Latvia’s national airline, airBaltic, has taken delivery of its 47th Airbus A220. More specifically, it’s an A220-300 registered as YL-ABU in the carrier’s hub, Riga. What became the first aircraft delivery for 2024 is part of the 50 A220-300s on order with the European aircraft manufacturer.

In November last year, airBaltic extended its order for the said aircraft. That bumped the backlog to 80 jets of the same type. Back then, the carrier had forty-four Airbus A220-300s in operation. In fact, airBaltic is the largest operator of this single-aisle aeroplane type worldwide.

Since May 2020, airBaltic operates all its flights using the above-mentioned aircraft. To date, the airline has carried nearly 14.48 million passengers using Airbus A220-300 jets. The fleet has jointly completed over 160,000 flights and flown 352,000 block hours.

One of the most celebrated teams in the Indian Premier League (IPL), Chennai Super Kings (CSK), has joined the wide bandwagon of sporting teams worldwide that Etihad sponsors. In other words, Etihad is the new official sponsor for CSK. The partnership was unveiled at an event held at Kalaivanar Arangam in Chennai.

Etihad’s branding will appear on the back of the CSK jersey. And the sponsorship deal goes beyond inking the name on the team’s outfit. For starters, CSK fans will benefit from exclusive Etihad deals. What those might be will surface, we assume, during an active IPL season.

Etihad Airways, the official carrier of the UAE, operates 165 weekly flights to 10 Indian cities. New flights to Kozhikode and Thiruvananthapuram were added to the schedule at the beginning of 2024. Later in the year, Etihad will increase the weekly flights to Bengaluru and Kolkata. The carrier also recently onboarded Bollywood star Katrina Kaif as its brand ambassador.

Aircraft manufacturer Textron Aviation has announced that it aims to strengthen its relationship with the Wallan Group in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) further. How? By adding Wallan Group as an authorised service facility for its Beechcraft King Air range of turboprops.

For Textron’s Cessna Citation aircraft, the Wallan Group has been an authorised service partner in the KSA since 2008. Expanding the partnership will help the American firm provide better sales and service support in the country, where it aims to grow its customer base further.