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The Plymouth based low cost carrier, which had launched services by taking over the former British Airways routes from Plymouth and Newquay to London Gatwick in October 2003, compeleted its planned closedown on 30 September 2011. The carrier's last...

The Barbados based start-up Caribbean low-cost carrier REDjet, which launched services in May 2011, has announced plans to acquire two more former American Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-82s. The announcement came together with an apology to customers...

The Dushanbe, Tajikistan-based carrier took delivery of the first of two new Boeing 737-900ERs (reg P4-TAJ, serial 40888) on 27 September 2011. The aircraft was the first in central Asia to be fitted with Boeing's latest Sky Interior. Somon Air launched...

Air Transport International (ATI) received its first Boeing 767-300BDSF aircraft (reg N316CM, serial 24146) in May 2011, following freighter conversion by IAI Bedek in Tel Aviv. The GE CF6-80C2B6 powered aircraft is the first of three former Qantas aircraft...

The Italian flag-carrier took delivery on 21 September 2011 of the first of 20 new Embraer E-Jets. The aircraft (reg EI-RNA, serial 19000470) was the first of five GE CF34-10 powered ERJ-190s and 15 GE CF34-8 powered ERJ-175s ordered through a $543 million...

The newly independent state of Southern Sudan, which was created on 9 July 2011 following an overwhelming referendum result in favour of secession from Sudan, has established its national flag carrier, Southern Star Airlines, based at Juba International...

The Belgian flag carrier will shortly add the first of two ex-Swiss Airbus A330-223 aircraft (regs HB-IQA and HB-IQC, serials 229 and 249 respectively) to its fleet. This is part of the airline’s fleet renewal and expansion plans as it phases out...