The Russian carrier, full name Orenburg Airlines, which became a division of Aeroflot in 2010, received the Boeing 777-200ER (reg VQ-BNU, serial 29908) on 26 October 2011. The aircraft, which is leased indirectly from ILFC, will be used primarily on international charter services. The Pratt & Whitney...
The Russian low cost carrier which was a joint venture between majority shareholder, Russian investment firm Alfa-1 and US investment fund Indigo Partners, ceased operations at one minute past midnight on 10 October 2011, after Indigo Partners announced that it was freezing all funding for the carrier...
In its latest financial report, the Cypriot flag carrier has disclosed plans for the early termination of the leases for its two Airbus A330-200s, in December 2011 and January 2012 respectively. The aircraft are currently being sub-leased to the Ministry of Defence of the United Kingdom until November...
UT air Aviation is expected to finalise a deal to acquire nine used Boeing 767s at the MAKS air show in Moscow later this month (August 2011). The airline is planning to use the aircraft to introduce scheduled and charter services to North and Central American destinations. Reports indicate that two...
Solaris Airlines has been created using the AOC of the former St.Petersburg-based domestic carrier, Vyborg, which ceased operating a small fleet of Ilyushin Il-114 turboprops in July 2010. The airline, also known as Solaris Rosaviation, is being relaunched as a Moscow Vnukovo-based leisure carrier, in...
The Jakarta-based low cost domestic carrier which introduced its first international routes to Singapore, Hong Kong and Macau just last summer, had been losing money in recent months and finally suspended all flights yesterday (13 January 2010). Company President Director Diono Nurjadin told a press...
The Oslo-based low-cost carrier, now Scandinavia's second largest airline, signed a letter of intent yesterday to lease two Boeing 787-8s from ILFC. The aircraft are expected to enter service on the carrier's planned long-haul operations from the autumn of 2012. Norwegian had previously indicated...