Tunis prepares fleet renewal plan for Tunisair
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Wizz Air ad banned in UK over ‘misleading’ greenest claim
Wizz Air (W6, Budapest) has been told to halt advertising in the United Kingdom that the country’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) deemed as “misleading” over environmental claims, a statement from the regulator said. The ruling comes after the authority investigated an ad that said “Fly Wizz Air - one of the greenest choices in air [...]
Uzbekistan's My Freighter eyes Hungarian, Saudi AOCs
My Freighter (C6, Tashkent International) plans to obtain two new air operator's certificates, one in Hungary and the other in Saudi Arabia, to support its international growth, founder and chief executive officer of parent Centrum Holding Abdulaziz Abdurakhmanov said during the Central Asia Air Cargo Summit 2024 last week. "These new cargo airlines will allow [...]
Kyrgyzstan's Asman Airlines eyes A320/1s for European routes
Asman Airlines (KGN, Bishkek) is looking to lease two A320 Family aircraft - either A320-200s or A321-200s - in 2025 for a launch of routes to Europe, although this expansion is contingent on Kyrgyzstan being removed from the EU Air Safety List, according to a statement from the office of the country's president, Sadyr Japarov. [...]
Seat manufacturing delays a growing issue for Air India
The CEO of Air India (AI, Delhi International) says an aircraft seat shortage is his biggest supply chain issue. Campbell Wilson told Bloomberg TV last week that seat manufacturers are struggling to design, certify, and produce seats at the needed volumes. His comments come as the flag carrier is part way through a programme of [...]
Former Wizz Air exec fined over failure to disclose trades
A former executive at Wizz Air (W6, Budapest) has been fined by the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for failing to disclose trades in company shares during a restricted period before the airline filed financial statements in 2019 and 2020, the regulator said in a press release. András Sebők, who worked at Wizz Air [...]
Jet Aviation adds group's first Falcon 6X under German unit
Jet Aviation Business Jets Deutschland (JBD, Cologne/Bonn) has taken delivery of its first Falcon 6X, according to ch-aviation research. The brand new Dassault Aviation aircraft is the first of its type operated by the Jet Aviation group and joins a Falcon 2000LX in the German-registered fleet. D-ABEI (msn 14) entered service on November 13, operating [...]
UAE's ExecuJet Middle East adds first local Global 7500
ExecuJet Middle East (EJO, Dubai World Central) has added its first UAE-registered Global 7500, according to ch-aviation research. A6-MAH (msn 70083) is a 3.8-year-old ultra-long-range jet that joins two other Global 7500s managed by the company, one registered in the Isle of Man and the other in San Marino. Originally delivered in late 2021 to [...]
Israel’s El Al secures $120mn loan for incoming B787
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EU approves "remedy takers" for Lufthansa-ITA takeover
The European Commission has approved easyJet, IAG International Airlines Group, and Air France-KLM as the beneficiaries of a package of routes and slots surrendered by ITA Airways and Lufthansa Group, clearing the final formal obstacle to the German group's partial acquisition of the Italian flag carrier. Inside sources told the Corriere della Sera daily that [...]