The CEO of Croatia Airlines (OU, Zagreb Franjo Tuđman) says he is open to starting intercontinental flights using its incoming fleet of A220 aircraft but has ruled out long-haul flying. “Our team is constantly scanning for new routes, and our desire is to launch nonstop intercontinental flights in the future,” Jasmin Bajić said during a [...]
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Lufthansa Group will be able to increase its ownership in Italy's state-owned ITA Airways (AZ, Rome Fiumicino) to 90% from early 2025, but it wants to keep the Italian government's support for the first two years following the merger scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2024, Group CEO Carsten Spohr told the Italian newspaper Corriere [...]
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Bidding for a stake in PIA - Pakistan International Airlines (PK, Islamabad International) is expected to take place in the first week of August after six entities and/or consortia pre-qualified to do so. The entities eligible to bid are AirBlue (PA, Karachi International), Arif Habib Corporation, Blue World City, Fly Jinnah (9P, Karachi International), Pak [...]
Mining company Mineral Resources Limited has commenced fly-in-fly-out (FIFO) flights using its in-house airline, MinRes Air (Perth International), and an A319-100 wet-leased from Skytraders (SND, Sydney Kingsford Smith). Refurbished and repainted in MinRes Air's livery, the 15.5-year-old VH-VHP (msn 3757) completed a 3,600-kilometre sector from Brisbane International to Ken's Bore via Wodgina on July 2 [...]
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