Tajikistan's Asian Express Airlines again adds an A320
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India's Mehair eyes Jammu & Kashmir seaplane ops
The government of Jammu & Kashmir Union Territory in India is moving along with plans to establish a subsidised seaplane service between Dal Lake in Srinagar and Manasbal, with Mehair (Mumbai International) poised to be the operator. The Secretary of the local Civil Aviation Department, Mohammad Aijaz Asad, asked officials to accelerate work on the [...]
China’s Kunming Airlines takes delivery of first B737-8
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Australia's Aerlink inducts first ATR72-200(F)
Aerlink (Brisbane International) is inducting its first ATR72-200(F), having ferried VH-AK3 (msn 467) to Australia in January. The carrier secured the 28.4-year-old aircraft, last operated as TR-XCL for Solenta Aviation Gabon (SVG, Libreville Leon M'Ba), on operating lease from ACIA Aero. The Queensland charter specialist operates six passenger-configured ATR72-500s, but until now, did not deploy [...]
Philippines' Sunlight Air switches main base
Sunlight Air (2R, Manila Ninoy Aquino International) is shifting its operations and most of its flights to Angeles City Clark International on April 1, 2024. The Filipino carrier announced the change via a press release this week and said the move came after "careful consideration." As a result, the existing Manila Ninoy Aquino - Busuanga, [...]
Merger between Canada's Flair and Lynx Air likely – reports
Canadian media outlets are reporting that Flair Airlines (F8, Kelowna) and Lynx Air (Y9, Calgary) will soon announce merger plans, possibly by the end of this week. The ongoing merger talks, first reported by The Airline Observer, are said to be in the advanced stages. However, the precise timing and structure of the merger are [...]
US's Jetran Flight Service adds first B737-700(BBJ)
Jetran - Flight Service (Horseshoe Bay) has taken delivery of its first B737-700(BBJ), ch-aviation research has revealed. N707J (msn 30884) was ferried out of Istanbul Atatürk via Reykjavik Keflavik and Bangor to Horseshoe Bay over the course of January 23-24, 2024. The 23.2-year-old bizliner was subsequently deployed to San Antonio International and Dublin International, but [...]
Mexicana’s main shareholder urged to be more transparent
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Spirit, bondholders seeking advisors for debt talks – report
Both Spirit Airlines (NK, Fort Lauderdale International) and its bondholders have been recruiting advisers ahead of possible negotiations over debt the company holds exceeding USD1 billion, which comes due in 2025 and 2026, sources have told Bloomberg News. In one report, on February 8, Bloomberg Law claimed that a group of bondholders had asked Akin [...]
Congo Airways mulls A320s, deems Q400 "beyond repair"
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