OLT (aka OLT Ostfriesische Lufttransport GmbH ) launched jet services from Bremen earlier this month (December 2011) under new OLT Express branding. The services are operated using two Fokker 100s (reg D-AOLG, serial 11265 and D-AOLH / 11452). A new logo and dedicated website has been commissioned to...
The troubled Venice-based domestic and regional carrier has finally ceased operating. Established in 2010 as a successor to Alpi Eagles Airlines, and known as "Eagles" to reflect its origins, the carrier had been forced to announce a rebranding as Prima Aero Trasporti Italiani on 27 May 2011...
CAA - Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation of the Democratic Republic of Congo received the first of two planned Fokker 100s (current reg PH-ABW, serial 11493) on lease from Amsterdam-based lessor France Aircraft Finance on 27 September 2011. The Rolls-Royce Tay 650-15 powered, 1995 vintage aircraft is...
The new airline, being created by the South African National Taxi Alliance, is planning to launch operations in November 2011. The carrier will offer flat rate airfares between R500 and R600 ($72-$87) on services initially linking Johannesburg's Lanseria airport with Bisho, the capital city of the...
The Aktau-based "Socially Responsible Corporation Caspiy National Company JSC" is a conglomerate with interests including oil, gas, mineral extraction, road transport, shipping, water, and now air transport, charged with the development of the country's Mangistau region. It has created...
The Brazilian arm of Avianca, formerly known as OceanAir, is taking five former LAN Airlines Airbus A318-121 aircraft, as it starts to replace its fleet of 14 Fokker 100s. The first of the Pratt & Whitney PW6122A-powered aircraft (reg PR-AVH, serial 3001) is expected to enter service in April 2011...
Established in Salvador, capital of the north-eastern state of Bahia, in June 2010, Mais Linhas Aéreas originally planned to operate Boeing 737-300s on domestic routes. The company is reported to have received two leased Fokker 100s (reg PR-JFO, serial 11400 on 16 March 2011, and PR-RMJ / 11390...