Countries ban flights to/from the UK over new COVID strain
Multiple European countries have banned flights to and from the United Kingdom following the discovery of a new, highly virulent… Read More »
Gov’t to convert six Air India jets for AEW&C missions
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), a state-run defence company, will convert six unspecified aircraft operated by Air India… Read More »
Shareholders in Korea’s Asiana back 3-to-1 capital cut
In another move that smoothes its acquisition by Korean Air (KE, Seoul Incheon), shareholders at debt-riddled Asiana Airlines (OZ, Seoul… Read More »
Malaysia Airlines’ fate to be resolved by YE20 – minister
Malaysia Airlines’ restructuring is expected to be completed by December 31, the country’s deputy finance minister, Abdul Rahim Bakri, divulged… Read More »
Harare set to absorb Air Zimbabwe debt
Zimbabwe’s Cabinet has decided to assume the debt of Air Zimbabwe (UM, Harare Int’l) and to extend its reconstruction period… Read More »
Boeing restarts B737 MAX deliveries
Boeing (BOE, Chicago O’Hare) has resumed B737 MAX deliveries for the first time since the type’s global grounding in March… Read More »
Mexico’s Interjet ejected from IATA BSP, staff plea for help
The Mexican government has rejected a union plea to take control of Interjet (4O, Toluca) as the beleaguered carrier axed… Read More »
Lithuania’s Heston Airlines takes first A320
Heston Airlines (Vilnius) has taken delivery of its first A320-200, LY-FJI (msn 2157), and intends to shortly add a further… Read More »
Kenyan carriers to serve secessionist Somaliland
Kenya Airways (KQ, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta) and other Kenyan airlines will, by end of March 2021, commence direct flights between… Read More »
Cameroon’s Camair-Co moots fleet rebuild
Director-General Louis Georges Njipendi Kuotu told Newsaero that one of the carrier’s two MA-60s – TJ-QDA (msn 903) – had… Read More »
Aeroméxico set to restart B737 MAX ops
Aeroméxico (AM, México City Int’l) will become the world’s second airline to restart B737-8 operations when it does so on December 21, ch-aviation schedule… Read More »
China’s Hainan Airlines shores up cash pile
Hainan Airlines (HU, Haikou) has diverted funds raised to acquire aircraft in 2016 to instead “replenish the working capital” of… Read More »
Qatar, Saudi Arabia near overflights deal – report
Saudi Arabia and Qatar are in advanced talks about resolving their lengthy diplomatic dispute, three sources familiar with the negotiations… Read More »
Malaysia’s Firefly to launch narrowbody ops in 1Q21
Firefly (FY, Penang) will launch narrowbody operations in January 2021, initially connecting its hub at Penang airport with Johor Bahru… Read More »
Air India loses $18mn London court case against lessor
The High Court of Justice in London has sided with Chinese lessor CALC and ordered Air India (AI, Mumbai Int’l)… Read More »
Hi Fly Malta ends A380 operations
Hi Fly Malta (HFM, Malta Int’l) completed the previously announced retirement of its only A380-800, 9H-MIP (msn 6), on December… Read More »
Israeli carriers eye Morocco routes after recognition
El Al Israel Airlines (LY, Tel Aviv Ben Gurion) and Israir (6H, Tel Aviv Ben Gurion) have said they will… Read More »
Australia’s Rex completes certification to launch jet ops
Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) has upgraded the Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC) of Rex – Regional Express (ZL, Wagga… Read More »
Taiwan’s Starlux Airlines eyes Los Angeles ops from 2022
Starlux Airlines (JX, Taipei Taoyuan) has applied to the US Department of Transportation (DOT) for exemption authority and a foreign… Read More »
China Eastern parent cuts TravelSky stake
China Eastern Air Holding will water down its shareholding in Travelsky Technology after it agreed to sell a 4.97% stake… Read More »
China’s JoyAir looks to shift main operating base
JoyAir (JR, Tianjin) is set to change its main hub from Tianjin, in northern China, to Xi’an Xianyang in the… Read More »
Ravn Alaska restarts scheduled services
Ravn Alaska (7H, Anchorage Ted Stevens) restarted scheduled services in Alaska on November 30, 2020, nearly seven months after its predecessor RavnAir Group stopped… Read More »
Florida’s Aztec Airways maps out growth following investment
Florida’s Aztec Airways (AJ, Fort Lauderdale Executive) is expanding its fleet and adding international and domestic routes following a USD5… Read More »
Supersonic travel fever is heating up
“People have always wanted to travel fast, ever since the first person galloped across the plains on horseback,” says Mike… Read More »
Helsinki prepares €400mn loan for Finnair
Finland is assembling an unsecured hybrid loan of up to EUR400 million euros (USD487 million) to assist Finnair (AY, Helsinki… Read More »
FedEx to establish Western Sydney cargo hub
FedEx Express (FX, Memphis Int’l) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the North South Wales (NSW) government to… Read More »