A consortium of Central Asia Aviation Holdings Limited, a subsidiary of the Vietnamese conglomerate Sovico Group JSC, and Kazasia Holdings Limited finalised a deal with the Kazakh sovereign wealth fund Samruk-Kazyna JSC to acquire a 51% stake in Qazaq Air (IQ, Astana Nursultan Nazarbayev) on December 24, 2024. The agreement went into effect three days [...]
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Tanzania took delivery of a brand-new government aircraft, a G700, ch-aviation research revealed. The transactio is part of the VIP transport fleet renewal plans announced earlier this year. The ultra-long-range Gulfstream Aerospace jet, 5H-ONE (msn 87015) was at Appleton Outgamie County Regional from August 8, 2024, after a flight from Savannah International. It was then [...]
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SpiceJet (SG, Delhi International) wants to reboot a dormant B737 MAX order, according to Managing Director Ajay Singh. The carrier simultaneously faces a new lessor dispute after lawyers for Spectre Air Capital have accused it of theft by removing engines from leased B737-700(BDSF)s. Speaking at the airline's annual general meeting on December 30, 2024, Singh [...]
The New Zealand Ministry of Defence has released a request for proposals (RFP) to replace two ageing and increasingly unreliable B757-200s operated by the Royal New Zealand Air Force (KIW, Auckland Whenuapai) (RNZAF) with B737-8 or A321neo aircraft by the end of 2027. The call, issued on December 19, 2024, asks qualified suppliers to participate [...]
Prime You Aviation (São Paulo Congonhas) made its Legacy 650, previously only available under the firm's fractional ownership program, available for charter operations in Brazil. The company confirmed to ch-aviation that it is in the process of adding two helicopters to the charter fleet, with a Phenom 100 jet to follow shortly. A G550, initially [...]
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SPCTA Taxi Aéreo commenced Bombardier Business Aircraft operations with the addition of its first Global 5000, ch-aviation research has shown. PT-CTA (msn 9305) is a 16.5-year-old ultra-long-range jet configured to seat up to 16 passengers. It was previously operated privately in the United States as N815PA, being last active on December 14, 2024. On that [...]