East Coast Flight Services (JTM, Easton Newnam) inducted its first GIV-SP onto its Part 135 certificate. The aircraft is the only Gulfstream Aerospace aircraft and the first large business jet in its current fleet. N51PR (msn 1425) is a 23.2-year-old aircraft. Over the last month of operations with EAS Charter, it has been flying various [...]
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Atmospherica Aviation (AAN, Prague Václav Havel) has retired its only Challenger 300, OK-AOA (msn 20295), and plans to replace it with an incoming Praetor 600. The Czech business aviation specialist has operated the Challenger 300 - its only Bombardier Business Aircraft unit - since 2017. It was last in service on August 31, 2024, flying [...]
Latvia’s government plans to retain just 25% of its stake in airBaltic (BT, Riga), plus one share, after it puts the company up for a long-awaited initial public offering (IPO) later this year, local media reported citing a government announcement. "We will ensure that the airline's main base remains at Riga Airport and that the [...]
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A "wholly-owned subsidiary" of ITA Airways (AZ, Rome Fiumicino) has achieved USD240 million in private credit financing from AIP Capital, a loan that is secured by three new A330-900N aircraft with Rolls-Royce Trent 7000 engines, the airline announced. In a statement on August 29, ITA Airways chairman Antonino Turicchi labelled the deal as another step [...]
Norse Atlantic Airways (N0, Oslo Gardermoen) has announced it is revising its business strategy by allocating at least half of its fleet capacity to ACMIs and charter services from the fourth quarter and throughout the IATA winter season. In a statement announcing its second quarter results for 2024, the Norwegian airline said the third quarter [...]
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Lufthansa Group has declined to comment on reports that it is seeking to acquire a 19.9% stake valued between EUR180 million and EUR200 million euros (USD199-221 million) in TAP Air Portugal (TP, Lisbon) as part of the Portuguese flag carrier's privatisation process. "We do not comment on these media reports," a Lufthansa Group spokesman informed [...]