Former Benin Golf boss eyes Congolese start-up
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Nigeria eyes A330 for presidential jet
The Nigerian federal government plans to purchase a foreclosed A330 from an unnamed German bank for use as a new presidential jet, reports the Premium Times newspaper. The government has reportedly offered around USD100 million for the widebody, valued at USD600 million due to its VIP configuration. According to Premium Times, the aircraft was repossessed [...]
UK's West Atlantic to trim B737s amid Royal Mail cuts
West Atlantic (United Kingdom) (NPT, Nottingham East Midlands) will retire two B737-300(F)s and three B737-400(SF)s after the carrier's largest British customer, Royal Mail, announced plans to cut its postal flight network significantly. The carrier hinted at adding A321s as it moves forward. The airline's spokesperson told The Loadstar that it will have "a smaller UK [...]
Brazil’s Abaeté Taxi Aéreo adds first King Air C90
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Lisbon remains scant on TAP privatisation plans
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Türkiye blocks Ethiopian cargo flight to Yerevan, Armenia
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Norse Atlantic Airways boosts winter charter business
Charter flights could make up as much as half of the business next winter for Norse Atlantic (United Kingdom) (Z0, London Gatwick) as its low-cost long-haul transatlantic parent Norse Atlantic Airways (N0, Oslo Gardermoen) adapts its company-wide business model to maximise the use of its aircraft. In an interview with the UK's Travel Weekly, founder [...]
Brussels reapproves Air France-KLM state aid, outwits court
Air France-KLM was the beneficiary of separate French and Dutch state aid during the Covid-19 pandemic, and that aid to the group was “necessary, appropriate, and proportionate to remedy a serious disturbance” in the economies of France and the Netherlands, the European Commission said in a statement - circumventing two General Court decisions that annulled [...]
Nigeria's Binani Air secures AOC for non-scheduled ops
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Botswana's Kalahari Air inducts first Embraer E120
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