Air Tanzania (TC, Dar es Salaam) has blamed a shortage of Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 replacement engines for the six-month grounding of one of its B787-8s in Malaysia, but the engine replacement was now proceeding, and 5H-TCJ (msn 66133) was expected to return to Tanzania at the beginning of June. A Rolls-Royce spokesperson confirmed that "Air [...]
Blackbird Air (BBB, Billund) has taken delivery of two E505s and is planning to induct its first Praetor 600 "within a couple of weeks" as it gets ready for the summer charter season. OY-BBL (msn 50500773) and OY-BBF (msn 50500768) were inducted into the Danish register in January 2024 and both entered into service that [...]
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Austrian Airlines (OS, Vienna) will wet lease in E195 capacity from sister airline Air Dolomiti (EN, Verona) between June 1 and October 2024 to cover for a damaged A320-200N. The Italian carrier will operate Austrian's route from Vienna to Venice Marco Polo, maintaining the current frequency of 4x daily departures. "The wet lease cooperation with [...]
Business customers who began using private charters during the Covid-19 pandemic have remained loyal to the market even as scheduled carriers rebuild their networks, driving demand for aircraft management and charter for Austria's MJet (Austria) (MJF, Vienna), Chief Executive Darko Cvijetinovic and Chief Commercial Officer Antonia Gilbert told ch-aviation in an exclusive interview at the [...]
Swiss-based aircraft management firm AXIS Aviation (BQA, Zurich) has expanded to South Africa by integrating Absolute Flight Services (TTN, Johannesburg Lanseria), a move the company said represents a significant development in its global expansion plans. AXIS anticipates rising demand for business aviation in Africa, with chairman Niall Olver commenting in a statement: "This expansion means [...]
TAG Aviation (Geneva) has added three business jets to its global charter fleet, including one Dassault Falcon 2000LXS, one Gulfstream G450, and one Embraer Phenom 300E. The company clarified to ch-aviation that the Falcon 2000LXS is registered in the UK and placed on the AOC of TAG Aviation (United Kingdom), although the British register does [...]
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