Ampaire’s hybrid-electric prototype flies with Hawaiʻi’s Mokulele Airlines
Ampaire, a pioneer in electric aviation, flew its second technology demonstrator on Thursday, 10 September. The aircraft is a refined… Read More »
TrueNoord acquires two Embraer E195s from Azul with leases attached to Portugalia
TrueNoord, the specialist regional aircraft lessor, continues its growth path with the addition of two Embraer E195 aircraft on lease… Read More »
India’s TruJet reaches deal with lessors to reactivate ATRs
TruJet (2T, Hyderabad Int’l) hopes to resume a full flying schedule having reached deals with lessors covering overdue payments and… Read More »
SpiceJet faces $33mn court order plus BOC lease claim
SpiceJet (SG, Delhi Int’l) has had to confront several legal issues on top of problems such as ongoing financial losses,… Read More »
Satair takes the lead on material management services for Airbus A220
Satair, an Airbus services company, has taken the lead on global material support and services for A220 operators, working in… Read More »
APOC Aviation acquires young A319 for teardown from Aircastle
APOC Aviation have concluded their sixth deal allowing access to younger components that will align with commercial operators’ fleet requirements… Read More »
CAE deployed first CAE ATR 72-600 full-flight simulator to its network in Asia
CAE announced that Cebu Pacific Air (Cebu) added pilot training for ATR 72-600 to an exclusive 15-year training agreement with… Read More »
Air New Zealand grounds 777 fleet
Routes looks at the impact of Air New Zealand’s decision to ground its Boeing 777 fleet for a year. Air… Read More »
JetBlue to add more routes, fly some parked jets
JetBlue Airways Corp JBLU.O said on Thursday it will add 24 routes later this year as the airline looks to generate cash… Read More »
US judge approves JetSuite parent’s restructuring plan
A little over four months after Superior Air Charter (SAC) LLC, parent firm of JetSuite (Santa Ana, CA), declared bankruptcy… Read More »
Virgin Australia to cull a third of its Boeing 737 fleet under Bain ownership
Virgin Australia Holdings Ltd VAH.AX said on Wednesday it is returning a third of its fleet of Boeing Co BA.N 737 planes to lessors… Read More »
Virgin Australia creditors approve sale to Bain Capital
Virgin Australia Holdings’ creditors have agreed at an online meeting to sell the indebted carrier to Boston-based private equity group… Read More »
Lessor files $23mn claim against Malaysia’s AirAsia X
AirAsia X (D7, Kuala Lumpur Int’l) has revealed that Singapore-based lessor BOC Aviation has filed a claim against it at… Read More »
Alitalia newco imminent as EU approves €200mn bailout
A new Alitalia (AZ, Rome Fiumicino) could be launched in “a matter of a few days” now that EU regulators… Read More »
Creditors set to call off Asiana sale as talks founder
Asiana Airlines (OZ, Seoul Incheon) is set to fall under creditor control amid reports the proposed sale of the cash-strapped… Read More »
Taiwan’s Mandarin Airlines details E190 retirement plans
Mandarin Airlines (AE, Taichung Ching Chuan Kang) is planning to retire its Embraer fleet within the next three years, an… Read More »
Qatar Airways seals Airbus deferral, warns Boeing to do same
Qatar Airways Group has agreed with Airbus to defer the delivery of aircraft amid the ongoing air travel slump, but… Read More »
Kenya Airways in talks to return surplus aircraft
Kenya Airways (KQ, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta) is in talks with lessors over the early return of an unspecified number of… Read More »
More voluntary layoffs planned by Boeing
Boeing plans to institute a second round of voluntary layoffs in the company’s commercial aircraft division, services unit, and corporate… Read More »
EASA sets out plans for 737 MAX validation tests
According to ainonline.com EASA expects to perform its flight tests on the Boeing 737 Max from Vancouver, Canada, starting the… Read More »
Bahrain’s Texel Air takes first 737-700(FC)
Texel Air (XLR, Bahrain Int’l) has taken delivery of its first B737-700(FC), a combi passenger/freighter it can configure into seven… Read More »
Bahrain’s Gulf Air adds maiden A321neo
Gulf Air (GF, Bahrain Int’l) took delivery of its first A321-200NX on August 21, 2020, and is planning to debut… Read More »