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1 week ago | 
ch-aviation.com | Dominik Sipinski
Global Airlines (London City) has announced that it contracted Knighthood Global, a consultancy and investment firm led by former Etihad Aviation Group chief executive James Hogan, to "provide key strategic advice and support". The advisory company will also become a shareholder in the UK A380-800 start-up.
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1 week ago | 
ch-aviation.com | Dominik Sipinski
NovoAir (VQ, Dhaka) has suspended all flight operations as it continues to hunt for an investor and attempts to sell its aircraft for cash. ch-aviation analysis of ADS-B data shows the airline's last flight before the suspension was on May 1, 2025, on the Dhaka-Cox's Bazar and return route. It was operated by ATR72-500 S2-AJM (msn 687).
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1 week ago | 
ch-aviation.com | Dominik Sipinski
Qatar Airways (QR, Doha Hamad International) has signed a lease contract with Jetran to add five B777-200LR(MF) aircraft converted by Mammoth Freighters. The carrier will become the global launch operator of the type. "This additional freighter capacity will be instrumental in advancing our fleet growth and expanding the premium cargo services we provide to customers worldwide," chief officer (cargo) at Qatar Airways, Mark Drusch, said.
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1 week ago | 
ch-aviation.com | Dominik Sipinski
Air India (AI, Delhi International) has approached the Indian federal government over financial compensation for its losses due to the closure of Pakistani airspace, Reuters has reported, citing the carrier's letter. The airline estimates it could lose over INR50 billion rupees (USD590 million) per year if the closure persists. The airline has asked for a "subsidy model" proportional to the losses it suffers. The aid would be in place only as long as Pakistani airspace remains closed.
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1 week ago | 
ch-aviation.com | Dominik Sipinski
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1 week ago | 
ch-aviation.com | Dominik Sipinski
Icelandair (FI, Reykjavik Keflavik) will retire its remaining three B767-300ERs by the end of 2029 and has no plans to operate passenger widebodies after that, chief executive Bogi Nils Bogason said during the carrier's quarterly earnings call. "We recently finalised the review of our future widebody aircraft strategy. Our conclusion is to phase out these aircraft over the next years and place our focus on developing an efficient fleet of narrowbody aircraft.
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1 week ago | 
ch-aviation.com | Dominik Sipinski
India has closed its airspace to all aircraft operated or leased by Pakistani airlines and operators in retaliation for an earlier such move taken by Pakistan against Indian airlines. According to NOTAM G0510/25, the restriction is in force starting on April 30, 2025, at 1830Z, through at least May 23. The decision affects a limited number of flights, as Pakistani scheduled carriers have a very limited eastbound network.
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2 weeks ago | 
ch-aviation.com | Dominik Sipinski
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency's executive director, Florian Guillermet, told the French publication L'Usine Nouvelle that claims by Chinese aircraft manufacturer COMAC that its C919 would be certified by the Europeans this year were wrong. "As we informed them officially, the C919 cannot be certified in 2025," he said.
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2 weeks ago | 
ch-aviation.com | Dominik Sipinski
Air India (AI, Delhi International) has added fuel stops at Vienna and Copenhagen Kastrup on its flights from and to North America after it had to extend the flight routes because of a Pakistani overflight ban. ch-aviation analysis of ADS-B data shows that starting on April 23, the Indian carrier began to use Vienna as a fuel stop on its flights from Delhi International to Washington Dulles, Chicago O'Hare, New York JFK, and Toronto Pearson, and from Mumbai International to New York JFK.
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2 weeks ago | 
ch-aviation.com | Dominik Sipinski
The Syrian authorities have stopped AJet (VF, Istanbul Sabiha Gökcen) from launching its Istanbul Sabiha Gökcen-Damascus route shortly before the first flight was due to take place on April 21, 2025, reportedly demanding reciprocal traffic rights to Türkiye, the Middle East Eye has reported. Flightradar24 ADS-B data shows that the flights scheduled for April 21 and April 25 were cancelled. AJet did not respond to ch-aviation's request for comment.
