Electric vertical takeoff and landing craft Vertical Aerospace to go public in $2.2 billion SPAC deal
Vertical Aerospace, an electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (eVTOL) maker backed by investors such as American Airlines, will go… Read More »
Indonesia’s Super Air Jet gets Lion Air funds – report
Lion Air Group appears to have injected a total of IDR968 billion rupiah (USD67.5 million) into both Indonesian low-cost start-up… Read More »
Philippine Airlines seeks to return A350s, B777s to lessors
As PAL Holdings considers seeking court protection from creditors while undertaking “comprehensive” debt restructuring, its subsidiary Philippine Airlines (PR, Manila… Read More »
Irish court officially approves Norwegian’s survival plan
Justice Michael Quinn at Ireland’s High Court has approved the rescue plan for Norwegian (DY, Oslo Gardermoen) and several of… Read More »
India allows B737 MAX ferry, overflights but keeps ban
The Indian Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has relaxed, but not ended, its ban on B737-8 and B737-9 operations… Read More »
UK’s flyPOP selects A330-300s, begins certification
flyPOP (London Stansted) has secured three A330-300s on lease from Avolon, kickstarting its certification drive with the UK Civil Aviation… Read More »
France’s Corsair International takes first A330-900
Corsair International (SS, Paris Orly) took delivery of the first of its five A330-900s on March 31, 2021. F-GRNB (msn… Read More »
SriLankan Airlines restructures leases, secures gov’t funds
SriLankan Airlines (UL, Colombo Int’l) has renegotiated several aircraft leases saving the airline USD150 million over five years as part… Read More »