A Luxembourg court has ruled against Norwegian in its case against Norway's Ministry of Climate and Environment, over the settlement of an administrative penalty of NOK399,685,275 kroner (USD37.4 million) for failing to pay climate change charges. The European Free Trade Association (EFTA) court ruled that the penalty may not be settled via a dividend during [...]
Avcon Jet San Marino (VAJ, Rimini) has reintroduced a Challenger 604 and added its first-ever Global 5500 to its Sanmarinese AOC. T7-SAHIN (msn 5590) was registered in San Marino on August 1, 2024. It was then ferried from Moline via Bangor International to London Biggin Hill. The 20.1-year-old Bombardier Business Aircraft large jet operated its [...]
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Etihad Airways (EY, Abu Dhabi International) plans to configure its A321-200NX(LR)s, due next year, with first and lie-flat business class seats; a first for its narrowbody fleet. The Emirati carrier tentatively aims to debut the type on the Phuket route in August 2025. Aeroroutes reports the airline plans to operate one of its three daily [...]
The government of the British Virgin Islands has urged interCaribbean Airways (JY, Providenciales) to accelerate its efforts “to rectify inadequate service levels provided to travellers,” after complaints of delays, cancellations and other service-related issues. interCaribbean Airways declined to comment on the matter. According to the island government, airline officials have attributed the disruptions primarily to [...]
TAROM (RO, Bucharest Henri Coanda) has sold its daily slots at London Heathrow to Qatar Airways (QR, Doha Hamad International) for an undisclosed sum and will therefore exit the UK market at the end of the current Summer 2024 season. The transaction was announced by Heathrow slot coordinator Airport Coordination Limited (ACL) on August 14 [...]
Dubai Air Wing (DUB, Dubai International) retired its only business jet that is not a bizliner, namely a G650. The 11.6-year-old jet, previously operated by the Dubai government as A6-HMM, was re-registered as T7-DXB (msn 6079) for SybaJet San Marino on July 19, 2024, ch-aviation research has revealed. It was ferried from Dubai World Central [...]
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