Tailwind Air Service (PGN, Farmingdale) has grounded its seaplane operation after it proved unprofitable but is holding out for an investor to rescue its commuter model that hinged on its exclusive right to land in Boston Harbor for door-to-door seaplane shuttles to New York Manhattan, reports the Boston Globe. ch-aviation has contacted Tailwind for comment. [...]
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Gama Aviation (GMA, Farnborough) has ordered three cargo-door equipped Beech (twin turboprop) King Air 360C turboprops from Textron Aviation to operate a newly awarded, ten-year air ambulance contract for Scottish Ambulance Service. The three aircraft will be delivered in 2025 and will undergo extensive cabin modifications at the operator's Glasgow International and Bournemouth facilities. The [...]
LOT Polish Airlines (LO, Warsaw Chopin) has taken delivery of its first E195-E2, which arrived in Warsaw on July 31, 2024. According to Flightradar24 ADS-B data, SP-LEA (msn 19020124), a new-build jet in a 136-seat single-class layout, was ferried from Recife with a stop-off at Gran Canaria. It is the first of three E195-E2s to [...]
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Air Pink (PNK, Belgrade Nikola Tesla) has been rebranded to ImperialJet following the acquisition of a 68% stake by companies affiliated with German businessman Abed El Jaouni, ch-aviation research has revealed. Serbian business register data shows that at some point after early June the dormant business charter specialist was registered under the new name, corresponding [...]
The Venezuelan government has barred all flights to and from Peru from July 31 to August 31, 2024, LATAM Airlines Group announced. Peru is the third country to have its air connectivity with Venezuela suspended as a diplomatic retaliation after Lima refused to recognise the result of Venezuela's presidential election, which saw Nicolás Maduro controversially [...]
Enrique Javier Beltranena Mejicano, president and chief executive of Volaris (Y4, México City International), has acquired 1,580,000 Series A shares in the company on the open market through the Mexican Stock Exchange (Bolsa Mexicana de Valores - BMV), the carrier announced in a filing. While the transaction amount was not publicly available, Volaris’s CEO is [...]
Allegiant Air (G4, Las Vegas Harry Reid) has again reduced the number of B737-8-200 deliveries it expects for 2024 to four, down from six as announced last quarter. This is a further reduction in the expected deliveries for the year. Allegiant initially expected to receive twelve B737-8-200s in 2024, but the ongoing Boeing quality issues [...]