Qatar Airways Group has announced it has bought a 25% strategic equity stake in South African regional airline, Airlink (South Africa) (4Z, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo), confirming months of media speculations about the deal. In a joint statement on August 20, the airlines said the announcement continued Qatar Airways's ambition to further develop its operations across [...]
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Nigerian president Bola Ahmed Tinubu was scheduled to travel on a state visit to France on his new presidential jet on August 19 after ACJ330-200 5N-FGA (msn 1053) was freed from court seizure by a Chinese company entangled in a legal dispute with Nigeria. ADS-B data shows that the jet was scheduled to depart Abuja [...]
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A Luxembourg court has ruled against Norwegian in its case against Norway's Ministry of Climate and Environment, over the settlement of an administrative penalty of NOK399,685,275 kroner (USD37.4 million) for failing to pay climate change charges. The European Free Trade Association (EFTA) court ruled that the penalty may not be settled via a dividend during [...]
Avcon Jet San Marino (VAJ, Rimini) has reintroduced a Challenger 604 and added its first-ever Global 5500 to its Sanmarinese AOC. T7-SAHIN (msn 5590) was registered in San Marino on August 1, 2024. It was then ferried from Moline via Bangor International to London Biggin Hill. The 20.1-year-old Bombardier Business Aircraft large jet operated its [...]
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Etihad Airways (EY, Abu Dhabi International) plans to configure its A321-200NX(LR)s, due next year, with first and lie-flat business class seats; a first for its narrowbody fleet. The Emirati carrier tentatively aims to debut the type on the Phuket route in August 2025. Aeroroutes reports the airline plans to operate one of its three daily [...]
The government of the British Virgin Islands has urged interCaribbean Airways (JY, Providenciales) to accelerate its efforts “to rectify inadequate service levels provided to travellers,” after complaints of delays, cancellations and other service-related issues. interCaribbean Airways declined to comment on the matter. According to the island government, airline officials have attributed the disruptions primarily to [...]
TAROM (RO, Bucharest Henri Coanda) has sold its daily slots at London Heathrow to Qatar Airways (QR, Doha Hamad International) for an undisclosed sum and will therefore exit the UK market at the end of the current Summer 2024 season. The transaction was announced by Heathrow slot coordinator Airport Coordination Limited (ACL) on August 14 [...]