Jet Charters NZ (Napier/Hastings) and NZ Jet (Ardmore, NZ) will combine their fleets under a recently agreed strategic partnership. The alliance expands the companies' operational reach across the Southwest Pacific with strategically located charter bases at Auckland International, Ardmore, Queenstown International, and Napier. "The surge in demand following a slower winter, driven by seasonal shifts [...]
The United States Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has tightened security rules for Part 380 public charter operators, requiring them to check passengers in more detail and implement prevailing liquid restrictions on carry-on luggage, despite operating from non-TSA-screened terminals. Private Jet Card Comparisons, a business aviation news website, reported that the new rules were put in [...]
VistaJet Group Holding will once again outsource its United States East Coast shuttle services, transferring its two 18-seater CRJ200LRs operated by subsidiary XOJET Aviation (XOJ, Fort Lauderdale Executive) to third-party operator Tri-State Charter (Johnstown John Murtha Cambria County). The service, operated under Tri-State Charter's luxury travel brand Slate Aviation, will build on Vista's existing shuttle [...]
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Volotea (V7, Barcelona El Prat) will close its base in Athens following the 2025 summer season after operating it for six years, the company confirmed ch-aviation. Despite the base's closure, Volotea says it will maintain its flight schedule to and from the airport, with 330,000 annual seats, and will continue to offer over 100 routes [...]
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Korean Air (KE, Seoul Incheon) is reshuffling senior executives at its recently acquired subsidiaries Asiana Airlines, Air Busan, and Air Seoul. New CEOs were installed at all three carriers in the past week. Song Bo-young, Korean Air's now former head of passenger sales and network, stepped into the CEO role at Asiana on January 16. [...]
Out-of-pocket investors have protested outside a gated community that is home to Goh Hwan Hua, co-founder of defunct MYAirline (MYM, Kuala Lumpur Subang). The 30 investors at the January 18 protest demanded that Goh face criminal charges. Also on the protesters' radar were the Royal Malaysian Police and the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission, which continue to [...]
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The Hawai'i Department of Transportation (HDOT) in the United States will issue a tender for an open-ended charter contract with a regional operator to step up in case of disruptions by Mokulele Airlines (MHO, Kona), which currently holds a monopoly at five Hawaiian airports. "We’re looking at getting an open-ended contract that the HDOT would [...]