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S7 Airlines to join the Oneworld Alliance

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S7 Airlines (Moscow) is expected to become the 11th member of the Oneworld Alliance. The Russian carrier will soon start the integration process. Rival Aeroflot Russian Airlines is a member of the SkyTeam Alliance.

Czech Airlines sale down to two bidders

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Please click on photo for full view and other Czech-CSA aircraft.

The Czech government has narrowed the potential winning bidder for stated-owned Czech Airlines-CSA (Prague) down to two bidders – Air France-KLM and the Czech consortium of Unimex-Travel Service Airlines (Prague). The government wants to sell its 91.5 percent stake in the flag carrier. Czech Airlines is a fellow member of the SkyTeam Alliance with Air France-KLM. Aeroflot Russian Airlines has been eliminated from the bidding.

First Flight Couriers’ ATPs go into storage

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The former VT-FFA (msn 2054) of First Flight Couriers arrives back at Southend for storage as G-MANC.  Copyright Photo: Keith Burton.

The former VT-FFA (msn 2054) of First Flight Couriers arrives back at Southend for storage as G-MANC. Copyright Photo: Keith Burton.

First Flight Couriers’ (Mumbai) two ATP freighters have returned to Southend and were put into storage.

SAS Group to invest $9.24 million in Estonian

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The SAS Group (Stockholm) is planning to pump in $9.24 million for Estonian Air ย (Tallinn) to improve the liquidity of the flag carrier. ย This comes as SAS has previously stated it would like to divest its 49 percent share of the company.