Joanna Geraghty, chief executive of JetBlue Airways (B6, New York JFK), has told employees that economic uncertainty and softer travel demand have hurt the airline’s plans to reach profitability in 2025 and forced the company to reduce capacity, axe routes, and slow down the cabin reconfiguration of its A320-200 fleet, grounding a portion of them. [...]
FlyExclusive (JRE, Kinston) will branch out to a new market segment, launching luxury charters out of Miami Executive with two Cessna (single turboprop) C208B Grand Caravans, targeting services to high-end destinations in South Florida, the Bahamas, and the Caribbean. The operator said that it would debut the new service using a wheeled, eight-seat C208B in [...]
Bridges Air Malta (5B, Malta International) has signed a dry-lease agreement with Regional One for two E190(F)s. The Maltese carrier will be the launch operator for the type, and is set to take delivery of the first aircraft in the third quarter of 2025. "The aircraft’s size fills a unique and underserved space in the [...]
TAROM (RO, Bucharest Henri Coanda) has sold its 50% stake in Romanian Fuelling Services S.R.L to Air bp. The sale was conducted in line with TAROM's restructuring strategy that stipulates divestment from the carrier's non-core businesses. The agreement was signed on March 27, 2025, and is pending approval from the authorities. Once green-lighted, Air bp [...]
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Eight entities have submitted expressions of interest (EOIs) to buy PIA - Pakistan International Airlines (PK, Islamabad International) ahead of a June 19 deadline, government sources told Reuters. However, only five of the eight entities provided supporting documents of qualification. The bidding entities include a consortium comprising Lucky Cement Ltd, Hub Power Holdings Ltd, Kohat [...]
Aurigny Air Services (GR, Guernsey) will damp-lease two DHC-6-300s under a new, long-term partnership with Skybus (United Kingdom) (IOS, Land's End) to replace its two Do228-212(NG)s by the end of 2025. The fleet upgrade underpins the multi-year extension of the airline's Public Service Obligation (PSO) for services from Alderney to Guernsey and Southampton. Skybus will [...]
Iberia (IB, Madrid Barajas) could possibly add an undisclosed number of the A330-900Ns ordered by parent entity IAG International Airlines Group in the future, as the company ups its long-haul fleet from 45 aircraft to around 70, investing over EUR6 billion euros (USD6.9 billion) over the next five years. “As part of its 2030 Flight [...]
AJet (Türkiye) (VF, Istanbul Sabiha Gökcen) has signed separate lease agreements with Avolon and Carlyle Aviation Partners for ten and four A321-200Ns, respectively. The aircraft are scheduled for delivery in 2026 and 2027. The low-cost carrier did not disclose the engine options for the upcoming jets. ch-aviation asked the airline for comment but it was [...]
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