An appeals court in Boston in the United States has said it will hear arguments in June in a bid by JetBlue Airways (B6, New York JFK) and Spirit Airlines (NK, Fort Lauderdale International) to overturn a federal judge’s decision last month to block JetBlue’s planned USD3.8 billion acquisition of the ultra-low-cost carrier. “We contemplate [...]
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The General Court of the European Union has annulled for a second time the European Commission’s approval of Covid-era Dutch state aid worth EUR3.4 billion euros (USD3.66 billion) to KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (KL, Amsterdam Schiphol) - a bailout that Ryanair (FR, Dublin International) challenged and previously won in May 2021 before the European Union’s [...]
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Estonia’s Ministry of Regional Affairs and Agriculture will sign a contract with NyxAir (OJ, Tallinn Lennart Meri) on February 15 for the carrier to operate the Public Service Obligation (PSO) routes between Tallinn Lennart Meri and both Kärdla on the island of Hiiumaa and Kuressaare on the island of Saaremaa until autumn 2027, the Estonian [...]
Challenge Airlines IL (5C, Tel Aviv Ben Gurion) acquired its first nose-loading B747-400FSCD, namely 4X-ICK (msn 26563), to "stay ahead of the curve despite industry discussions about overcapacity". The aircraft arrived at Liège on December 30, 2023, still flying for its former operator, Air Atlanta Icelandic (CC, Reykjavik Keflavik), as TF-AMC. It was subsequently re-registered [...]
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Starling Aviation (Grand Cayman Island) has retired its only B727-200(RE), M-STAR (msn 22687). The 42.3-year-old aircraft was deregistered from the Isle of Man on January 31, 2024, and will be scrapped at Kemble. The trijet has seen very limited service since early October 2023, Flightradar24 ADS-B data shows. Its last flights were from Dubai World [...]