A political spat is brewing between Kenya and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) amid Kenya Airways (KQ, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta) suspending its flights to Kinshasa N'Djili on April 30, accusing the Congolese military of illegally detaining two of its employees, allegedly due to missing customs documents for cargo. "We are perturbed by this action [...]
Asia Atlantic Airlines (Bangkok Suvarnabhumi) has rebranded to AirThailand (Bangkok Suvarnabhumi) and according to its website intends to start operations in August 2024 with either A330-200 or A330-300 stock. After briefly operating passenger charter flights to Japan and China on behalf of its parent, the Japanese travel company HIS Group, as well as some domestic [...]
Alliance Airlines (QQ, Brisbane International) is experiencing delays in the delivery of thirty E190s purchased from AerCap in 2023, causing the closed charter specialist to revise down its spending commitments this year. In an April 26 Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) filing, Alliance said it had expected to spend AUD182-204 million Australian dollars (USD119-133 million) this [...]
Boeing (BOE, Washington National) will advance USD425 million to US aerostructure manufacturer Spirit AeroSystems to maintain production levels that meet the OEM's contractual demands, according to a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) the parties inked on April 18 and announced on April 23. The advance payment relates to long-term agreements though which Spirit supplies Boeing's B737, [...]
Freedom II (Bermuda) (FA, Fort Myers Southwest Florida) has exclusively appointed ACC Aviation to market its two E170s for charter contracts, building on an existing charter brokerage agreement covering the airline's sole B757-200. VP-BEB (msn 17000146) and VP-BEC (msn 17000112) were inducted by the Bermudan carrier in 2022 to operate under an exclusive charter contract [...]
Aurigny Air Services (GR, Guernsey) faces headwinds in securing sufficient capacity after a DHC-8-Q400 wet-leased from Luxwing (BN, Malta International) suffered a runway excursion at Guernsey airport on April 23. As 9H-LWB (msn 4332) is grounded pending an investigation, CEO Nico Bezuidenhout told the Guernsey Press that Aurigny is has had to cancel select flights [...]
SAS Scandinavian Airlines (SK, Copenhagen Kastrup) plans to make a decision between either the A330 and A350 for future widebody fleet operations, considering technology and network suitability, but the winning type remains to be seen, according to CEO Anko van der Werff. Speaking at the Routes Europe conference in Aarhus, Denmark, he said SAS was [...]
GlobeAir (GAC, Linz Blue Danube) is planning to renew its fleet of Cessna 510 Mustangs with new Citation M2s, Chief Executive Bernhard Fragner told ch-aviation in an exclusive interview at the carrier's headquarters in Hörsching. "The Mustang is aging. I'm responsible for shareholder value and for the team to develop the company so that our [...]
The chairman of AirX Charter (AX, Malta International) has hit back at allegations he spread false information about rival VistaJet (Malta) (VJT, Malta International), resulting in a lawsuit asking for damages of more than EUR386 million euros (USD413 million). VistaJet, headed by Swiss entrepreneur Thomas Flohr, has sued AirX, its chairman John Matthews, and five [...]
AJet (VF, Istanbul Sabiha Gökcen) parent Turkish Airlines (TK, Istanbul Airport) has reached an agreement with lessor CDB Aviation to lease six B737-8s, for the new-look subsidiary to take delivery of in 2025 and 2026. CDB Aviation and Turkish Airlines reached an agreement for a total of seven new leases, the seventh of which pertains [...]