DRC’s flyCAA takes delivery of first widebody, an A330
flyCAA (BU, Kinshasa N’Djili) took delivery of 9S-PSJ (msn 505) on January 13 marking the privately-owned carrier’s entry into the… Read More »
Qatar Airways to restart Egypt flights
Qatar Airways (QR, Doha Hamad Int’l) restarts scheduled passenger services to Cairo Int’l on January 18, 2021, and to Alexandria… Read More »
Philippines’ PSI Air 2007 launches int’l ops
PSI Air 2007 (PHP, Clark) launched its first scheduled international cargo service, from Clark to Taipei Taoyuan, on December 8,… Read More »
Luxaviation Germany adds first Do328-300
Luxaviation Germany (LXG, Paderborn/Lippstadt) has added its first Do328-300 in the form of D-BSEA (msn 3176), Skyliner Aviation has reported…. Read More »
De Havilland’s Dash 8 Q400 series set to go quiet?
De Havilland Canada (DHC) will pause production of its Dash 8-400 once its order backlog is completed a company spokesperson… Read More »
China’s Comac added to US DoD sanctions list
On 15 January, the US DoD added Comac among eight other Chinese companies to its list of civil entities that… Read More »
Boeing pushes on with MAX production
After what has been a testing time for Boeing, the restart of 737 MAX deliveries in December gave Boeing a… Read More »
CAPA outlook – international air travel to struggle to get off the ground in 2021
CAPA Founder and Chairman Emeritus, Peter Harbison, has issued a blunt warning to the global aviation and travel industry at… Read More »
Europe aviation: 2020 hindsight and 2021 vision
According to OAG/CAPA, airline seat capacity in Europe fell by 57.7% in 2020. This was the biggest drop among all… Read More »
Passenger statistics: summary 2020
Summary 2020. We are stronger together. Last year, the aviation industry faced the biggest crisis in its over 100-year history;… Read More »
Challenging year leads to new airline structure at NUE
The airline mix at NUE in terms of market share saw a structural shift: 2020 proved the sustainability of VFR-routes… Read More »
Around 75% less passengers at Zurich Airport in 2020
Due to the corona pandemic, Zurich Airport suffered a historic drop in traffic last year: 8.3 million passengers flew through… Read More »
Singapore Airlines nets additional $500mn from bond issue
Singapore Airlines (SQ, Singapore Changi) has raised USD500 million in its first US dollar-denominated bond issue, which “will be used… Read More »
New recovery plan for Air Vanuatu
An urgent recovery plan for Air Vanuatu (NF, Port Vila) is to be presented to shareholders and the airline’s board… Read More »
Subsidiary of Portugal’s Hi Fly expands MRO capabilities
Mesa, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hi Fly (5K, Beja), opened a maintenance, repair, and overhaul base at the group’s home… Read More »
Indian gov’t launches SagarMala seaplane project
India’s Ministry of Ports, Shipping, and Waterways has launched a “game-changer” of a project to link at least 19 locations… Read More »
Korea’s Eastar Jet secures court-backed creditor protection
Eastar Jet (ESR, Seoul Gimpo) has been granted a preservation measure and a comprehensive prohibition order, two parts of a… Read More »
US designates COMAC, Air China’s parent as military users
The United States Department of Defence (DOD) has added COMAC (Shanghai Pudong), Grand China Air (CN, Haikou), and China National… Read More »
Hungary’s Wizz Air to issue €500mn bonds
Wizz Air (W6, Budapest) has announced it will issue a debut bond worth EUR500 million euros (USD608 million) as a… Read More »
Air Canada orders first in-house B767 P2F freighters
Air Canada (AC, Montréal Trudeau) has reached a deal with Cargo Aircraft Management, a subsidiary of Air Transport Services Group,… Read More »
Qatar Airways to permanently halve A380 fleet
Qatar Airways (QR, Doha Hamad Int’l) is planning to operate at most five A380-800s once it reactivates them, Qatar Airways… Read More »
Norwegian drops long-haul, cuts 2,160 jobs, to raise $590mn
Norwegian (DY, Oslo Gardermoen) will shut down its long-haul operations to focus instead on “a simplified business structure and dedicated… Read More »
Deutsche Aircraft appoints Nico Neumann as Vice President of Operations and Programmes
Deutsche Aircraft, the new purpose-driven German aircraft original equipment manufacturer (OEM), has appointed Nico Neumann to the position of Vice… Read More »
Dublin Airport Becomes Carbon Neutral
Dublin Airport has been formally designated as a carbon neutral airport as part of a globally recognised environmental programme. Dublin Airport… Read More »
New Government Rules For All Arriving Passengers
The Irish Government has announced that from Saturday, January 16, all passengers arriving into the State must have a negative… Read More »
US’s ExpressJet Airlines plots 2021 restart
In an enigmatic update posted on its website, ExpressJet Airlines (EV, Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson) said it was planning to restart… Read More »