Emirates (EK, Dubai International) has taken delivery of its first A350-900. A6-EXA (msn 684) was handed over to the airline at Toulouse Blagnac on November 25, 2024 and has since ferried to Dubai. The aircraft is the first of sixty-five A350s the airline has ordered. Emirates called the handover an “important fleet milestone" and said [...]
The high cost of fares in and out of Darwin is again in the spotlight after local media reported on plans by the facility's owner Airport Development Group (ADG) to raise landing fees, putting further upward pressure on airfares. Per an Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) report, Darwin has historically been an expensive city to fly [...]
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Engine maintenance issues have forced ANA - All Nippon Airways (NH, Tokyo Haneda) to ground multiple A321-200Ns, B787-8s, and B787-9s. Maintenance backlogs for the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000s used on its B787s and Pratt & Whitney GTF engines used on its A321neo jets are requiring the carrier to ground aircraft while it scrambles to source additional [...]
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Euro Flight Aviation Services has retired its sole Citation Jet 4, ch-aviation research indicates. The Austrian-based private jet charter company will continue to operate two sister Citation Jet 2+ aircraft. OE-GIN (msn 525C-0144) was last active under Austrian registration on October 28 flying between Vienna and Guernsey, followed by a leg to Bournemouth. The aircraft [...]
Elite Jet (Slovakia) (ELJ, Bratislava) has retired its sole PC-12NGX, ch-aviation research has revealed. The company will continue to operate a sister aircraft, the PC-12NG. OM-NGX (msn 2305) last operated under the 'ELJ' code on October 23, between Bratislava and Siegen. The Pilatus Aircraft was then re-registered in the United States as N841HN, flying to [...]
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