Abra Group, the owner of avianca airlines (AV, Bogotá) and GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes (G3, São Paulo Congonhas), has agreed to acquire shares in Wamos Air (EB, Madrid Barajas) as part of a strategic investment in the Spanish ACMI/charter specialist. Adrian Neuhauser, chief executive officer of Abra Group, said the move will allow the holding [...]
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United States-based snack food giant Mondelez Global has acquired a Bombardier Global 6000, with ch-aviation fleets data showing it acquired the almost 11-year-old 13-passenger business jet from Priester Aviation (PWA, Chicago Executive) in March 2024. US Federal Aviation Administration records show ownership is held by an entity called TVPX Aircraft Solutions Inc Trustee registered to [...]
Frontier Airlines (F9, Denver International) has asked the US Department of Transportation (DOT) to register the new trade name Frontera for use in certain of its air transportation operations. The DOT confirmed the brand name raised no similarity or other issues requiring resolution under Part 215 and approved it for use in Frontier’s operations starting [...]
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A New York court has sentenced a former employee and a supplier of JetBlue Airways to 20 and 40 months imprisonment, respectively, for defrauding the airline of about USD10 million by diverting millions of dollars from airline part contracts. Julien Levy and Keily Nunez were sentenced on May 3 at the US District Court for [...]
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Air Vanuatu (NF, Port Vila) has grounded its aircraft, cancelled flights, and axed its board after it asked Ernst & Young to advise on whether it should file for voluntary administration. The chairman of the now defunct board, Alain Lew, told Port Vila's Daily Post that the government approached the administrators on May 6. Several [...]