Indonesia's Asia Cargo Airlines adds B737-800 freighter
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US court allows Delta to pursue lawsuit over cyber outage
A judge in the United States has allowed Delta Air Lines (DL, Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson) to proceed with several key claims in its lawsuit against cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, stemming from a software update that allegedly caused a massive outage across Delta’s systems last year, which the airline claims cost it more than USD500 million. In [...]
US DOJ ends Bombardier graft investigation
The United States Department of Justice has quietly ended an investigation into Bombardier Aerospace selling CRJ1000ERs to Garuda Indonesia (GA, Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta) earlier last decade. In a May 1, 2025, Toronto Stock Exchange filing, the aircraft manufacturer said it had received notification from the DOJ on April 1 that it had closed its investigation into [...]
Omega sues US's Presidential Aviation over maintenance
Omega Aviation (Isle of Man) is suing Presidential Aviation (PRD, Fort Lauderdale Executive) for breach of contract and negligence in Florida's Seventeenth Judicial Circuit Court. In a filing dated March 14, 2025, Omega alleges a series of maintenance failures and negligent behaviour by Presidential Aviation that resulted in a serious runway incident and a business [...]
Brazil's Levu Air Cargo to resume ops with sole A321F
Levu Air Cargo (LVU) is planning to resume operations after a six-month hiatus. The general director, Lucas Menero, told ch-aviation that its sole A321-200(PCF) PS-LVU (msn 775) is currently undergoing maintenance and should re-enter service soon. Flightradar24 ADS-B data shows that the aircraft was grounded at Manaus International from December 5, 2024, until May 10, [...]
Lufthansa postpones A340-600 retirement to 1H26
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easyJet to open Newcastle base in late 1Q26
easyJet (London Luton) has announced it will base three aircraft at Newcastle, GB from March 2026, making it easyJet UK's eleventh base in the country. The low-cost carrier currently maintains services from Newcastle to Paris CDG, Amsterdam Schiphol, Alicante Elche Miguel Hernández, Málaga, Palma de Mallorca, Belfast International, and Bristol International, and plans to open [...]
Spain's Swiftair faces backlash from AH5017 crash victims
Swiftair (WT, Madrid Barajas) has once again asked a French court to refer legal questions to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) over whether France can try the company for the 2014 crash of Air Algérie Flight AH5017. The move has reignited tensions with victims’ families, who denounce it as a deliberate [...]
Jersey's Eclipsoair eyes Alderney ops; Air Alderney returns
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Benin seeks Qatar Airways' help with new national carrier
Plans for Qatar Airways to support the establishment of a new national carrier in Benin, to be named Amazon Airlines, have emerged following a state visit to Doha by Benin's President Patrice Talon. In a joint statement on May 19 following the visit, Qatar and Benin expressed "interest in enhancing cooperation in the aviation sector, [...]