K-Mile Asia (8K, Bangkok Suvarnabhumi) has taken delivery of its first B767-300ER(BCF) - its first widebody freighter and the first of its type in Thailand. HS-KSA (msn 33421) arrived at Bangkok Suvarnabhumi on September 6, 2024, following a non-stop ferry flight from Guangzhou. The company told ch-aviation that the aircraft is leased. Powered by Pratt [...]
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US investment fund Blackrock Investment Management has sold a portion of its preferential shares and American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) in Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras (AD, São Paulo Viracopos), reducing its stake in the Brazilian airline from 5.061% to 4.716%, Reuters reported. The divestment follows reports that alleged Azul was in discussions with shareholders to optimise [...]
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Elliott Investment Management has now acquired more than 10% of Southwest Airlines (WN, Dallas Love Field) common stock, according to a September 3, 2024, filing with the US Securities Exchange Commission. According to Southwest's bylaws, passing that threshold gives a shareholder the right to call a special meeting of shareholders. Frequently tagged as an activist [...]
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Air Botswana (BP, Gaborone) has dismissed what it called "false and irresponsible reporting" about its ongoing aircraft re-fleeting after the Botswana Guardian newspaper, on September 6, claimed the state-owned carrier had been duped by a third-party broker to pay BWP300 million pula (USD22.5 million) for an unairworthy aircraft that remained grounded, and that the country's [...]
DAT (R6, Kaunas International) has applied for exemption authority and a foreign air carrier permit to conduct charter flights to and from the United States, according to a regulatory filing lodged with the US Department of Transportation (DOT). The Lithuanian carrier, legal name UAB DAT LT, is a subsidiary of DAT (Denmark) (DX, Kolding). In [...]
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An adviser to Europe's highest court has recommended that it reject 13 appeals from airlines challenging air freight cartel fines imposed by the European Commission in 2017. In his non-binding opinion on September 5, Advocate General Athanasios Rantos mostly sided with the EU antitrust watchdog when he proposed that the Court of Justice of the [...]