its flights to Kinshasa N'Djili on April 30, accusing the Congolese military of illegally detaining two of its employees, allegedly due to missing customs documents for cargo. "We are perturbed by this action [...]
Asia Atlantic Airlines rebrands to Air Thailand
Asia Atlantic Airlines (Bangkok Suvarnabhumi) has rebranded to AirThailand (Bangkok Suvarnabhumi) and according to its website intends to start operations in August 2024 with either A330-200 or A330-300 stock. After briefly operating passenger charter flights to Japan and China on behalf of its parent, the Japanese travel company HIS Group, as well as some domestic [...]
Australia's Alliance Airlines sees E190 delivery delays
Alliance Airlines (QQ, Brisbane International) is experiencing delays in the delivery of thirty E190s purchased from AerCap in 2023, causing the closed charter specialist to revise down its spending commitments this year. In an April 26 Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) filing, Alliance said it had expected to spend AUD182-204 million Australian dollars (USD119-133 million) this [...]
Boeing, Spirit strike $425mn deal to tackle supplier delays
Boeing (BOE, Washington National) will advance USD425 million to US aerostructure manufacturer Spirit AeroSystems to maintain production levels that meet the OEM's contractual demands, according to a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) the parties inked on April 18 and announced on April 23. The advance payment relates to long-term agreements though which Spirit supplies Boeing's B737, [...]
Bermuda's Freedom II avails of two E170s for charters
Freedom II (Bermuda) (FA, Fort Myers Southwest Florida) has exclusively appointed ACC Aviation to market its two E170s for charter contracts, building on an existing charter brokerage agreement covering the airline's sole B757-200. VP-BEB (msn 17000146) and VP-BEC (msn 17000112) were inducted by the Bermudan carrier in 2022 to operate under an exclusive charter contract [...]
Guernsey's Aurigny Air Services seeks more ACMI capacity
Aurigny Air Services (GR, Guernsey) faces headwinds in securing sufficient capacity after a DHC-8-Q400 wet-leased from Luxwing (BN, Malta International) suffered a runway excursion at Guernsey airport on April 23. As 9H-LWB (msn 4332) is grounded pending an investigation, CEO Nico Bezuidenhout told the Guernsey Press that Aurigny is has had to cancel select flights [...]