flyadeal (F3, Jeddah International) will decide between new and used aircraft for its widebody fleet by the end of the year, CEO Steven Greenway told FlightGlobal on the sidelines of a UK Aviation Club event in London. “The overarching economics is it’s high-volume, low-yield [routes]. That’s where it sits for us,” he said. He added [...]
Malaysia Airlines (MH, Kuala Lumpur International) will commence its first A330-900N revenue flights on the Kuala Lumpur-Melbourne Tullamarine route on December 19 after previously postponing the start date due to the late delivery of the aircraft. The airline announced the new start date on December 13 through its social media channels. The aircraft, 9M-MNG (msn [...]
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Ongoing fuel shortages have forced Mission Aviation Fellowship of Papua New Guinea (Mount Hagen) (MAF PNG) to cancel non-essential flights to western areas of the country, according to a December 12 media release. "We are cancelling non-essential flying to be able to conserve fuel in the Telefomin, Tabubil, and Kiunga areas," said MAF PNG Interim [...]
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Marabu (DI, Tallinn Lennart Meri) will pause the growth it had planned at its bases at Cologne/Bonn and Stuttgart Manfred Rommel and will not place any additional aircraft at either of these airports, according to aeroTELEGRAPH quoting sources within the company. The publication reported that the company had planned to place a third aircraft in [...]
Luxair (LG, Luxembourg) has firmed up two options for E195-E2 aircraft attached to its 2023 firm order for four units of the type from Embraer. The two additional aircraft are scheduled for deliveries in 2027. The first four aircraft will begin delivering to the airline in 2026. Luxair retains three more purchase rights for E195-E2s, [...]