The new CEO of Virgin Australia (VA, Brisbane International) has begun a series of investor meetings to advertise the airline's impending IPO which, according to a bullish timeline, could be held as soon as mid-2025. Dave Emerson, who replaced Jayne Hrdlicka as CEO this month, was in Sydney kicking off a non-deal roadshow with potential [...]
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Jet Aviation Business Jets Deutschland (JBD, Cologne/Bonn) has retired the sole Falcon 2000(LX) it operated, ch-aviation research reveals. N900SE (msn 118) is a 17.4-year-old jet, configured for up to 10 passengers, that had been operated by the German division of Jet Aviation since delivery. Previously registered as D-BONN, it was last active under Jet Aviation [...]
SkyAlps (BQ, Bolzano/Bozen) anticipates aircraft groundings to last for several months due to extensive safety checks on its DHC-8-Q400 fleet, Italy's RaiNews reported citing chief executive Josef Gostner. He said the grounding of seven DHC-8-Q400s and having to wet-lease in several aircraft have already cost the carrier EUR1 million euros (USD1.08 million). This follows an [...]
LAM - Linhas Aéreas de Moçambique (TM, Maputo) axes another unprofitable regional route on April 8, this time between Maputo and Cape Town International, leaving it with two regional destinations - Johannesburg O.R. Tambo in South Africa and Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. The decision is part of LAM's restructuring strategy, which prioritises domestic operations [...]
Plus Ultra Líneas Aéreas (PU, Madrid Barajas) has retired EC-MQM (msn 399), its only remaining A340-300, moving away from the type as it focuses its operations under a homogenised A330-200 fleet. EC-MQM was ferried from Madrid to Enschede on March 31, 2025. During an exclusive interview with ch-aviation in October 2024, chief executive Robert Roselli [...]
Global Jet Luxembourg (SVW, Luxembourg) has taken delivery of a brand new G700, the group's first aircraft of the type, ch-aviation research reveals. LX-AGD (msn 87056) is also the first G700 registered in Luxembourg. It was delivered on March 22, 2025 directly from the production facilities of Gulfstream Aerospace at Savannah International to Luxembourg, where [...]