US’s Aero granted commuter authorisation
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Canada rejects Turkish Airlines request for more summer ops
The Canadian Transportation Agency has denied an application from Turkish Airlines (TK, Istanbul Airport) to operate five additional weekly flights between Türkiye and Canada for the IATA summer season in 2025. Turkish Airlines was seeking to operate one additional frequency between Istanbul Airport and Toronto Pearson, two from Istanbul to Montréal Trudeau, and one to [...]
Zambian presidential jet admitted as court evidence
A court in Zambia has admitted as evidence the country's Gulfstream Aerospace presidential jet, G650 AF001 (msn 6335), in a high-profile USD573.9 million corruption case involving a former permanent defence ministry secretary, Stardy Mwale, and five others. The case at Lusaka Magistrates Court centres on alleged violations of procurement laws, involving Mwale along with former [...]
Russian gov't to invest $308mn in further SJ 100 development
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TUI Group conservative with in-house capacity
TUI Group is planning the capacity of its in-house airlines very conservatively, and will use agreements with other airlines to carry its tour operator customers if the demand exceeds its own capacity, chief executive Sebastian Ebel told Reuters. The executive said that the airlines operating under the company's brand are conservative in capacity this year [...]
Switzerland's Cat Aviation phases out last Falcon 7X
Cat Aviation (CAZ, Zurich) has phased out the last of its four Falcon 7X jets, ch-aviation research shows. HB-JSS (msn 2), a 16.8-year-old Dassault Aviation aircraft configured to seat up to 13 passengers, had been operated by Cat Aviation since new. Based at Zurich, it was actively flying under the company's 'CAZ' code until September [...]
China's Colorful Guizhou Airlines hiring C909, A320 pilots
Colorful Guizhou Airlines (GY, Guiyang) is recruiting C909 pilots ahead of the planned induction of the type later this year. The carrier posted the recruitment notice, which also concerns A320 pilots, on February 19. It seeks 23 pilots who meet specific training requirements and hours (500 hours or more on A320 or C909 aircraft or [...]
Australia's Skytrans receives AOC for narrowbody ops
Skytrans (QN, Cairns) received its amended Air Operator's Certificate (AOC) CASA.AOC.0042 from Australia's Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) on February 26, 2025, allowing it to begin regional operations with narrowbody aircraft. Skytrans took delivery of its first A319-100 in December 2024. VH-L7A (msn 1779) was added to the Australian register on December 20, 2024, five [...]
Indonesia's Pelita Air trims 2025 delivery expectations
Delivery delays have scuttled plans for six additional A320s at Pelita Air (IP, Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta) this year, with Commercial Director Asa Perkasa telling Jakarta's Bisnis news outlet that the carrier is now expecting four. "The [first] aircraft will arrive at the end of June," he said. "The hope is that it can serve during school [...]
South Korea's Parata Air inks A330 lease contract – report
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