Uganda Airlines (UR, Entebbe) intends to wet-lease an A320 this month to be deployed on its route to Johannesburg O.R. Tambo, South Africa, to fill the medium-haul gap in its fleet, according to CEO Jenifer Bamuturaki. Speaking to national broadcaster UBC, she described the wet-lease as an interim solution given the long lead times for [...]
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JetSetGo (Delhi International) is looking to secure USD900 million in new funds to facilitate the acquisition of 12 new mid-sized twin-engine aircraft, and it also has plans for an initial public offering (IPO) that could take place in 2027 or 2028, the newspaper BusinessLine reported citing the company’s founder and chief executive Kanika Tekriwal. “We [...]
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Vietnam Airlines (VN, Hanoi Noi Bai International) has published a Request For Proposals (RFP) for the wet-lease of four aircraft for between two and three months, with a tentative start date of June 1, 2024, to meet peak summer demand. No further details regarding the type of aircraft, number of seats, or other details were [...]
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An Alberta judge has approved an agreement between defunct Lynx Air (Calgary) and Boeing to scrap a B737 MAX purchase contract. Jane Sidnell, a judge sitting on the King's Bench of Alberta Court in Calgary, agreed to allow the parties to terminate purchase agreement no. 04427 and authorised a mutual release on April 2. In [...]
Jet2 (United Kingdom) (LS, Leeds/Bradford) has reevaluated its Spain operations and will be cutting its headcount in the country, a spokesperson for the company confirmed to ch-aviation. The planned cuts will be implemented among the 996 staff in Spain, and the affected destinations include Palma de Mallorca, Alicante, Tenerife Sur, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote and Fuerteventura. [...]