Approved: NUE’s revolutionary new list of charges and extended incentive scheme effective from S21
Nuremberg Airport has revolutionised its charge structure by adopting a usage-based approach. The existing incentive scheme has been significantly extended… Read More »
French Polynesia’s Air Archipels orders two King Air 260s
Air Archipels (RHL, Papeete) has ordered two Beech (twin turboprop) King Air 260s from Beechcraft/Textron Aviation as part of its… Read More »
Ohio’s PSA Airlines resumes ops after brief grounding
PSA Airlines (OH, Dayton James M. Cox) resumed operations on January 29, 2021, following a sudden grounding of “most” of… Read More »
AELF FlightService acquires majority stake in Maleth-Aero
AELF FlightService, the wet-leasing division of Puerto Rico-based lessor AELF – Aircraft Engine Lease Finance, has completed the acquisition of… Read More »
Germany’s Green Airlines postpones debut to late 1Q21
German virtual start-up Green Airlines (Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden) has postponed its planned debut to March 26, 2021, with the first turbo-prop flight… Read More »
Iran Aseman Airlines announces plans to IPO
Iran Aseman Airlines (EP, Tehran Mehrabad) is planning on going public despite adverse market conditions and economic sanctions, chief executive… Read More »
Air Belgium to add A330-200Fs for Liége ops
Air Belgium (KF, Brussels Charleroi) has announced that it will diversify away from its reliance on long-haul scheduled and charter… Read More »
SAS signs record $408mn contract with Nordic tour operator
SAS Scandinavian Airlines (SK, Copenhagen Kastrup) and Apollo, one of the biggest tour operators in the Nordic region, have extended… Read More »
Pratt & Whitney GTF™ Engines to power Air France A220 fleet
Pratt & Whitney, a division of Raytheon Technologies Corporation has announced that Air France-KLM Group has finalised an order for… Read More »
Britten-Norman to automate Islander for UK’s first zero carbon regional air network
A consortium of British SMEs and academics have announced the formation of Project HEART as part of the Government’s Future… Read More »
Rolls-Royce conducts first tests of 100% SAF for use in business jets
Rolls-Royce has conducted the first tests of 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) in a business jet engine, as part of… Read More »
Roughly 14,000 United Workers Reportedly in Danger of Losing Their Jobs
Weeks after rehiring thousands of employees who were furloughed after Oct. 1, 2020, United is warning some 14,000 workers that… Read More »
Gov’t poised to decide on fate of loss-making Air Namibia
The future of loss-making Air Namibia (SW, Windhoek Int’l) continues to hang in the balance with the Namibian government due… Read More »
JetBlue made the use of every opportunity to reduce 2020 losses
JetBlue has managed to reduce losses during 2020 by generating cash raising opportunities despite the pandemic savaging the rest of… Read More »
Norwegian looking to end 36 aircraft leases
Norwegian Air Shuttle has applied to the High Court of Ireland to prematurely end its leasing agreements on 36 aircraft… Read More »
Brand-new BAA Training Spain starts its operations
The first brand-new Airbus A320ceo Full Flight Simulator (FFS) starts being assembled this week, which will mark the beginning of… Read More »
Bank uses new financing system for SkyWest-Embraer deal
The Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) revealed on January 25 that it had approved a loan of BRL450 million reais (USD83… Read More »
Air Serbia resumes flights to MENA region
Air Serbia (JU, Belgrade) has scheduled the resumption of its flights to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region… Read More »
Indian DGCA removes type restrictions on ACMI deals
The Indian Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has removed restrictions governing the aircraft types that local carriers can wet-lease… Read More »
Air Seychelles may enter administration – CEO
Responding to comments questioning the sustainability of Air Seychelles (HM, Mahé) made by President Wavel Ramkalawan during a state-of-the-nation address… Read More »
Creditors file for HNA Group’s bankruptcy
The Hainan High People’s Court initiated bankruptcy reorganisation proceedings against HNA Group acting upon a petition filed by an unnamed… Read More »
Air Namibia liquidation case settled out of court
A Namibian High Court case in which Air Namibia (SW, Windhoek Int’l) faced being liquidated was settled out of court… Read More »
Lufthansa hopeful it will not need a new state aid package
Lufthansa Group is optimistic that the roll-out of COVID vaccines will spark a vigorous recovery in the market during the… Read More »
Nigeria’s Air Peace takes first E195-E2
Air Peace (P4, Lagos) took delivery of its first of 13 firm-ordered E195-E2s, although it has yet to ferry the… Read More »
Singapore Airlines to start B737-800 flights in late 1Q21
Singapore Airlines (SQ, Singapore Changi) will begin B737-800 operations on March 4, marking the final phase of its absorption of… Read More »
Japan’s ANA slashes S21 int’l capacity, to retire B777s
ANA – All Nippon Airways (NH, Tokyo Haneda) will suspend services on 16 international routes from late March due to… Read More »