North-West Aircompany (0E, St. Petersburg) added a first Global Express XRS, RA-73588 (msn 9422), importing the aircraft via the San Marino register despite ongoing Western sanctions, ch-aviation research reveals.
The 14.3-year-old Bombardier Business Aircraft was most recently operated commercially by China's Amber Aviation as B-3389 until early 2024. It was subsequently reregistered in San Marino as T7-ONYX and managed by Aquila Sky Aviation Trading Brokerage, a United Arab Emirates-based firm specialising in private jet acquisition, management, and sales. The first flight as T7-ONYX took place on May 3, between Tianjin and Riga, where the aircraft remained parked until November. It then resumed operations and flew for the last time with Sanmarinese registration on November 24, from Muscat to Dubai World Central.
The ultra-long-range jet then became active as RA-73588 on December 11, 2024, flying between Muscat and Moscow Vnukovo. While it predominantly operates using the registration as callsign, on December 27, it flew under North-West Aircompany's 'NWC' code, first with a flight around Moscow's metropolitan area and later between Moscow Vnukovo and Dubai World Central.
North-West Aircompany's current fleet includes an ACJ318-100, an ACJ320-200N, two A321-200NXs, three Falcon 7Xs (one of which recently imported via the Tajik and South African registries), a Global 5000, four Global 6000s (one of which imported through the South African registry earlier in 2024), two Global 6500s, the newly added Global Express XRS, a Challenger 650, two G550s, a G650, a Falcon 900C, four AW139s, and a Mil Helicopter Mi-171.
