South Africa’s CemAir set to start scheduled int’l ops
South Africa’s CemAir (5Z, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) launches its first own international schedules with the commencement of weekly commercial flights… Read More »
US, Hong Kong spat over quarantine rules affecting FedEx ops
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has issued an order to all Hong Kong-based carriers serving the United States to… Read More »
ATR outlines its plans for 2021 and beyond
ATR is determined to emerge stronger from the COVID crisis by strengthening its global presence in the next decade and… Read More »
Blue Air upgrades its Linate–Bucharest service to daily, launches Cluj-Linate first ever Ultra-Low-Cost service
Blue Air announces direct services to Milan Linate, connecting Bucharest and Cluj Napoca to Milan’s most central airport. The flights… Read More »
Ryanair adds Bosnia Herzegovina link from Milan Bergamo Airport
New route from Milan Bergamo Airport to Banja Luka Ryanair announces the new route from Milan Bergamo (BGY) to Banja… Read More »
Anadolu Jet launches a new international route from SAW
Delighted to update that Anadolujet has started a new route, 2x weekly flights (Thu, Sun) to Urumiyeh(OMH), Iran on 11… Read More »
Buta Airways resumes operations from SAW
Buta Airways will be the 9th foreign carrier to resume its services following its flight suspension to SAW, on 14… Read More »
Collaborating to establish an innovation centre for zero- and low-emission aviation
The Norwegian Civil Aviation Authority, Avinor, the Federation of Norwegian Industries and SINTEF are joining forces to establish an innovation… Read More »
New route from Lodz to Bulgaria
29 June 2021 Bulgarian airline Voyage Air will launch a route from Lodz to Varna. It will be the second… Read More »
Half down, half to go on Western Sydney International Airport earthworks
12th March 2021: Work to build Western Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport has reached a major milestone today, with half… Read More »
Transavia France to set up operations in Sweden with new direct route to Montpellier from Stockholm Arlanda Airport
The French low-cost carrier Transavia France will set up operations in the Swedish market for the first time with non-stop… Read More »
KLIA Placed In World’s Top 10 Airports In 2020 Amidst Extreme Conditions
15th March 2021. SEPANG – KL International Airport (KLIA) has been named as one of the world’s top 10 airports… Read More »
Michigan’s USA Jet Airlines to add MD-88 freighters
Eight years after it added its first McDonnell Douglas P2F-converted freighter, USA Jet Airlines (UJ, Detroit Willow Run) will expand… Read More »
Etihad Airways unlikely to reactivate A380s
Etihad Airways (EY, Abu Dhabi Int’l) is set to join the ranks of airlines retiring its fleet of A380-800s due… Read More »
Florida’s Sterling Airways to resume US commuter services
Via Airlines Inc. t/a Sterling Airways (Jacksonville Craig, FL) has announced it has received its Part 121 certification from the… Read More »
Fiji Airways lands $65mn in bank loans
Fiji Airways (FJ, Nadi) has signed a USD65 million liquidity support facility with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to help… Read More »
EU approves €351mn Finnish gov’t loan to Finnair
The European Commission has approved a Finnish government loan to Finnair (AY, Helsinki Vantaa) of EUR351.38 million euros (USD419.2 million),… Read More »
Virgin Atlantic in talks to raise $222mn in fresh financing
Virgin Atlantic (VS, London Heathrow) is negotiating with shareholders and creditors to obtain further support worth GBP160 million pounds (USD222… Read More »
Ghana’s Cabinet greenlights new national carrier project
The Ghanaian Cabinet has granted policy approval for establishing a new flag carrier with strategic partner participation, President Nana Akufo-Addo… Read More »
SKY express flights to Rhodes begin with a brand-new Airbus A320neo
SKY express has officially launched its direct, daily flights from Athens to Rhodes, the Greek island that is at the… Read More »
AGS Airports responds to Union Connectivity Report findings on Air Passenger Duty
Responding to the findings of the Sir Peter Hendy-led Union Connectivity Report findings, Derek Provan, chief executive of AGS Airports, said:… Read More »
Pegasus announces new international destination from SAW
Pleased to update that Pegasus will operate a new route, 2x weekly flights (Mon, Fri) to Batumi(BUS), Georgia starting 07… Read More »
High-tech baggage claim to fame at Sydney’s new airport
15th March 2021: Australia’s first modern baggage handling system will be a game changer for anyone catching a plane from Western Sydney… Read More »
Ukraine International Airlines restarts flights from Geneva
Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) has restarted the Kyiv-Geneva-Kyiv route at the beginning of March 2021, with a further increase of… Read More »
Norway’s Norse Atlantic Airways targets low-cost long-haul
Bjørn Tore Larsen, founder of the Norway-based crew management firm OSM Aviation, of which Norwegian (DY, Oslo Gardermoen) was formerly… Read More »
Nigerian CAA grounds Azman Air amid safety audit
Azman Air (AZM, Kano) has been forced to suspend commercial flight operations after the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) grounded… Read More »