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 (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 [...]
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Air New Zealand (NZ, Auckland International) is facing fleet challenges on several fronts across its narrowbody and widebody operations, it said in an update during a half-yearly interim results announcement in Auckland on February 22, 2024. "We have had to adjust our expectations for the delivery of the first two new B787s yet again," said [...]
Lynx Air Holdings Corporation, d.b.a. Lynx Air (Calgary), says increases in jet fuel prices, Covid-19-related decreases in passenger demand, and the 2019 B737 MAX grounding impacted the ULCC's ability to do business and generate revenue, creating a situation where costs exceeded revenues and leading to last week's decision to cease operations and file for bankruptcy. [...]
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Eastern Airlines (2D, Miami International) has selected Kansas City International, Missouri, as the location of its new headquarters, consolidating all its operations in the region following its launch in 2021 of Foxtrot Aero, a passenger-to-freighter design company and the purchase of MRO facility Alta Aero Technic. The US carrier will invest over USD4.7 million and [...]