Tender launched to replace AeroItalia for Ancona PSO
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Qatar Airways completes A350 reinduction
Qatar Airways (QR, Doha Hamad International) has returned to service the last of its A350s parked as a result of fuselage paint deterioration issues, which caused a heated legal dispute between the airline and Airbus in 2021-2023. A350-900 A7-ALF (msn 11) was removed from revenue operations in July 2021 and initially parked at Doha Hamad [...]
US’s CommuteAir seeks charter ops launch deadline extension
CommuteAir (C5, Cleveland Hopkins) has applied to the US Department of Transportation (DOT) for a waiver of dormancy lasting four months, extending until July 10, 2024. The request comes as the company nears its original deadline of March 10 in launching its charter flight operations but faces delays stemming from it not yet managing to [...]
Mexico’s TUM Aerocarga eyes US flights for second time
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US carriers threaten to leave Dublin, Ireland
Airlines for America (A4A), an industry group featuring United Airlines, Delta Air Lines, and American Airlines, is threatening to leave Dublin International unless the current cap of 32 million passengers per year is raised. The group's members also include cargo carriers FedEx Express, which has a crew base in the Irish capital, and UPS Airlines. [...]
Air Serbia adds another wet-leased B737-800
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Austrian Airlines takes B787-9s but ferry flights delayed
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Nigeria's Air Peace to wet-lease B787-9s for Gatwick launch
Air Peace (P4, Lagos) has confirmed that it will launch its long-touted direct services to the United Kingdom on March 30, 2024, through a wet-lease deal with Norse Atlantic (United Kingdom) (Z0, London Gatwick). The British offshoot of Norse Atlantic Airways (N0, Oslo Gardermoen) will operate four weekly rotations from London Gatwick to Lagos using [...]
Smartwings becomes fully Czech-owned company
Smartwings (Prague Václav Havel) has become a fully Czech-owned company after Chinese state-owned CITIC Group sold its stake to local company Prague City Air, the airline confirmed to ch-aviation. “On 20th February 2024, the purchase of 49.92% shares in Smartwings a.s. was finalised between the company Prague City Air s.r.o. as the purchaser and the [...]
Romania's FlyOne adds two A321-200s
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