Silver Air (United States of America) (SIS, Fresno Yosemite) has acquired the management rights of a Bombardier Business Aircraft Global Express formerly managed by Jet Edge (EDG, Van Nuys), with ch-aviation research revealing that N228SS (msn 9124) went across to Silver Air in early May 2024. The aircraft's exit from VistaJet Group Holding-owned Jet Edge [...]
Flybird Aircraft Management Services Limited obtained its Air Operator's Certificate (AOC) from the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) on June 10, 2024. The Abuja-based aircraft management and trading company has not disclosed any further details regarding its commercial plans. It did not respond to ch-aviation's request for comment. Earlier this year, local business magazine Leadership [...]
Bikini Jet (Istanbul Sabiha Gökcen) has set up a new brand, BKNJET, using the Air Operator's Certificate of TAV Air (Istanbul Atatürk). "Bikini Jet has successfully registered its new brand BKNJET on the TAV Air AOC with Turkish CAA approval number 50," Managing Director Orkun Cetinkaya said. Turkish civil aviation authority (Sivil Havacılık Genel Müdürlüğü [...]
Norse Atlantic Airways (N0, Oslo Gardermoen) says talks with a potential strategic investor have failed but that it is continuing to look for a new partner, a press release issued by the company said. The airline, which has both a Norwegian Air Operator's Certificate (AOC) and an AOC from the United Kingdom as Norse Atlantic [...]
Japan and the European Union have tightened their respective sanctions on Russia, tightening bans on the country's aviation industry and operations. The Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a communique on June 21, 2024, that its new measures target two aircraft manufacturers, Ilyushin Design Bureau and Tupolev Design Bureau. Both are subsidiaries of UAC [...]
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Sun Country Airlines (SY, Minneapolis St. Paul International) has agreed to operate another eight B737-800(BCF)s for Amazon.com, according to a June 20, 2024, regulatory filing. Sun Country will begin flying the Amazon-owned aircraft in 2025. It adds to the twelve B737 freighters Sun Country already operates on behalf of the logistics giant. Under the terms [...]