Engine maintenance issues have forced ANA - All Nippon Airways (NH, Tokyo Haneda) to ground multiple A321-200Ns, B787-8s, and B787-9s. Maintenance backlogs for the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000s used on its B787s and Pratt & Whitney GTF engines used on its A321neo jets are requiring the carrier to ground aircraft while it scrambles to source additional [...]
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Euro Flight Aviation Services has retired its sole Citation Jet 4, ch-aviation research indicates. The Austrian-based private jet charter company will continue to operate two sister Citation Jet 2+ aircraft. OE-GIN (msn 525C-0144) was last active under Austrian registration on October 28 flying between Vienna and Guernsey, followed by a leg to Bournemouth. The aircraft [...]
Elite Jet (Slovakia) (ELJ, Bratislava) has retired its sole PC-12NGX, ch-aviation research has revealed. The company will continue to operate a sister aircraft, the PC-12NG. OM-NGX (msn 2305) last operated under the 'ELJ' code on October 23, between Bratislava and Siegen. The Pilatus Aircraft was then re-registered in the United States as N841HN, flying to [...]
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Royal Air Charters (Lusaka) has taken delivery of its first E140, ch-aviation research has revealed. N851AE (msn 145734) was ferried from Centralia Huron to Lusaka between November 19 and 21, with stops at Bangor International, Goose Bay, Reykjavik Keflavik, Shannon, Tirana, Luxor, Addis Ababa International, and Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta. The 21.4-year-old regional jet will be [...]
Arkia Israeli Airlines (IZ, Tel Aviv Ben Gurion) and Israir (6H, Tel Aviv Ben Gurion) are looking to start flights to the United States, with the Israeli Ministry of Transport pushing for them to obtain all of the necessary paperwork, the Times of Israel reported. “Under the leadership of Transportation Minister Miri Regev, and with [...]
Vietravel Airlines (VU, Hue Phu Bai International) will wet lease an A320-200 from Avion Express Malta (4X, Malta International) until after the next Lunar New Year (January 29, 2025), according to the airline's social media statement. ADS-B flight tracking data shows that 9H-SWN (msn 5086) ferried into Ho Chi Minh City from Castellón de la [...]