ch-aviation

• US's GlobalX eyes wet-leased capacity in 1Q25 16. September 2024
• Germany's DC Aviation orders first G400 for charters 16. September 2024
  DC Aviation (DCS, Stuttgart Manfred Rommel) is set to become the global launch customer of the new G400 type, having placed an order with Gulfstream Aerospace (GLF, Savannah International) for one. The G400 began flight testing in mid-August 2024. While DC Aviation did not share the expected delivery timeframe, the manufacturer hopes to certify the […]
• SPARFELL adds first Global 7500 to Maltese AOC 16. September 2024
  SPARFELL Malta (QFX, Malta International) has inducted a first Global 7500 onto its AOC, namely 9H-EINE (msn 70187). The brand-new jet was ferried directly from Bombardier Business Aircraft's site at Montréal Trudeau to Malta International on August 25-26, 2024. It was then flown to Vienna, the base of parent company SPARFELL Luftfahrt (LDX, Vienna), on […]
• Denmark's Maersk Air Cargo retires last corporate jet 16. September 2024
  Maersk Air Cargo (DJ, Billund) has retired its last remaining corporate jet, Gulfstream Aerospace G450 OY-APM (msn 4305), ch-aviation research has revealed. The 10.4-year-old aircraft was ferried from Copenhagen Kastrup to Basel/Mulhouse/Freiburg, CH on February 25, 2024, for pre-transfer maintenance. It later operated a test flight under its Danish registration on August 26 before being […]
• Museveni approves Uganda Airlines fleet additions 16. September 2024
• Brussels Airlines to add more A330s to strengthen Africa ops 16. September 2024
  Brussels Airlines (SN, Brussels National) will grow its widebody fleet to 13 aircraft by adding three more A330-300s in "the coming years", targeting primarily its African network. "The demand for flights to and from Sub-Saharan Africa is developing at a fast pace and it is crucial for Lufthansa Group to grow its footprint in the […]