Forward and Upward : Development at Riga International Airport
Addressing the challenges of COVID – 19 pandemic Riga Airport has made a strategic decision to move forward and keep… Read More »
‘This is a big downturn, beyond comprehension’: CAPA Live
The Covid-19 pandemic has caught us all off guard. While the industry has faced numerous previous crises, the fact that… Read More »
Welcome to BER / Berlin Brandenburg Airport Willy Brandt starts operations
The new Terminal 1 at Berlin Brandenburg Airport Willy Brandt (BER) was opened today with the landing of the first… Read More »
Ryanair says it is too soon to talk about a Boeing MAX 10 order
Ryanair RYA.I is in talks with Boeing BA.N about possible new aircraft orders, but the focus is on the 197-seat… Read More »
Kuwait Airways takes delivery of maiden A330-800s
Kuwait Airways (KU, Kuwait) has taken delivery of its first two A330-800Ns thereby becoming the type’s launch operator. 9K-APF (msn… Read More »
Texas’s MDI acquires ex-RavnAir Group Part 135 carriers
Texas-based engine maintenance provider and aviation investment fund Monocoque Diversified Interests LLC (MDI) has completed the acquisition of two Part… Read More »
easyJet raises $400mn through sale/lease-backs
easyJet (U2, London Luton) has raised USD398.6 million through sale/lease-back agreements covering nine aircraft sold to two lessors. The British… Read More »
Mitsubishi confirms SpaceJet programme is shelved – for now
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has confirmed that its SpaceJet (nee MRJ) project has been put on hold indefinitely given changes in… Read More »
Australia’s Alliance Airlines takes E190, eyes Virgin co-op
Alliance Airlines (QQ, Brisbane Int’l) took delivery of its first ERJ 190-100AR on October 28, 2020, as it gears up… Read More »
Air Namibia gets another stay from liquidation
Air Namibia (SW, Windhoek Int’l) has had another reprieve from liquidation after the Namibian High Court in Windhoek on October… Read More »
Saudia denies claims after lessor sues for $460mn
Saudia (SV, Jeddah) has said it would defend itself against what it called inaccurate claims after Shariah-compliant lessor Alif Segregated… Read More »
South African LCC Lift to debut ops in late 4Q20
South Africa’s newest budget airline will be called Lift Airlines (Johannesburg O.R. Tambo), its founders have announced. The virtual carrier… Read More »
Thai Airways seeks haircuts from lessors, smaller fleet
Thai Airways International (TG, Bangkok Suvarnabhumi) has outlined a broad downsizing plan to the lessors, seeking both to renegotiate the… Read More »
Ryanair to suspend ops at four out of five Irish airports
Ryanair (FR, Dublin Int’l) will suspend operations at four of the five airports in its home market – Cork, Kerry,… Read More »
South African Airways targets 1H21 relaunch
South African Airways (SA, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) is to relaunch in the first half of 2021 as a joint public… Read More »
Japan Airlines forecasts record annual loss of $3.6 billion after swing to second-quarter loss
Japan Airlines Co Ltd (JAL) 9201.T on Friday forecast a record operating loss of as much as 380 billion yen ($3.63 billion)… Read More »
New Boeing jet unlikely but depends on MAX return: Safran CEO
Boeing BA.N is unlikely to launch a new plane in the near future but its options will depend in part on how… Read More »
No. 2 FAA official who ran agency during 737 MAX crisis stepping down
Dan Elwell, the No. 2 official at the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) who oversaw the agency during the initial… Read More »
Thailand’s Nok Air’s rehabilitation plan set for approval
Nok Air (DD, Bangkok Don Mueang) said in a stock market filing that no objections had been raised against its… Read More »
Hawaiian Airlines to continue pax ATR ops, defers B787s
Hawaiian Airlines (HA, Honolulu) has rescinded a previous decision to suspend regional passenger services under the ‘Ohana brand, operated by… Read More »
Japan Airlines mulls $2.88bn in subordinated loans
JAL – Japan Airlines (JL, Tokyo Haneda) is investigating the possibility of raising around JPY300 billion yen (USD2.88 billion) in… Read More »
LIAT to relaunch in mid-4Q20
Caribbean regional airline, LIAT (LI, Antigua), currently in administration, is to relaunch on November 1, 2020, according to the Office… Read More »
US DOT tentatively okays Delta-WestJet JV
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has tentatively granted antitrust immunity to Delta Air Lines (DL, Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson) and… Read More »
AirAsia Group secures $72mn loan, fights airport lawsuit
AirAsia Group has disseminated among its units an MYR300 million ringgit (USD72 million) loan from Sabah Development Bank, it said… Read More »
Airbus to stop burning cash, defends higher output plan
Airbus AIR.PA said on Thursday it expected to stop burning cash in the fourth quarter, giving investors the first glimpse of a… Read More »
Nigeria’s Air Peace, Air Senegal to enter Southern Africa
Nigeria’s Air Peace (P4, Lagos) and Air Sénégal (HC, Dakar Blaise Diagne Int’l) plan to launch flights to Johannesburg O.R…. Read More »