UPS Airlines takes redelivery of first upgraded A300(F)
UPS Airlines (5X, Louisville Int’l) has taken redelivery of the first of fifty-two A300-600Fs featuring upgraded avionics, extending the freighters’… Read More »
Fly Angola resumes flights after completing certification
Privately-owned Fly Angola (FLA, Luanda) has used the COVID-19 downturn to overhaul its aircraft and secure its own Air Operator’s… Read More »
Ireland’s Stobart Air to be sold this month – Esken
Esken Limited, known as Stobart Group until it formally changed its name on February 3, remains committed to offloading its… Read More »
Bahamasair to reduce staff through early retirement
Bahamasair (UP, Nassau Int’l) is to reintroduce an early retirement programme as the flag carrier looks to cut costs further… Read More »
Former SA Express executives under investigation
Former executives and directors of South African Express (EXY, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) will be subpoenaed to appear before a High… Read More »
Thomas Global gains CAAC approval for Boeing 737/757/767 plug-and-play LCD flight displays
Thomas Global Systems has received Civil Aviation Administration of China Supplemental Type Certificate approval for its TFD-7000 Series plug-and-play LCD… Read More »
Riga Airport Starts the Year with a Drop of More than 90% in Passenger Numbers
The operational performance data show that in January 2021, Riga Airport handled just over 50 thousand passengers, which is 90.4%… Read More »
Air connection between Ukraine and Poland becomes even more convenient.
SkyUp Airlines plans to start Kyiv — Katowice — Kyiv flights. SkyUp Airlines plans to start Kyiv — Katowice —… Read More »
Air Belgium to operate two A330 freighters for CMA CGM
Air Belgium (KF, Brussels Charleroi) will operate two of its four incoming A330-200(F)s under a CMI agreement with French shipping… Read More »
Banks insist on new El Al cash injection before giving loan
With the market conditions for passenger aviation only worsening, in particular with Israel’s prolonged lockdown, banks are now demanding that… Read More »
Hong Kong Airlines hit with penalty over wage subsidy
Hong Kong Airlines (HX, Hong Kong Int’l) has been hit with a “penalty” for tapping government wage subsidies but failing… Read More »
Southwest Airlines to restart B737 MAX ops in late 1Q21
Southwest Airlines (WN, Dallas Love Field) has announced that it will resume scheduled B737-8 operations on March 11, 2021, following… Read More »
Korean court launches Eastar Jet rehabilitation process
Seoul Bankruptcy Court initiated on February 4 corporate rehabilitation proceedings at Eastar Jet (ESR, Seoul Gimpo), three weeks after granting… Read More »
HK’s Greater Bay Airlines mulls cargo ops as launch option
Greater Bay Airlines (Hong Kong Int’l) is pondering launching as a cargo-only specialist if COVID-related border restrictions continue through summer… Read More »
Belarus’s Belavia to retire B737 Classics by YE21
The new General Director of Belavia (B2, Minsk National), Igor Nikolaevich Cherginets, has pledged to retire all of its remaining… Read More »
Canada’s Sunwing secures C$375mn loan to save jobs
Thousands of jobs may have been saved at Sunwing Vacations Inc. and its low-cost subsidiary Sunwing Airlines (WG, Toronto Pearson)… Read More »
Nepal’s Himalaya Airlines,Yeti Airlines forge partnership
Nepal’s Himalaya Airlines (H9, Kathmandu) and sister carrier Yeti Airlines (YT, Kathmandu) have forged a strategic business partnership to integrate… Read More »
More retrenchments likely at LIAT
Another 103 employees of stricken LIAT (LIA, Antigua) are to be retrenched as the airline restructures, joining 564 who were… Read More »
Air Wisconsin to lay off 140 first officers
Air Wisconsin (ZW, Appleton) has notified the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development that it will lay off 140 unionised first… Read More »
Pegasus Airlines CEO Mehmet T Nane has been elected Chair of the IATA Audit Committee
Pegasus Airlines CEO, Mehmet T Nane, has been elected as Chair of the Audit Committee of the International Air Transport… Read More »
APOC Aviation strike landing gear exchange deal with Avion Express Malta
APOC Aviation’s specialist landing gear division has concluded its first landing gear deal with Avion Express Malta, the Maltese based… Read More »
West Star Aviation’s PCD location awarded FAA Diamond Award of Excellence two years running
West Star Aviation announced it has been awarded the FAA Diamond Award of Excellence for completing specialised training pertaining to… Read More »
Success for FMG handling subsidiary
AeroGround extends cooparation with airlines Emirates and Etihad February, 03 2021 The airlines Emirates an Etihad continue to place their trust… Read More »
ACI Airport Health Certificate: Munich Airport Receives Certificate for Implementation of Health Measures
January 29, 2021 All social distancing and hygiene precautions were checked Munich Airport fully met all requirements Certification program creates… Read More »
Air Namibia board resigns over spat with gov’t
The board of Air Namibia (SW, Windhoek Int’l) has resigned after launching a scathing attack on the Namibian government for… Read More »
Philippine Airlines confirms 2,300 layoffs
PAL Holdings has confirmed that it is implementing “a company-wide workforce reduction program” covering about 2,300 employees, or 30% of… Read More »