Congo Airways (8Z, Kinshasa N'Djili) is aiming for significant recovery and expansion in 2024, including rebuilding its fleet with one B777 for intercontinental flights to the United Arab Emirates and Europe and acquiring three A320s to reopen five African regional routes, according to CEO José Lueya Dubier. During a news conference on March 7 carried [...]
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Royal Jordanian (RJ, Amman Queen Alia) took delivery of its first A321-200(P2F), JY-RAZ (msn 3926), on March 21, replacing an A310-300(F) which was its sole in-house freighter. The 14.8-year-old narrowbody was last operated in passenger configuration by British Airways. Leased from UMB Bank NA, it was converted by ST Engineering Aerospace at Singapore Seletar and [...]
Under pressure to act from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the newly elected Pakistani government has moved to speed up the partial privatisation of PIA - Pakistan International Airlines (PK, Islamabad International). Most recently, on March 25, it "restructured" PIA's board, with the new board then proceeding to approve the privatisation plan within hours. Last [...]
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The European Commission has warned Lufthansa Group that its intention to acquire a 41% stake in ITA Airways (AZ, Rome Fiumicino) could harm competition and increase prices. However, the group told ch-aviation it will shortly submit “a concept of remedies to the authority in order to address any remaining concerns.” As a result of its [...]
Airlink (South Africa) (4Z, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) has confirmed it has applied for an urgent interdict and order from the South African High Court in Johannesburg to prevent South African Airways (SA, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) and its personnel from using or disclosing confidential commercial information allegedly obtained unlawfully by a former executive manager before she [...]
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