Judge extends Norwegian protection, two more units bankrupt
Norwegian’s Norway-based subsidiaries for pilots and cabin crew have asked a court for bankruptcy protection, the carrier revealed in a… Read More »
UAE ungrounds the B737 MAX
The General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) of the United Arab Emirates issued a safety decision on February 17, 2021, permitting… Read More »
Kenya’s Silverstone Air Services set to rebrand
Silverstone Air Services (SLR, Nairobi Wilson) has announced plans to rebrand as Jetlite Air (Nairobi Wilson), just over a year… Read More »
Canada’s Celtic Air Services eyes fixed-wing expansion
Nova Scotia-based helicopter operator Celtic Air Services intends to expand its fixed-wing fleet of Cessna Aircraft Company aircraft, after acquiring… Read More »
Lufthansa considers downgauging order book to smaller types
Lufthansa (LH, Frankfurt Int’l) is in talks with both Airbus and Boeing about switching some its outstanding widebody orders to… Read More »
Trans Maldivian Airways to add ATR turboprops
Trans Maldivian Airways (TMW, Malé) is set to resume Avions de Transport Régional operations with plans to use the incoming… Read More »
Cali regulator rejects Contour’s bid to serve Sacramento
US regional airline Contour Airlines (LF, Tupelo) will continue to serve Oakland from Crescent City after the Border Coast Regional… Read More »
New gov’t, new Alitalia plan, involving Lufthansa – report
Assessing the possible solutions to keep Alitalia (AZ, Rome Fiumicino) afloat, Italy’s new government led by economist Mario Draghi is… Read More »
Florida’s Eastern Airlines to add B777 freighters
Eastern Airlines (2D, Miami Int’l) has applied to the US Department of Transportation (DOT) for authorisation to expand its fleet… Read More »
Spain’s Aura Airlines targets US flights
Aura Airlines (GWR, Madrid Barajas) is planning to start commercial flights to the United States as soon as it is… Read More »
Russia’s S7 Airlines adds first B737-800 freighter
S7 Airlines (S7, Novosibirsk) has taken delivery of B737-800(BCF) VP-BEN (msn 33545), its first-ever dedicated freighter. According to Flightradar24 ADS-B… Read More »
Kazakh CAA gives Qazaq Air 10 days to draw up action plan
The Aviation Administration of Kazakhstan (AAK) says it has given Qazaq Air (IQ, Nur-Sultan Nazarbayev) until March 1 to draw… Read More »
Genesis and Heston Aviation announce a strategic alliance to create Heston Airlines
Genesis, the Dublin-based aircraft leasing company has formed an alliance with Heston Aviation, to build and launch Heston Airlines. Heston… Read More »
EPCOR extends its APU support service with GTCP131-9C capability
EPCOR is pleased to announce expansion of MRO services to the worldwide operators of the Airbus A220, equipped with the… Read More »
Rolls-Royce selects QOCO Systems as digitalisation partner
QOCO Systems has announced a new digitalisation partnership with Rolls-Royce. Leading aircraft engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce chose Software as a Service… Read More »
Milano is the European City that is rebounding faster and greener
Milano was the first Western metropolis affected by the virus. The municipality is promoting its recovery with green transition policies,… Read More »
easyJet announced 2 new routes from Amsterdam Airport
easyJet has announced two new scheduled services from AMS: from May 28 to Birmingham, England and from June 28 also… Read More »
Dominican Republic’s Red Air eyes US charters
Red Air (Santo Domingo Las Américas) has sought US government approval to start passenger charter flights to the United States… Read More »
Court ruling allows Malaysia Airlines $890mn capital jab
Malaysia Airlines (MH, Kuala Lumpur Int’l) parent Malaysia Aviation Group (MAG) has said it will proceed with a MYR3.6 billion… Read More »
Air Côte d’Ivoire takes delivery of maiden A320neo
Air Côte d’Ivoire (HF, Abidjan) took delivery of its first A320-200N on February 18, 2021, after TU-TSX (msn 10197) was… Read More »
American Airlines, JetBlue expand East Coast network
American Airlines (AA, Dallas/Fort Worth) and JetBlue Airways (B6, New York JFK) have announced a significant expansion of their networks with 33 new routes from… Read More »
British Airways nets £2bn loan, defers pension payments
IAG International Airlines Group has confirmed two financing agreements that its British Airways (BA, London Heathrow) subsidiary reached that will… Read More »
ASL Airlines Ireland starts domestic Italian ops for Amazon
ASL Airlines Ireland (ABR, Dublin Int’l) has commenced operating domestic routes in Italy on behalf of Amazon.com, using one of… Read More »
Japan, US ground PW-powered B777s after United incident
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will issue an emergency airworthiness directive grounding all B777 widebodies powered by certain Pratt… Read More »
Etihad, Gulf Air ink partnership agreement
Etihad Airways (EY, Abu Dhabi Int’l) and Gulf Air (GF, Bahrain Int’l) have signed a wide-ranging strategic commercial cooperation agreement… Read More »
Transat AT extends $198mn loan facility termination date
Air Transat (TS, Montréal Trudeau) parent Transat AT has announced that it has extended the termination date of its CAD250… Read More »