LOT hunts more B787s, mulls new bases in Europe
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Mauritania's Class Aviation registers GIV-SP in the country
Class Aviation has reregistered its sole executive jet, a GIV-SP, in Mauritania, making it the only business jet on the country's register, ch-aviation research reveals. The 27.4-year-old Gulfstream Aerospace aircraft, 5T-PCL (msn 1322), was first active under its new registration on March 4, 2025, flying between Madrid Barajas - where it had been undergoing maintenance [...]
UK's Jet2 to wet-lease summer capacity due to Airbus delays
Jet2 (United Kingdom) (LS, Leeds/Bradford) plans to wet-lease in additional capacity for the IATA northern summer season after production delays at Airbus (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac) leave the carrier short of aircraft, it said. The airline expected to take delivery of 14 new owned and leased A321-200NX aircraft by the end of Summer 2025, upping its [...]
Thai gov't targets Utapao MRO opening in 2029
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Filipino MP seeks to stop turboprop flights moving to Clark
A Filipino politician has asked the country's president and transport minister to intervene and halt the transfer of propellor aircraft flights from Manila Ninoy Aquino International to Angeles City Clark International, saying that the relocation would damage domestic tourism. Manila's Politiko news site reports National Unity Party member Luis Ray Villafuerte as saying that the [...]
Taiwan's Executive Aviation adds first G280
Executive Aviation Taiwan (Taipei Songshan) has added a first G280, ch-aviation research reveals. B-80699 (msn 2069) was first active on February 14, 2025, completing several flights between Taichung Ching Chuan Kang, where it is based, Kaohsiung, Taipei Songshan, and Kinmen. The 10.2-year-old Gulfstream Aerospace aircraft was previously registered in the United States as N806JK and [...]
Gov't says AirBorneo to be fully operational by end of 1Q26
The government of Sarawak in Malaysia says AirBorneo should be fully operational by the end of March 2026. Last month, the state government acquired MASwings (MY, Kota Kinabalu) from Malaysia Aviation Group and intends to relaunch it as a Sarawak-based carrier. Sarawak Transport Minister Lee Kim Shin says work is already underway on regulatory approvals, [...]
Amazon to pull out from Riverside March, CA
Amazon.com will end its operations at Riverside March Arb, CA, just six years after it opened a sorting facility at the military and cargo airport, the company confirmed to ch-aviation. The e-commerce firm said the employees will be offered jobs at other nearby facilities in California. According to Flightradar24 ADS-B data, the airport sees very [...]
Argentina's Juano replaces Citation Jet 1+ with Citation M2
Juano has replaced its Citation Jet 1+, now up for sale, with its first Citation M2, operations manager Jorge Andreolli confirmed to ch-aviation. "Since our founding in 2017, we've operated a Citation Jet 1+ for regional flights with excellent results," said Andreolli. "When the time came for an update, we selected the Citation M2 as [...]
S Africa's FlySafair clarifies safety quips at competitors
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