Nigeria’s AMCON moots new airline holding company
The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) is awaiting regulatory approval to launch a new holding company for aviation assets… Read More »
Viet Nam’s Bamboo Airways eyes US IPO, boosts capital
Bamboo Airways (QH, Hanoi) is considering an initial public offering (IPO) in the United States in the third quarter of… Read More »
Saudi Arabia to reopen to int’l pax traffic in mid-2Q21
Saudia (SV, Jeddah) is reportedly preparing for a full-capacity operation ahead of Saudi Arabia lifting its international travel ban on… Read More »
Avianca Holdings to seek $1.8bn in post-Chapter 11 financing
Avianca Holdings, the Panama-based parent of Avianca Airlines, plans to raise USD1.8 billion either in debt or fresh equity as… Read More »
Italy’s Poste Air Cargo debuts scheduled int’l ops
Poste Air Cargo (M4, Rome Fiumicino) launched its first scheduled international cargo route, from Rome Fiumicino to Tel Aviv Ben… Read More »
American Airlines rejigs B737 MAX, B787 orders
American Airlines (AA, Dallas/Fort Worth) announced in a quarterly investor update that it has reached agreements with Boeing concerning the… Read More »
Norwegian ups target for capital raise to $716mn
Norwegian (DY, Oslo Gardermoen) updated the market on its forthcoming capital raise on April 14 with the news that it… Read More »
Ryanair to appeal EU court rulings on Finnair, SAS state aid
Ryanair (FR, Dublin Int’l) has said it will appeal a ruling by the General Court of the European Court of… Read More »
Wizz Air UK announces two new routes from London Luton
Wizz Air UK has announced it will launch two new routes from London Luton to Antalya in Turkey and Rzeszow… Read More »
Alaska Airlines Expands Service to California Wine Country for Summer and Fall Travel
Alaska Airlines is delivering a new route and more nonstop flights between Southern California and the heart of wine country in 2021 by… Read More »
New Data Shows Air Travel Bouncing Back
Two recent reports show the airline industry in the United States is bouncing back. Airlines Reporting Corp. (ARC) announced accredited travel… Read More »
Modified Food, Beverage Service Returns on All Delta Air Lines Flights
Delta Air Lines announced food and beverage service has returned to all flights with a new set of processes and protocols…. Read More »
Zurich Airport – Key traffic figures March 2021
In March 2021, 228’050 passengers passed through Zurich Airport, corresponding to a decrease of 74.4% compared to last year. Compared… Read More »
Southwest Starting Service to Eugene, Oregon With Fares as Low as $39 One-Way
Southwest Airlines today published its initial flight schedule for service to Eugene, Oregon (EUG), which is set to begin late this summer. Southwest… Read More »
Delta Air Lines Reveals More Financial Losses, Still Optimistic for Next Quarter
Delta Air Lines announced a quarterly loss of $1.18 billion on Thursday, but officials anticipate positive cash generation for the… Read More »
Frontier Airlines Announces Flight Schedule Expansion, New Caribbean Service
Frontier Airlines announced Thursday that it had expanded its expansion of summer 2021 service with eight new nonstop routes. The… Read More »
Travel Industry Questions New CDC Plane Middle Seat Safety Report
New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that keeping middles seats open on airplanes would reduce the… Read More »
Qantas, BA eye A380 return, China Southern cautious
British Airways (BA, London Heathrow) and Qantas (QF, Sydney Kingsford Smith) have said they expect their respective A380-800s to return… Read More »
Malta’s Air CM Global adds first Dash 8-100
Air CM Global (RJR, Malta Int’l) has added its first Dash 8-100 in the form of 9H-CTG (msn 222), its… Read More »
AirAsia to invest heavily in digital business
AirAsia Group plans to raise USD300 million to expand its digital business arm, AirAsia Digital, as it intensifies the diversification… Read More »
Bangladesh closes airspace in new COVID-19 lockdown
All passenger flights to, from, and within Bangladesh remain suspended until April 20, 2021, as the country entered another strict… Read More »
Key Lime Air takes EAS contract at Pierre and Watertown, SD
Key Lime Air, through its Denver Air Connection (KG, Denver Centennial) brand, has snatched a two-year contract away from SkyWest… Read More »
Croatia Airlines demands equal treatment with Ryanair
Croatia Airlines (OU, Zagreb) has issued an open letter to the operator of Zagreb airport, demanding fee reductions and incentives… Read More »
Shortlisted entities asked to make final Air India bids
India’s government has invited shortlisted entities to submit financial bids to acquire Air India (AI, Mumbai Int’l), local media reported,… Read More »
Italy’s Sky Alps secures first Q400s on lease
Sky Alps (Bolzano) has announced it will lease its first two DHC-8-Q400s from Chorus Aviation Capital with deliveries expected in… Read More »
Flybe to fly again…
Flybe has moved closer to its reentry into operations with the completed purchase from new owners Thyme Opco. Having operated… Read More »