Mauritania Airlines adds wet-leases B737
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Air Albania adds wet-leased B737 capacity
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Air India Express to remove B737-8 business class cabins
Air India Express (IX, Delhi International) will phase out its small business class cabin on certain B737 aircraft because the cabin type does not properly align with its low-cost airline model, according to an Indian Express newspaper report. The aircraft were originally ordered by other carriers who later cancelled, and Air India Express ended up [...]
Bursa Malaysia okays AirAsia X share listing and quotation
AirAsia X (D7, Kuala Lumpur International) has received Malaysian Stock Exchange (Bursa Malaysia) approval regarding the listing and quotation of shares connected with its acquisition of Capital A's aviation businesses. Under the plan, AirAsia X Berhad, trading as AirAsia X, will pay MYR6.8 billion ringgits (USD1.58 billion) to buy Capital A's equity interests in AirAsia [...]
IndiGo CEO flags major int'l expansion, widebodies in 2027
The CEO of IndiGo Airlines (6E, Delhi International) has told The Economic Times that he intends to significantly grow the carrier's international network to 40 airports by the end of March 2025 and introduce widebody aircraft by 2027. CEO Pieter Elbers said the expansion is part of a broader strategy to establish IndiGo as a [...]
Shareholders of India's SpiceJet okay ₹30bn capital raising
A postal ballot conducted by SpiceJet (SG, Delhi International) has resulted in shareholders approving a proposal to raise up to INR30 billion rupees (USD357.7 million) via the issuance of securities. The scrutineer reported that 1,459 shareholders cast 408,784,445 votes (99.8061% of the total number of votes cast) in favour of the issuance and 109 shareholders [...]
Nepal Airlines reissues $1bn funding EOI notice
Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC), trading as Nepal Airlines (RA, Kathmandu), is again seeking to borrow USD1.018 billion to service existing loans, acquire new aircraft, and build a hangar, according to an expressions of interest (EOI) notice the state-owned airline filed on September 13. Subject to approval from the Nepalese government and other authorities, NAC says [...]
Virgin Australia converts twelve B737-10 orders to -8s
The CEO of Virgin Australia (VA, Brisbane International) told an aviation event in Brisbane last week that the airline had converted some B737 MAX orders and confirmed that it would acquire some B737-800s formerly placed at Rex - Regional Express (ZL, Wagga Wagga). “We’ve converted twelve B737-10s to B737-8s to ensure that we’ve got a [...]
Lufthansa Group confirms airBaltic as strategic ACMI partner
Lufthansa Group has signed a strategic three-year wet-lease agreement with airBaltic (BT, Riga), covering up to twenty-one A220-300s during summer seasons and up to five aircraft during winter. The German holding said the partnership, beginning in the Summer 2025 season, will allow it to better respond to changing demand with more seasonal routes. "With the [...]
New investor offers to buy 100% of Air Belgium – report
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