Russia's IrAero signs LOI for SJ 100s, MC-21s, Tu-214s
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Canada's Jet-Share Aviation adds first Citation XLS
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Chile’s Aerovías DAP schedules Q400 debut
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TAP’s 2015 privatisation may have been fraudulent – report
Portugal’s audit authority (Inspeção-Geral de Finanças - IGF) has concluded that the privatisation of TAP Air Portugal (TP, Lisbon) in 2015, when Atlantic Gateway, a consortium owned by David Neeleman and Humberto Pedrosa, bought the state-owned carrier, might have been fraudulent, the television channel SIC Notícias reported. The consortium acquired the airline while agreeing with [...]
Ryanair mulls setting up package holiday arm
Michael O’Leary, chief executive of Ryanair Holdings, has said in an interview with the newspaper The Telegraph that he would consider launching a package holiday arm to rival that of low-cost rival easyJet. “I wouldn’t rule out setting up a holidays division. The holiday product is probably a reasonable way of charging higher fares and [...]
Malta's JetHouse seeks US charter authorisation
JetHouse (JTH, Malta International) has applied for a US Foreign Air Carrier Permit (FACP) and an exemption to launch charter flights between the United States and the European Union. The Maltese business charter specialist currently operates a single Falcon 7X, 9H-NEAH (msn 17). In the absence of US certification, the aircraft has been deployed within [...]
Malta's JetHouse seek US charter authorisation
JetHouse (JTH, Malta International) has applied for a US Foreign Air Carrier Permit (FACP) and an exemption to launch charter flights between the United States and the European Union. The Maltese business charter specialist currently operates a single Falcon 7X, 9H-NEAH (msn 17). In the absence of US certification, the aircraft has been deployed within [...]
Ghana's Relax Airlines advances towards certification
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KLM confident as Brussels reviews revised Schiphol plan
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (KL, Amsterdam Schiphol) is confident about Brussels' impending review of new measures aimed at reducing nightly noise pollution at Amsterdam Schiphol following the Dutch cabinet's amended plan to cut aircraft movements at the airport to between 475,000 and 485,000 annually. The airline, in a statement, said this would translate into 5,000 [...]
RwandAir to double fleet to sustain revenue growth – CEO
RwandAir (WB, Kigali) aims to double its fleet within five years to sustain an 82% revenue surge in 2023, attributed to a tourism boom, investment in cargo, and a growing hub in Kigali, CEO Yvonne Makolo has told The New Times newspaper. She was commenting on the airline's revenues of RWF620.6 billion Rwandan francs (USD461 [...]