US’s CommuteAir wins charter ops deadline extension
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US's SkyWest to add 20 E175s for United contract
SkyWest Airlines (OO, Salt Lake City) has announced it will add twenty incremental E175s under a four-year contract with United Airlines (UA, Chicago O'Hare), with deliveries expected throughout 2024. The new agreement is incremental to a previously announced deal for nineteen E175s, which SkyWest ordered last year from Embraer to operate for United. The deliveries [...]
Boeing in talks to buy back Spirit AeroSystems
Boeing (BOE, Washington National) has confirmed it is in talks to reacquire Spirit AeroSystems, the sole manufacturer of B737 MAX fuselages and one of Boeing's most critical suppliers, in a bid to address serious quality issues. "We believe that the reintegration of Boeing and Spirit AeroSystems' manufacturing operations would further strengthen aviation safety, improve quality [...]
Haiti’s Sunrise Airways halts ops as violence increases
Sunrise Airways (S6, Port au Prince) has suspended all operations from March 1 as the Caribbean nation sees a rapid rise in gang violence and political instability, which has also forced the cancellation of most flights in and out of Port au Prince. In a statement to broadcaster CNN, it said it had suspended “all [...]
Swiss expects PW1100G issues to persist into 2026
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EU ‘stops the clock’ on Air Europa-IAG review
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Tunisia CAA's recertification of Syphax was legal – minister
Source: ch aviation Read more: Tunisia CAA's recertification of Syphax was legal - minister
Air Corsica-Air France consortium wins Paris PSOs
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Israel’s El Al eyes narrowbody order this year
El Al Israel Airlines (LY, Tel Aviv Ben Gurion) is in negotiations to buy short-haul aircraft from Boeing or Airbus, Reuters reported. Dina Ben-Tal Ganancia, chief executive of El Al, said the company will make a decision this year. “There are a lot of issues with the supply chain, and the fact that we are [...]
Southwest expects MAX 7s in "late 2025 or 2026" – report
Source: ch aviation Read more: Southwest expects MAX 7s in "late 2025 or 2026" - report