SkyWest Charter (CW) has asked a US federal court to direct the US Department of Transportation (DOT) to rule on its application to conduct scheduled passenger operations as a commuter air carrier 19 months after it lodged its paperwork, Russell Childs, chief executive officer and president of SkyWest, said during the company’s 2024 first quarter [...]
Southwest Airlines (WN, Dallas Love Field) has agreed with Boeing (BOE, Washington National) to convert orders for nineteen B737-7s into B737-8s to be delivered in 2025, the company revealed in its first quarter 2024 financial results. The agreement was struck as a result of the manufacturer’s ongoing delays “in fulfilling its commitments with regards to [...]
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The European Commission (EC) has sent a new statement of objections over the proposed acquisition of Air Europa (UX, Palma de Mallorca) by IAG International Airlines Group via its Spanish subsidiary Iberia (IB, Madrid Barajas). The Commission said the merger “may restrict competition in the market for passenger air transport services, in particular for routes [...]
Air Charter Scotland Europe (SCO, Malta International) has taken delivery of its first Cessna Citation Jet 2+, 9H-BOD (msn 525A-0506), having been registered in Malta on March 18, 2024. The 11.2-year-old six-seater became active on April 23, flying from Zurich to Paris Le Bourget and then to London Luton. It joined the carrier's existing Textron [...]
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The president and CEO of NCA - Nippon Cargo Airlines (KZ, Tokyo Narita) has told a conference in Singapore that the carrier is looking at acquiring new-generation freighters. “We’re studying them seriously,” Hiroyuki Homma was quoted by Cargo Facts. According to ch-aviation fleets data, NCA currently operates eight B747-8Fs, all of which are owned by [...]
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China Southern Airlines (CZ, Guangzhou) has ordered 100 incremental C919s from COMAC (Shanghai Pudong), with deliveries scheduled to begin this year and run until 2031. The carrier is the last of China's three big state-owned airlines to commit to the same number of locally built narrowbodies. The carrier revealed in a stock market filing that [...]