Viva Jets (Lagos) has secured its Air Operator's Certificate (AOC) from the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) as of February 2024. The company operates a G550, a Hawker 900XP, and a Challenger 604, which was inducted in April 2024, with plans to add three more Challenger 604s in 2025. Viva Jets is a subsidiary of [...]
Sri Lanka's deputy minister of finance and planning, Harshana Suriyapperuma, says state-owned SriLankan Airlines (UL, Colombo International) will embark on five-year plan this year with the goal, among others, of growing to 52 aircraft and doubling revenues from the current sub-USD1 billion mark to more than USD2 billion. Speaking in Sri Lanka's parliament on February [...]
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Qantas Group expects to receive seven new aircraft between now and June 30, the end of the 2024/25 financial year, two fewer than previously planned. The first A321-200NY(XLR) will be delayed by about two months and is now scheduled for delivery in June 2025, the group, which houses Qantas, Jetstar Airways, and Qantas Freight, among [...]
The Australian Foreign Investment Review Board has approved a proposal by Qatar Airways (QR, Doha Hamad International) to buy a 25% stake in Virgin Australia (VA, Brisbane International). The government confirmed the approval on February 27, 2025, saying the acquisition and cooperation between the two airlines would offer passengers more choices, put downward pressure on [...]
Slate Aviation, the luxury brand of Tri-State Charter, has announced plans to convert thirty-five CRJ200-family aircraft from its fleet into VIP charter and shuttle seating configurations. These conversions will take place at the company's newly established 80,000-square-foot (7,432-square-metre) maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) and cabin conversion facility at Macon Regional, a site previously occupied by [...]
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Embraer (EMB, São José dos Campos U.E. Stumpf International) will halt the development of the E175-E2 for another four years, a recent securities filing revealed. The Brazilian manufacturer will continue to build the legacy E175 while the newer variant remains on pause. Embraer's board approved the additional pause due to issues arising from limitations in [...]
FTL Airlines (C0, Paris Chalons-Vatry) is set to expand its fleet with up to four more aircraft, growing to up to five freighters in the coming years. The airline revealed its plan in a statement announcing it had joined the European Regions Airline Association (ERA) on February 21. The French cargo airline has not announced [...]