Alex Jets has rebranded as Falcon Luxe and will apply for a new Air Operator's Certificate (AOC) in the UAE in partnership with Falcon Aviation Services. Following the rebranding, Falcon Luxe plans to expand its fleet and cooperate more closely with existing Falcon-branded companies. Can Şaşmaz, Chief Executive Officer at Falcon Luxe, highlighted "the strong [...]
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ExecuJet Middle East (EJO, Dubai World Central) inaugurated a new 15,000-square-metre private jet terminal at Dubai World Central in December 2024, featuring a 7,000-square-metre hangar. Complementing the facility is a Dassault Aviation-owned maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) centre. Additionally, ExecuJet Middle East added a first G650ER this month, as revealed by ch-aviation research. Developed in [...]
Kerala-based start-up Alhind Air has pushed back its launch date to the middle of 2025 after failing to secure an air operator's certificate (AOC) before the end of the year. As recently as October, the carrier's backers were suggesting a late-2024 start was on the cards. CNBC TV18 reports that Alhind Air now hopes to [...]
Shortstop Jet Charter retired the sole executive jet it operated, a Falcon 900C, as revealed by ch-aviation research. VH-OAA (msn 188) was last active on November 8, 2024, completing a flight around Sydney Kingsford Smith, where it remains parked. The aircraft was re-registered in the United States as N914SS on December 16 and is now [...]
ANA Holdings has acquired the remaining 7% stake in Peach Aviation (MM, Osaka Kansai) from Hong Kong-based First Eastern Aviation Holdings, assuming full control of the low-cost carrier. "As we anticipate a further increase of inbound tourists, the decision to make Peach a wholly owned subsidiary is designed to build on previous growth, strengthen ANA [...]
The Northern Mariana Islands' Commonwealth Economic Development Authority (CEDA) has granted MACS - Micronesian Air Connection Services a qualifying certificate, giving the start-up a 100% tax break on gross revenue, corporate income, and individual income taxes. The newspaper Marianas Variety reported that CEDA's board of directors unanimously approved the tax waiver during a December 19 [...]
The formerly tightly held Vietravel Airlines (VU, Hue Phu Bai International) has taken on three new shareholders, namely T&T Aviation Transport and Trading JSC, trading as T&T Airlines; T&T Super Port and International Logistics Center Company Limited, trading as T&T SuperPort; and BVIM Fund Management JSC. Vietravel Airlines chairman Nguyen Quoc Ky said that opening [...]
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