Finnair to add wet-leased B737 capacity from mid-2Q25
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US's AirMed International to retire Hawker 800s, eyes CL605s
AirMed International (MEJ, Birmingham, AL) aims to replace its fleet of Hawker 800 aircraft with Bombardier Business Aircraft Challenger 605s by 2025, the operator's president, Denise Treadwell, revealed in an interview with the International Travel & Health Insurance Journal. The company currently operates three Hawker 800-series aircraft, comprising one BAe-125-800(SP) and two Hawker 800XPi(2)s. “This [...]
Dominican Republic’s Air Century sells Saabs, ATR, Citation
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Canada's Execaire looks for international growth
Execaire Aviation (Montréal Trudeau) is evaluating opportunities for growth outside Canada, mainly in the United States, as the Canadian business aviation market nears saturation, its president Michael Fedele told ch-aviation in an exclusive interview during the NBAA-BACE in Las Vegas. "When you look at that 600 [business jet] aircraft fleet within Canada, there's a practical [...]
TAP Air Portugal launches legal action against Azul – report
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Lufthansa could ditch Trent 1000 engines in B787s
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Estonia's Nordic Aviation Group to file for bankruptcy
Nordic Aviation Group, doing business as Nordica (ND, Tallinn Lennart Meri), and its subsidiary Xfly (Estonia) (EE, Tallinn Lennart Meri) will file for bankruptcy "at the earliest opportunity" after talks with prospective investor Lars Thuesen fell through. "Unfortunately, the potential investor announced on Monday [November 18] that he does not intend to proceed with the [...]
Nigeria's ValueJet ends cargo ops, returns CRJ200F
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Uganda Airlines wet-leases A320 after South Africa setback
Uganda Airlines (UR, Entebbe) will wet-lease another A320-200 from the end of November, this time from DAT (Denmark) (DX, Kolding), following regulatory hurdles in South Africa earlier this year with an A320 ACMI arrangement with Global Aviation Operations (GE, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo). The aircraft concerned, to be provided via subsidiary DAT (R6, Kaunas International), will [...]
UK sanctions IranAir over alleged missile transfers
The United Kingdom has slapped sanctions on IranAir (IR, Tehran Mehrabad) over its alleged involvement in the transfer of ballistic missiles to Russia. As a result, the Iranian airline has suspended its last existing scheduled route to Europe beyond Türkiye. The decision follows the September 2024 termination of the bilateral air services agreement between the [...]