Frontier Airlines (F9, Denver International) has announced it has reached an agreement with Airbus to defer deliveries of 54 aircraft with original delivery dates in 2025-2028, to 2029-2031, lowering fleet inductions in each of the next four years, and reducing its planned growth to approximately 10% per year from the previous expectation which was close [...]
Beijing Tianjiao Aviation Industry Investment Co (also known as Skyrizon) will have an even more difficult time retrieving funds from Ukraine after its botched acquisition of Ukraine-based aircraft engine manufacturer Motor Sich, the parent company of passenger charter specialist Motor Sich Airlines (M9, Zaporizhzhia), as the war-torn country has opted to suspend all foreign debt [...]
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CommuteAir (C5, Cleveland Hopkins) has received United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certification to operate its only E170 on domestic charter flights. The regulator issued the amended Operations Specifications on August 7. "CommuteAir recognised a significant opportunity in the market for charter aircraft that bridge the gap between small regional jets and larger narrowbody aircraft. [...]
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Skyside (SKV, Vienna) has inducted its first G550, OE-IKG (msn 5259), which is also the operator's first Gulfstream Aerospace jet. The 14.3-year-old aircraft was deregistered from the United States, where it was last operated privately, on July 30, 2024, and was then ferried from Van Nuys via Long Beach, Bangor International, and Stuttgart Manfred Rommel [...]
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The US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has ramped up sanctions against the Belarusian economy, designating three cargo airlines and the government-owned VIP B767-300ER which strongman Alexander Lukashenko uses as a presidential jet. Rada Airlines (RDA, Minsk National) was designated for its alleged support to private military contractors Wagner Group, a proxy of the [...]
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