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• Hilka Birns
Tanzanian airline Flightlink has added capacity through a wet lease of a Dash 8. The announcement points to an aircraft-and-crew leasing arrangement as the means of expanding the airline’s available capacity; the report provides no details on the aircraft’s number, lease duration or deployment.
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Tanzanian airline Flightlink has added capacity through a wet lease of a Dash 8. The announcement points to an aircraft-and-crew leasing arrangement as the means of expanding the airline’s available capacity; the report provides no details on the aircraft’s number, lease duration or deployment.
Lufthansa, SWISS and Eurowings have postponed their planned return to Dubai, citing an unsettled security situation in the Middle East. The decision signals that the carriers are not yet ready to resume the planned service, though the reports provide no revised return date or further operational details.
Lufthansa, Swiss and Eurowings have pushed back the planned restart of their Dubai services until Nov. 25, 2026. The revised date extends the interruption to the carriers’ Dubai links; the reported information does not specify the reason for the delay or the services’ original restart dates.
Taiwan's Starlux Airlines is seeking a three-month delay to a planned share issue, according to the report. The available account gives no details on the offering's size, its original schedule, the reason for the requested extension or the potential impact on the carrier's financing.
Boeing 737-800 aircraft belonging to Chinese carrier Okay Airways failed to sell at auction. The available report does not provide details on the number of aircraft, auction terms or the reason they attracted no successful bids.
A Ryanair flight from Alicante to Newquay, planned to take about two hours, became a nine-hour journey after 71 mph gusts associated with Storm Austen battered southwest England. The disruption left passengers on a flight to nowhere, underscoring how severe weather can derail regional airport operations and airline schedules.
A rule effective Nov. 4 requires passengers on flights bound for the United States to confirm they have not recently been present in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The requirement places a new screening and compliance step on airlines operating affected flights.
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