Germany's Luminair inducts XLS+, to add Falcon 900LX trio

Luminair has announced the addition of its first Citation XLS+. The company recently told Business Air News it expects to operate three XLS-family jets by April 2025, alongside plans to induct three brand-new Falcon 900LXs. The newly added Citation XLS+, D-CPLN (msn 560-6003), was at the centre of a dispute between ACASS Ireland and Amborella, [...]

By | February 21st, 2025|Financial|0 Comments

Aircraft groundings to worsen at Air New Zealand

Air New Zealand (NZ, Auckland International) warns its problems with grounded aircraft will get worse before they get better. During a February 20, 2025, investors' call, CEO Greg Foran said the airline was likely to have 11 aircraft - one-fifth of the fleet - on the ground in the latter half of 2025 because of [...]

By | February 21st, 2025|Financial|0 Comments

Uzbekistan's Centrum Air to take first A320neo in late 1Q25

This article is only available for Commercial Aviation News, Operator and Airport Data. subscribers.Find out more Source: ch aviation Read more: Uzbekistan's Centrum Air to take first A320neo in late 1Q25

By | February 21st, 2025|Financial|0 Comments

Kazakh vice minister says SCAT Airlines planning cargo ops

This article is only available for Commercial Aviation News, Operator and Airport Data. subscribers.Find out more Source: ch aviation Read more: Kazakh vice minister says SCAT Airlines planning cargo ops

By | February 21st, 2025|Financial|0 Comments

Thai Airways primed for doubling of fleet, network growth

Thai Airways International (TG, Bangkok Suvarnabhumi) is targeting an exit from its court-supervised business rehabilitation process and a relist on the Stock Exchange of Thailand in the first half of 2025 ahead of a significant international expansion, administrator Piyasvasti Amranand told Bloomberg this week. This follows the carrier completing a THB76 billion baht (USD2.26 billion) [...]

By | February 21st, 2025|Financial|0 Comments

Police call Jeju Air CEO in for questioning over Muan crash

This article is only available for Commercial Aviation News, Operator and Airport Data. subscribers.Find out more Source: ch aviation Read more: Police call Jeju Air CEO in for questioning over Muan crash

By | February 21st, 2025|Financial|0 Comments

US's Executive Jet Management ceases GVII-G600 charter ops

Executive Jet Management (EJM, Cincinnati Lunken) has ceased GVII-G600 charter operations following the retirement of its only two units of the type from its Part 135-certified fleet, ch-aviation research shows. N326K (msn 73088) and N328K (msn 73098) have been removed from the operator’s Part 135 certificate but continue to fly under the company’s ‘EJM’ code. [...]

By | February 21st, 2025|Financial|0 Comments

Court approves Spirit Airlines financial reorganisation plan

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 [...]

By | February 20th, 2025|Financial|0 Comments

United Airlines targets 100 annual narrowbody deliveries

This article is only available for Commercial Aviation News, Operator and Airport Data. subscribers.Find out more Source: ch aviation Read more: United Airlines targets 100 annual narrowbody deliveries

By | February 20th, 2025|Financial|0 Comments

Alaska Air Group expects further Boeing delivery delays

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 [...]

By | February 20th, 2025|Financial|0 Comments