Qantas kept on flying B717 despite official fleet retirement
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Korea's Jeju Air cuts more flights in wake of crash
Jeju Air (7C, Jeju) will trim its schedules this quarter by another 600 flights, bringing the number of flight cancellations to almost 1,900 in the first three months of the year. The latest flight cuts, announced on January 7, follow the crash of a B737-800 at Muan Airport on December 29, which killed 179 people. [...]
Alaska Air Transit changes Anchorage hub
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US's FlyExclusive adds first Challenger 300
FlyExclusive (JRE, Kinston) expanded its Part 135-certified fleet with the addition of its first Challenger 300, ch-aviation research has revealed. The 15.3-year-old Bombardier Business Aircraft, N710DL (msn 20282), previously operated privately in the United States, became active under FlyExclusive’s ‘JRE’ code on January 4, 2025, flying between Kinston and Fort Lauderdale International. In a recent [...]
Syrianair, Cham Wings Airlines restart flight operations
Syrianair (RB, Damascus) and Cham Wings Airlines (SAW, Damascus) restarted scheduled international operations on January 7, 2025, each operating a flight from Damascus to Sharjah. The latter carrier also operated a domestic flight on the same day. A320-200 YK-AKG (msn 1402), one of only two aircraft of the type that Syrianair recently had in service, [...]
Airlink suspends some Mozambican flights over seizure risk
Airlink (South Africa) (4Z, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) cancelled flights to/from Nampula in Mozambique on January 7 to prevent a Mozambican court from seizing its aircraft following a damages claim brought by local passengers who were offloaded for unruly behaviour in December at Johannesburg O.R. Tambo airport. This follows an unsuccessful attempt by Mozambican court officials [...]
Russia's Tulpar imports a Challenger 850 amid sanctions
Tulpar (RFE, Kazan International) imported a Challenger 850 in 2024, the company's fourth unit of the type, despite ongoing Western sanctions, ch-aviation research reveals. ADS-B data indicates that RA-73558 (msn 8100) became active on December 25, 2024, performing a test flight around Kazan International under Tulpar's 'RFE' code. The 15.3-year-old aircraft was part of Indonesia's [...]
Saudi Arabia's Manasik Aviation eyes China ops in 2Q25
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Russia's Sky Gates Airlines doubles Il-96 freighter fleet
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Bangladesh CAA no closer to selling abandoned aircraft
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