American Airlines, JetBlue to divest JFK, Washington slots
American Airlines (AA, Dallas/Fort Worth) and JetBlue Airways (B6, New York JFK) agreed to voluntarily divest at least seven slot… Read More »
VietJetAir scoops over $28mn in bond issue
VietJetAir (VJ, Hanoi) managed to raise a total of VND650 billion dong (USD28.2 million) in its most recent bond issue,… Read More »
Lesotho temporarily closes airspace to contain COVID-19
Lesotho has closed its airspace for all but essential flights for two weeks in the wake of a new hard… Read More »
Nauru Airlines targets B737NGs for fleet renewal
Nauru Airlines (ON, Nauru) has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) to start the process of replacing its B737-300 passenger… Read More »
DHL Express orders eight Boeing 777 freighters
DHL Express has ordered eight incremental B777-Fs directly from Boeing with deliveries scheduled to begin in 2022. The order also… Read More »
Canada’s Transat clarifies Quebecor proposal
The Board and special committee of the Board of Transat, supported by their financial and legal advisors, have reiterated their… Read More »
Hawaii’s Trans Executive Airlines eyes int’l B737 charters
Trans Executive Airlines (R9, Honolulu) is planning to launch international charters with a B737-200 and has asked the US Department… Read More »
MPS installs A320FTD for Leading Edge Aviation at Oxford Airport
MPS has installed its A320 FTD at Leading Edge Aviation’s (LEAL) state of the art training centre in London Oxford… Read More »
Norwegian to focus on a strong European network
Norwegian’s Board of Directors has today outlined a simplified business structure and dedicated short haul route network. With this plan,… Read More »
Sochi International Airport served more than 400 thousand passengers during the New Year holidays
During the New Year and Christmas, from December 25, 2020, to January 10, 2021, Sochi Airport served 402,646 passengers. This… Read More »
Passengers can pass a test for coronavirus at the airport of Krasnodar
Krasnodar International Airport launched a specialized route laboratory Medservice. The project was implemented jointly with the federal network of independent… Read More »
Spain’s Volotea ends B717 operations
Volotea (V7, Asturias) has retired all of its remaining B717-200s and will exclusively operate A319-100s going forward, according to multiple… Read More »
Italy’s EGO Airways outlines network for 2021
EGO Airways (EGW, Milan Malpensa) has outlined the details of its domestic Italian network with the launch of scheduled operations… Read More »
Medical cannabis firm seeks shell merger for Israel’s Arkia
Arkia Israeli Airlines (IZ, Tel Aviv Ben Gurion) has signed an agreement with Canzon, a developer of cannabidiol (CBD) medical… Read More »
Korea’s Eastar Jet to file for receivership
Eastar Jet (ESR, Seoul Gimpo) plans to file for court receivership by the end of January in a last-ditch effort… Read More »
Atlas Air orders four more B747-8 freighters
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings has announced an incremental order for four B747-8(F)s, which are due to deliver by the end… Read More »
SkyWest takes over Mason City/Fort Dodge EAS routes
SkyWest Airlines (OO, Salt Lake City) branded as United Express, replaces Air Choice One (3E, St. Louis Lambert Int’l) as… Read More »
Ryanair to start MAX operations on UK routes
Ryanair Holdings is looking to deploy its forthcoming B737-8-200s to the United Kingdom in the first stage, the Chief Executive… Read More »
Icelandair mulls replacing B757s with A321neo(LR)s
Icelandair (FI, Reykjavik Keflavik) is considering several scenarios as it searches for a long-term solution to replace its ageing B757… Read More »
Atlas Air to buy the last 747s ever built
Atlas Air, which operates the world’s largest 747 fleet, will buy the last four Boeing will build, scheduled for delivery… Read More »
ACL Announce new CEO
Following a thorough search and rigorous selection process, the Board of Airport Coordination Limited is pleased to announce the appointment… Read More »
UK’s Jet2 suspends flight operations through late 1Q21
Jet2 (LS, Leeds/Bradford) has suspended all flights through to the end of the current winter season, citing the ongoing uncertainty… Read More »
Canada’s WestJet cuts staff, blames new testing requirements
WestJet (WS, Calgary) has announced it will further prune its network to about 80% of last year’s level, including a… Read More »
Qatar Airways resumes use of Saudi, UAE, Bahrain airspace
Following the lifting of a three-and-a-half-year-old embargo against Qatar, Qatar Airways (QR, Doha Hamad Int’l) has outlined plans to resume… Read More »
Jordan Aviation targets US flights
Jordan Aviation (R5, Amman Queen Alia) has applied for exemption authority and a foreign air carrier permit (FACP) to begin… Read More »
UK’s RVL Aviation adds first Saab 340 freighte
RVL Aviation (REV, East Midlands) has acquired its largest aircraft thus far and its first dedicated freighter, namely a S340B(F)…. Read More »