Dubai Air Wing (DUB, Dubai International) retired its only business jet that is not a bizliner, namely a G650. The 11.6-year-old jet, previously operated by the Dubai government as A6-HMM, was re-registered as T7-DXB (msn 6079) for SybaJet San Marino on July 19, 2024, ch-aviation research has revealed. It was ferried from Dubai World Central [...]
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Maldivian (Q2, Malé) has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the financing of three new ATR42-600s already ordered from ATR - Avions de Transport Régional. The state-owned company expects to take the first of the three aircraft in December 2024, followed by the other two in August 2025 and October 2026. The leases will [...]
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The managing director and CEO of state-owned Biman Bangladesh Airlines (BG, Dhaka) has been transferred to the Ministry of Public Works following reports he had failed to turn up for work after the toppling of the Sheikh Hasina-led government on August 5, 2025. Jahidul Islam Bhuiyan was given his transfer orders on August 15, 2024, [...]
The managing director of Malaysia Aviation Group says he is open to ordering Airbus narrowbodies, breaking the Boeing stranglehold on the narrowbody jet fleets at Malaysia Airlines (MH, Kuala Lumpur International) and Firefly (FY, Penang), but also says its second aircraft order is likely to be delayed as the Request for Proposals (RfP) gets pushed [...]
WestJet (WS, Calgary) is working to return 16 aircraft to serviceability after they were significantly damaged during a hailstorm that hit Calgary on the evening of August 5, the company announced in a statement. Given the unforeseen grounding of almost 10% of its fleet, the Canadian carrier has had to proactively cancel multiple flights while [...]
The United States Department of Justice said in a court filing that it lacks evidence to prosecute Boeing (BOE, Washington National) for more serious crimes thus defending the plea deal it struck with the US planemaker. Last month, Boeing pled guilty to conspiring to defraud the United States government in relation to the two fatal [...]