Montenegro Airlines (Podgorica) plans to replace its current Learjet 45 with another of the same type, despite the growing complexity and cost of securing parts for the out-of-production executive jet. 4O-MNE (msn 45-044) was last operated for the government on July 29, 2024, flying from Podgorica to Paris Le Bourget and return. It was subsequently [...]
TUI fly (Netherlands) (OR, Amsterdam Schiphol) has retired its last B767-300ER, bringing an end to B767 operations across the TUI Group. PH-OYJ (msn 29384) carried out its last revenue flight from Amsterdam Schiphol to Lanzarote via Fuerteventura and back to Amsterdam on November 3, 2024, according to Flightradar24 ADS-B data. It was subsequently ferried to [...]
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US-based Air Transport Services Group, owner of ABX Air, ATI - Air Transport International, and Omni Air International, has been acquired by American investment firm Stonepeak in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately USD3.1 billion. In a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, ATSG disclosed that it will merge with Stonepeak Nile Parent [...]
Custom Jet Charters (CJE, West Palm Beach International) is no longer listed as a Part 135 holder, according to official US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) data. Previously, the operator had a total of three aircraft on its certificate - one Citation XLS+, one G200, and one G280. Citation XLS+ N963AD (msn 560-6299) has moved to [...]
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Spirit Airlines (NK, Fort Lauderdale International) plans to furlough about 330 pilots on January 31, 2025, a spokesman confirmed to ch-aviation, after the company announced workforce reductions starting early next year as it looks to cut USD80 million in annual costs as part of an ongoing strategy to return to profitability. "We are implementing a [...]
Advanced Air (AN, Hawthorne) is planning to transfer the recently acquired business jet fleet of Desert Jet (DJR, Palm Springs Jacqueline Cochran Regional) to its own Part 135 certificate within the next four months to expand in the mid-size segment. "All Desert Jet aircraft, hopefully, in the next 120 days will be moved over to [...]
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ACASS Canada (Montréal Trudeau) is planning to leverage its certificates - in Canada, Ireland, and San Marino - as tools for its customers, focusing on their individual needs with no strategic preference for any of the three jurisdictions, Chief Executive and Co-Owner Andre Khury told ch-aviation in an exclusive interview during the NBAA-BACE in Las [...]