Iberia and IAG gather to decide final purchase of Air Europa
IAG International Airlines Group and its Spanish flag-carrier subsidiary Iberia (IB, Madrid Barajas) will hold board meetings on December 16-17… Read More »
SriLankan Airlines set to issue RFP for two freighters
SriLankan Airlines (UL, Colombo Int’l) will shortly announce a Request for Proposals (RFP) for two dedicated freighters, Chairman Ashok Pathirage… Read More »
Grupo Viva eyes a third AOC, Colombian growth
Grupo Viva is planning to establish a third unit after Viva Air Colombia (VH, Medellín José Maria Córdova) and Viva… Read More »
Brussels backs state aid for Corsair International
Under its relaxed state aid rules tailored for the Covid-19 era, the European Commission has approved two French measures in… Read More »
French Air Force sells both A340-200s
The French Air Force (Armée de l’Air (CTM, Paris Villacoublay-Velizy)) has put its two A340-200s up for sale with viewings… Read More »
Thai Airways puts more aircraft up for sale including A380s
Thai Airways International (TG, Bangkok Suvarnabhumi) has added a further eight aircraft – two A380-800s and six B777-200(ER)s – to the list of units… Read More »
Canadian North to add B737NGs for Greenland routes
Canadian North (5T, Yellowknife) will acquire two B737-700s next year as part of plans to launch new regular flights to… Read More »
Dutch court dismisses Corendon claim against Sunweb
The Court of Amsterdam (Rechtbank Amsterdam) has provisionally ruled in favour of the Sunweb Group’s decision to terminate its EUR146… Read More »
Korea’s Jeju Air gets $29.4mn aid but must wait for the rest
South Korea will provide KRW32.1 billion won (USD29.4 million) in assistance to Jeju Air (7C, Jeju) to help it stay… Read More »
Aer Lingus sets up UK subsidiary for transatlantic ops
Irish carrier Aer Lingus (EI, Dublin Int’l) is seeking to enter the UK-US transatlantic market in the IATA summer season… Read More »
Estonian gov’t praises Nordica, confirms €30mn aid
The Estonian government has confirmed that it will inject EUR22 million euros (USD27 million) into the share capital of flag… Read More »
McKinsey to repay $43mn for tainted SAA contracts
Management consulting firm McKinsey & Co will repay ZAR650 million (USD43 million) for tainted contracts it had with South African… Read More »
Qantas appoints Swissport Australia at three airports
Swissport has been appointed by Qantas as its preferred partner for ground services at Australia’s busiest airports in Sydney and… Read More »
Global Crossing Airlines appoints new president of its Canada Jetlines affiliate
Global Crossing Airlines Inc. operating as “GlobalX” has announced that from 1 January, the appointment of Captain Eddy Doyle as President of… Read More »
AAR named sole authorised service centre for Honeywell´s B737 MAX EBAS components
AAR a leading provider aviation services to commercial and government operators, MROs and OEMs, has signed a ten year agreement… Read More »
Air Saint-Pierre takes delivery of a new ATR 42-600
Air Saint-Pierre today took delivery of its new ATR 42-600 aircraft, following the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding in… Read More »
Liebherr to overhaul landing gears for Austrian Airlines
Liebherr-Aerospace has been selected by Austrian Airlines to overhaul the landing gears of the airline’s 17 Embraer E-Jet E195 aircraft…. Read More »
Former Swissair bosses cough up $3.1mn in final settlement
Almost 20 years after the Swissair (SR, Zurich) grounding, a dispute over liability claims has finally been put to rest with 29 former… Read More »
Royal Brunei signs with WheelTug
Royal Brunei Airlines and electric taxi pioneer WheelTug plc have reached an agreement reserving nine production slots for the Airbus… Read More »
Thomas Global Secures EASA Approval for Boeing 737 plug-and-play CRT-to-LCD flight display upgrade
Thomas Global Systems has received EASA supplemental type certificate (STC) approval for its TFD-7000 Series plug-and-play LCD flight displays for… Read More »
Orolia’s distress tracking emergency locator transmitter selected by Airbus
Orolia has been awarded a single source, multi-year program contract to supply its next-generation Emergency Locator Transmitter, Distress Tracking type… Read More »
Jeju Air and Navitaire sign strategic partnership
Navitaire has signed a strategic technology partnership with Jeju Air, South Korea’s largest LCC. Through this partnership, the airline will… Read More »
DEMA delivers its first Airbus A220 components
The first two large components of the Airbus A220 made by Dema – one of the leading manufacturers of commercial… Read More »
Congo Airways resumes int’l flights
State-owned Congo Airways (8Z, Kinshasa N’Djili) is to resume flights to South Africa, currently, its only international service, on December… Read More »
AirAsia India parents row over sums owed and aircraft leased
Tata Sons will halt payments that AirAsia India (I5, Bangalore Int’l) makes to AirAsia Group if the Malaysian company fails… Read More »
Routes Reconnected: Airports of Krashodar territory expects new flights to its airports
Representatives of the group of companies Aerodynamics took part in the new virtual aviation conference Routes Reconnected, where they discussed… Read More »