The United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York has confirmed the financial reoganisation plan put forward by Spirit Airlines (NK, Fort Lauderdale International), paving the way for the carrier to exit Chapter 11 proceedings. Judge Sean Lane approved the airline's proposal during a February 20, 2025, hearing. Under the plan, the [...]
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Alaska Air Group, parent entity of Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines, and Horizon Air, has announced that Boeing informed it of delays in the delivery of certain B737 MAX and B787-9 aircraft this year. According to its annual report, the group expects to add 28 aircraft in 2025 while retiring six B737-900s. Alaska Airlines is set [...]
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flydubai (FZ, Dubai International) may order more than 200 narrowbody aircraft as it looks to expand and modernise its fleet. According to an article published by Bloomberg, the contract that the Dubai-based carrier is set to sign could include options for 100 more. Ghaith Al Ghaith, chief executive officer at flydubai, told ch-aviation that the [...]
Aviation Services Management has announced the addition of a first Challenger 605. The Bombardier Business Aircraft, A6-ASM (msn 5807), is 15.9 years old and configured to seat up to 11 passengers. Previously operated by Saudi Arabia's Aviation Horizons as VP-CIF, the jet was based at Riyadh. It was last active on October 10, 2024, performing [...]
Rimbun Air (RI, Bandung) has leased its first ATR72-600 from Aircraft Finance Germany. In a February 17, 2025, statement, the lessor confirmed placing aircraft msn 1288 with the carrier. According to the ch-aviation fleets module, 9.3-year-old aircraft was last operating for Amelia (8R, Paris Le Bourget), registered as F-HGNU. ADS-B flight tracking data shows it [...]
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Qanot Sharq (HH, Tashkent International) has signed a dry-lease contract for five extended-range A321-200neo, including two A321-200NX(LR)s and three A321-200NY(XLR)s, from Air Lease Corporation. The aircraft are scheduled for delivery in 2026 and 2027, and will come from the lessor's existing orderbook with Airbus. The lessor has unfilled orders for twenty-two A321-200NX(LR)s and thirty A321-200NY(XLR)s. [...]
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has tentatively approved an integrated alliance between Virgin Australia (VA, Brisbane International) and Qatar Airways (QR, Doha Hamad International). The draft determination, released on February 17, 2025, finds the alliance poses little threat to competition and is likely to increase choices for travellers. "The ACCC considers that the [...]