Nigeria's Ibom Air adds CRJ900s to fill capacity gap
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Belgium withdraws B777 freighter night ban at Brussels
Pending further consultations, the Belgian government has suspended a proposed night-time ban on Boeing 777 freighter operations at Brussels National, which would have impacted AeroLogic (3S, Leipzig/Halle) and DHL Express. The decision follows protests from Flanders' regional government and concerns that switching to smaller, older aircraft would increase noise levels. AeroLogic, a joint venture between [...]
South Africa's Udan Aviation adds first Global 6000
Udan Aviation has registered its first aircraft, a Global 6000, ch-aviation research has revealed. ZS-CLO (msn 9438) is a 13.5-year-old aircraft formerly operated by San Marino's FTC Aviation. It was re-registered in South Africa in late July 2024 and was activated on August 10 for a test flight around Dubai World Central. It subsequently flew [...]
Kenya Airways seeks debt-to-equity swap as results improve
Kenya Airways (KQ, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta) aims to convert loans into shares to reduce its debt and increase equity, paving the way for a strategic investor to come on board by December or early next year, according to CEO Allan Kilavuka. He told Kenya's Business Daily Africa that the airline is banking on its top [...]
Latvia's airBaltic simplifies shares for IPO launch
Latvia's Cabinet has approved steps for the forthcoming initial public offering (IPO) of airBaltic (BT, Riga) including simplifying the airline's share structure to enhance its appeal to investors. To prepare for the IPO, airBaltic will consolidate its four existing share classes into a single class, in line with an August 30 Cabinet decision. The airline [...]
Greece's Aegean invests for up to 21% in Spain's Volotea
Aegean Airlines (A3, Athens) has announced a commercial joint venture and equity investment in Volotea (V7, Barcelona El Prat) of up to EUR50 million euros (USD55.2 million), split into two tranches. This could potentially give the Greek flag carrier a 21% stake in the Spanish LCC. The first tranche of EUR25 million (USD27.6 million) has [...]
Turkish Airlines ends Sabre distribution
Turkish Airlines (TK, Istanbul Airport) has ended its distribution agreement with Sabre Airline Solutions as of September 1, 2024, as it pushes towards more direct bookings through its forthcoming TKConnect platform. "Despite Sabre's intense efforts, we have not been able to reach mutually beneficial and commercially reasonable terms, and Turkish Airlines has decided to discontinue [...]
Iraqi Airways executives suspended amid probe into delays
Iraq’s Ministry of Transport has decided to suspend six Iraqi Airways (IA, Baghdad) executives, including the general manager, Manaf Abdel-Monem, after severe delays at Baghdad International Airport on August 31, an official statement revealed. The suspensions will last while an investigation into the delays takes place but no longer than 60 days. In the meantime, [...]
US's EAS Charter adds first large business jet
East Coast Flight Services (JTM, Easton Newnam) inducted its first GIV-SP onto its Part 135 certificate. The aircraft is the only Gulfstream Aerospace aircraft and the first large business jet in its current fleet. N51PR (msn 1425) is a 23.2-year-old aircraft. Over the last month of operations with EAS Charter, it has been flying various [...]
Canada's Nolinor Aviation eyes customer-centric growth
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