The Australian Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, and the Arts has issued a request for tender (RFT) to provide air passenger and cargo services for five years to the country's Indian Ocean Territories, namely Christmas Island and Cocos Islands. The contract is currently held by Virgin Australia Regional (VA, Perth International). "This offers [...]
Spirit Airlines (NK, Fort Lauderdale International) announced it reached an agreement with Airbus to defer all aircraft on order scheduled to be delivered from the second quarter of 2025 through the end of 2026 to 2030-2031. The ultra-low-cost carrier previously planned to take six A320-200neo and fifteen A321-200neo in 2025. Following the amendment, the airline [...]
Mounthill Aviation Resources (Abuja) has secured its air operator's certificate (AOC) from the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) with the permit being awarded on April 5. The Nigerian private jet specialist has a single known aircraft on its books, a Hawker 800XP 5N-CDM (msn 258460) formerly A2-MBG with Major Blue Air (Maun) in Botswana, which [...]
Eclair Aviation (ECC, Prague Václav Havel) has inducted its first Gulfstream G200, namely OK-GLX (msn 238), as the smallest business jet in its fleet. The 10-seater, which can accommodate up to 5 passengers in a sleeping configuration, was inducted by the Prague Václav Havel-based carrier by April 1, 2024. It was manufactured in 2010 and [...]
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Uganda Airlines (UR, Entebbe) intends to wet-lease an A320 this month to be deployed on its route to Johannesburg O.R. Tambo, South Africa, to fill the medium-haul gap in its fleet, according to CEO Jenifer Bamuturaki. Speaking to national broadcaster UBC, she described the wet-lease as an interim solution given the long lead times for [...]
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JetSetGo (Delhi International) is looking to secure USD900 million in new funds to facilitate the acquisition of 12 new mid-sized twin-engine aircraft, and it also has plans for an initial public offering (IPO) that could take place in 2027 or 2028, the newspaper BusinessLine reported citing the company’s founder and chief executive Kanika Tekriwal. “We [...]
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