The CEO of Virgin Australia (VA, Brisbane International) told an aviation event in Brisbane last week that the airline had converted some B737 MAX orders and confirmed that it would acquire some B737-800s formerly placed at Rex - Regional Express (ZL, Wagga Wagga). “We’ve converted twelve B737-10s to B737-8s to ensure that we’ve got a [...]
Lufthansa Group has signed a strategic three-year wet-lease agreement with airBaltic (BT, Riga), covering up to twenty-one A220-300s during summer seasons and up to five aircraft during winter. The German holding said the partnership, beginning in the Summer 2025 season, will allow it to better respond to changing demand with more seasonal routes. "With the [...]
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KlasJet (KLJ, Vilnius) has announced plans to reconfigure one of its B737-800s with a dedicated business class, aiming to better serve the global ACMI market. "While this cabin configuration is in high demand, and traditionally not provided, we are making these upgrades to cater to interest in Africa and other markets where we see this [...]
flyv (Germany) (Stuttgart Manfred Rommel) has announced it will begin scheduled commercial flights under the flybbird brand from Friedrichshafen in May 2025 with at least one Tecnam P2012 following the successful completion of a demonstration flight on September 10 from the Lake Constance airport. The flight was conducted by German charter carrier Alpen Air (Germany) [...]
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The CEO of Malaysia Aviation Group has confirmed Malaysia Airlines (MH, Kuala Lumpur International) will initially send its A330-900N to Melbourne Tullamarine in late November before deploying the aircraft onto Kuala Lumpur-Auckland International in December. Speaking to Executive Traveller, Izham Ismail said the first of twenty A330-900Ns would arrive in Kuala Lumpur in October and [...]