LIAT 2020 (Antigua) - the new reiteration of now-defunct regional airline LIAT (Antigua and Barbuda) - made its inaugural flight on August 6 with an E145 operated by majority shareholder Air Peace (P4, Lagos), according to ch-aviation research. The maiden flight between Antigua and St. Lucia Vigie was operated by 5N-BVD (msn 145199), according to [...]
Irish aircraft lessor AMCK Aviation - now part of Carlyle Aviation Partners - has filed an appeal against a June 2024 US court decision that awarded Frontier Airlines (F9, Denver International) USD48.6 million over a terminated sale and leaseback contract for six A320-200s. According to court filings, AMCK Aviation Holdings Ireland Limited and affiliates Accipiter [...]
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Honda Aircraft (HON, Greensboro Piedmont Triad International) has secured thirty Letters of Intent from undisclosed customers in Brazil to acquire HondaJet Echelon aircraft ahead of its planned entry into service in 2028, Líder Aviação, the representative of Honda Aircraft in the country, has announced. The HondaJet Echelon is a new, extended-range variant of the HA-420, [...]
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The only Bombardier Challenger 650 at JetSelect Aviation (VJA, Columbus John Glenn, OH) has left the Part 135 certified operator and has gone to Executive Jet Management (EJM, Cincinnati Lunken) with ch-aviation research revealing that the latter took delivery of N918RL (msn 6174) on or around June 21, 2024. United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) [...]
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SATA Air Acores (SP, Ponta Delgada) has announced it is deploying an ATR72-500 from Spain's Swiftair (WT, Madrid Barajas) under a short-term ACMI contract to handle inter-island flights in the Azores as one of its DHC-8-Q400s remains in maintenance. The Grupo SATA subsidiary said in a statement that the Swiftair aircraft will be deployed for [...]
Delta Air Lines (DL, Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson) will pursue legal claims of at least USD500 million against CrowdStrike after a July 19 content configuration update went awry, resulting in a systems crash and IT systems worldwide shutting down, including at Delta, which says it experienced around 7,000 flight cancellations over five days because of it. [...]