Guadeloupe’s New Air Antilles obtains AOC, OL
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Ethiopia opens domestic scheduled market to charter carriers
In a move designed to open up the domestic airline market, the Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority has authorised private charter carriers to break into Ethiopia's scheduled domestic passenger and cargo market. In a statement released on social media, the authority revealed that it had already granted licences to Ethiopian air transport operators to provide regular [...]
Wizz Air secures PW compensation but groundings persist
Wizz Air Holdings said in its annual report that it pocketed "significant compensation" from Pratt & Whitney for the PW1100G GTF engine issues but warned that the number of aircraft grounded will only grow in the coming months. The Wizz Air (W6, Budapest) parent did not disclose the amount it was given but recorded the [...]
Armenia's FlyArna, parent holding enter liquidation
FlyArna (G6, Yerevan) has reportedly informed its employees by email that it has started liquidation proceedings, local investigative news site Hetq reported citing anonymous informants. The government has also approved the dissolution of the Armenian National Interests Fund (ANIF), a 49% shareholder in the carrier. The sources said that the airline had terminated all remaining [...]
Russian court delays UTair case against Armenian MRO firm
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Saudia in talks with COMAC to better understand the C919
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Qatari and Indian interests line up for SriLankan Airlines
Qatari and Indian interests are part of a consortium that wants to buy a majority stake in SriLankan Airlines (UL, Colombo International), according to Colombo's Daily FT outlet. MBS Investments, the investment arm of Sheikh Nayef Bin Eid Al Thani's private office, has teamed up with Sri Lanka's Supreme Global Holdings and India's Sherisha Technologies [...]
San Marino's SM Executive Aviation adds A330-300 again
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India's SpiceJet ordered to return aircraft and engines
An Indian court has ordered SpiceJet (SG, Delhi International) to return two aircraft and three engines to lessor TWC Aviation Capital by the end of May. US-based TWC had previously secured orders against the LCC in the UK courts and turned to the Indian courts to enforce those orders. "This court has no option but [...]
Malaysia's Teleport eyes fleet growth, future IPO
Teleport, the Capital A logistics subsidiary, is looking to bolster its freighter fleet from the present three to ten by the end of 2025 and is mulling an IPO further down the track, CEO Pete Chareonwongsak has told Bloomberg. Securing the additional freighters should not be a problem given the current over-supply, he said. “It’s [...]