Air Antilles (4I, Pointe à Pitre) began in-house flight operations with an owned ATR72-600 on Monday, July 22, flying from Fort de France to Pointe à Pitre, and then continuing to St. Martin, ADS-B data revealed. The company had previously launched operations using a DHC-6-400, wet-leased from the Swiss company Zimex Aviation (XM, Zurich). The [...]
Abra Group has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Airbus to order five A350-900s, in a deal announced during the 2024 Farnborough Air Show. The London-based holding company for avianca airlines and GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes, which recently acquired a stake in Wamos Air, did not reveal which carrier would operate the aircraft. A spokesperson [...]
flynas (XY, Riyadh) plans to order fifteen A330-900s from Airbus, marking its first contract for widebody aircraft direct from the manufacturer. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), signed during the 2024 Farnborough Airshow, also includes 75 incremental A320neo Family aircraft. The tentative order includes options for a further fifty-five A320neo and fifteen A330neo. The Saudi carrier [...]
Air Charter Scotland (EDC, Perth Scone) has confirmed to ch-aviation that it has taken delivery of its first E135, G-CGMC (msn 145198). The 24.3-year-old regional jet was ferried from Bangor International via Goose Bay, Narsarsuaq, and Reykjavik Keflavik to London Stansted over the course of July 16-17, 2024. It has yet to enter into service [...]
J.CAS (Osaka Kansai) has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with Avation for the dry lease of a single ATR72-600. Announced during the 2024 Farnborough Airshow, the Japanese start-up is due to take delivery of the aircraft in late 2025. Once certified, it will connect its Osaka Kansai base to Toyama and Yonago. Thereafter, it [...]
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SAS Scandinavian Airlines (SK, Copenhagen Kastrup) is a step closer to exiting bankruptcy protection, currently scheduled for August 2024, after the Stockholm District Court approved its reorganisation plan in Sweden. The company's Swedish reorganisation is part of the overall turnaround plan approved during SAS's Chapter 11 process in the United States and is a condition [...]
Uganda Airlines (UR, Entebbe) has found itself in the political crossfire in Kampala again, with opposition leader Joel Ssenyonyi publicly criticising parliamentary speaker Anita Annet Among for mishandling investigations into the state-owned carrier in 2022. The probe by the Ugandan parliament's Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities, and State Enterprises (COSASE) between August and September 2022 [...]
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