XL Airways France (SE, Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG)) has announced that it has been sold by Icelandic bank Straumur to X-Air Aviation, a subsidiary of Swiss-US investment group BeachSide Capital, on November 7. BeachSide Capital already owns XL Airways Germany (X4, Frankfurt International (FRA)) which shares its name with XL Airways France as the two carriers were both owned by XL Airways UK (JN, London Gatwick (LGW)) until the latter went out of business in 2008.

XL Airways UK (JN, London Gatwick (LGW)) has filed for bankruptcy on September 12 and has suspended all operations when the entire XL Leisure Group collapsed. It had operated scheduled and charter services, mainly to destinations in Southern Europe and the Caribbean. Its sister carriers XL Airways France (SE/Paris CDG) and XL Airways Germany (G1/Frankfurt Intl) continue to operate as usual.

XL Airways UK (JN, London Gatwick (LGW)) has taken delivery of its first B737-900ER. It has wet-leased an A330-300 from Iberworld Airlines (TY/Palma de Mallorca).

XL Airways UK (JN, London Gatwick (LGW)) has wet-leased a B767-200ER to Air India (AI/Mumbai) for Hajj charters as well as two B737-800s to Thai low-cost carrier Nok Air (DD/Bangkok). It has announced three new scheduled services from its Luton base:
London Luton-Larnaca: 5x weekly B737-800 service starting on May 2
London Luton-Paphos: 3x weekly B737-800 service starting on May 24
London Luton-Sharm el Sheikh: 2x weekly B737-800 service starting on May 23

XL Airways UK (JN, London Gatwick (LGW)) will launch six times weekly B737-800 service from London Gatwick to Knock on December 14.