Air Côte d'Ivoire eyes first A330neo in 4Q24; seeks finance
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Bidding for Pakistan's PIA to take place in mid-3Q24
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 [...]
Australia's MinRes Air debuts flight operations
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 [...]
CNMI's Star Marianas Air sues Southern Airways Express
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US FAA Part 110 and Part 135 changes could take years
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Brazil’s Azul prepares to add two A321(P2F)s
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Belgium's FlyingGroup targets larger jets, mulls single AOC
FlyingGroup is positioning itself as a high-quality specialist in the management of midsize and large business jets, even while it has also developed expertise as one of the leading PC-24 operators. It is also mulling a unified EASA AOC across the group, chairman and chief executive Bernard van Milders told ch-aviation in an interview at [...]
Colombo abandons plans to privatise SriLankan Airlines
The Sri Lankan government has decided to restructure rather than privatise SriLankan Airlines (UL, Colombo International) after none of the entities that expressed interest in it were deemed suitable. A July 3 media statement on the Sri Lankan government website confirmed the change of heart, with the aviation minister, Nimal Siripala de Silva, saying none [...]
Air Zimbabwe CEO discusses six-year turnaround strategy
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Abra tie-up to accelerate Spain’s Wamos Covid loan payment
Source: ch aviation Read more: Abra tie-up to accelerate Spain’s Wamos Covid loan payment