SPARFELL Luftfahrt (LDX, Vienna) has retired its sole Global 5000, ch-aviation research shows. OE-IXG (msn 9157) was last active on April 14, flying between White Plains and Nuremberg, with a stop at Farnborough, all under the 'LDX' code. The 20.1-year-old ultra-long-range jet, configured to seat up to 13 passengers under SPARFELL, has now been de-registered [...]
The Ugandan cabinet has approved the acquisition from Boeing of two freighters, a narrowbody B737-800(BCF) and a widebody B777-F, for Uganda Airlines (UR, Entebbe), according to an announcement by Richard Ndiku, commissioner at the Ministry of Works and Transport. Ndiku said discussions with the manufacturer on the terms and conditions of the purchases were ongoing. [...]
A former board member of South African Airways (SA, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) is facing charges of defrauding the state carrier for failing to disclose past contractual relationships between her auditing firm and two companies, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and Nkonki Incorporated, which were awarded a multi-year auditing contract worth ZAR59 million rands (USD3.3 million) for SAA's 2011/12 [...]
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easyJet (London Luton) will scrap some of its domestic flights in the United Kingdom after the country announced an increase in air passenger duty (APD) in its autumn budget, The Telegraph reported. The carrier warned that rising prices will likely lead to lower demand, meaning some flights will become moot, according to incoming CEO and [...]