Frustrated by an almost two-year delay, Malta-based Challenge Group - the winning bidder for three parked B777-300ERs of India's long-grounded Jet Airways (JAI, Mumbai International) - has threatened to walk away from the deal pending the outcome of a last-ditch appeal before the country's National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT). The NCLT's monitoring committee is due [...]
A Mumbai-based company, FA Airlines, is poised to acquire flybig (FLG, Indore), with India's Economic Times reporting that the two partners had inked a provisional merger agreement. The deal would see flybig's now three-strong fleet expand to around 20 aircraft. Indian company records show FA Airlines Private Limited was incorporated in June 2022 with a [...]
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The United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has said that its heightened oversight of United Airlines (UA, Chicago O'Hare) will continue, despite the carrier declaring to employees that the authority had given it the “good news” of allowing it “to begin the process of restarting our certification activities, including new aircraft and routes.” An FAA [...]
Los Angeles-based Altitude Aviation Group has taken delivery of its first Bombardier Challenger 605 business jet, registering N605NS (msn 5806) on April 3, 2024. The 15.2-year-old Bombardier Business Aircraft jet was ferried from Tianjin via Guam International to Honolulu over the course of May 14-15, Flightradar24 ADS-B data shows. The FAA register shows that Altitude [...]
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TAG Aviation (Geneva) has added three business jets to its global charter fleet, including one Dassault Falcon 2000LXS, one Gulfstream G450, and one Embraer Phenom 300E. The company clarified to ch-aviation that the Falcon 2000LXS is registered in the UK and placed on the AOC of TAG Aviation (United Kingdom), although the British register does [...]
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