Etihad Airways casts doubt on A320neo, 777X orders
Etihad Airways (EY, Abu Dhabi Int’l) is evaluating its options concerning the future of its A321-200N and B777X orders, and… Read More »
Emirates evaluates A350/777X mix in light of delays
Emirates (EK, Dubai Int’l) intends to look at its A350 and 777X orders and could review the mix of the… Read More »
Grupo Aeroméxico set to raise $1.3bn to exit Chapter 11
A total of USD1.3 billion is to be raised by various financing parties to enable Grupo Aeroméxico to exit US… Read More »
Botswana’s Mack Air partners Zimbabwe’s CATS for safari ops
Botswana’s Mack Air (MKB, Maun) and Zimbabwean charter carrier Central Air Transport Services (CATS) have announced a new codeshare partnership… Read More »
Canada’s Air Transat, WestJet ink transatlantic codeshare
Canadian airlines Air Transat (TS, Montréal Trudeau) and WestJet (WS, Calgary) are to partner on transatlantic flights from early 2022,… Read More »
Brazil’s GOL resumes US flights in mid-2Q22
GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes (G3, Sao Paulo Congonhas) is to resume flights to the United States in May 2022. Departing… Read More »
Lufthansa joins 777X freighter talks
Lufthansa (LH, Frankfurt Int’l) has confirmed it is in talks with Boeing concerning the as-yet unconfirmed B777X freighter, fueling speculation… Read More »
EgyptAir puts all nine E170s up for sale
EgyptAir Holding has put all nine of its mothballed ERJ 170-100LRs up for sale via public auction with bids due… Read More »
Viet Nam’s Bamboo Airways to list in Hanoi and US in 2022
Bamboo Airways (QH, Hanoi) is working on a plan to list on the Unlisted Public Company Market (UPCoM) on the… Read More »
Delhi court upholds Air India PSS tender decision
The High Court of Delhi has dismissed an appeal from Sabre Airline Solutions to set aside a decision at Air… Read More »
Tour operator parent pumps $26mn into Vietravel Airlines
The parent company of Vietravel Airlines (VU, Hue Phu Bai Int’l), Vietnam Travel & Marketing Transports JSC, has approved ploughing… Read More »
Israel hands El Al another $30m, loans to Arkia, Israir
Israel’s government approved on November 21 additional financial aid for its beleaguered airlines not exceeding USD44 million. The state will… Read More »
Times Union: Delta’s Albany-LaGuardia daily flights to start in January
(November 19, 2021) – Delta Air Lines will begin daily service between Albany International Airport and LaGuardia Airport on Jan…. Read More »
Air France Expanding Guadeloupe Access from Montreal, New York
Air France officials announced the launch of expanded service to Guadeloupe from Montreal and New York beginning this month. Air… Read More »
FAA Proposes $40K Fine on Passenger for Drinking, Drug Use, Sexual Assault
One man apparently left little to interpretation when it comes to unruly passengers. The Federal Aviation Administration is proposing a… Read More »
Virgin Atlantic in talks over £400mn fundraising
Virgin Atlantic (VS, London Heathrow) is in talks with shareholders about a new capital injection of around GBP400 million pounds… Read More »
Air Canada cancels state aid as financial position improves
Air Canada (AC, Montréal Trudeau) has withdrawn from further government financial support citing improved liquidity of CAD14.4 billion Canadian dollars… Read More »
Uzbekistan Airways acquires PC-12s
Uzbekistan Airways (HY, Tashkent Islam Karimov) says it has acquired its first PC-12 as part of plans to enter the… Read More »
Caribbean Airlines takes first 737 MAX 8
Caribbean Airlines (BW, Port of Spain) took delivery of its first B737-8 on November 17, 2021, and plans to induct… Read More »
South Sudan bans Let 410 UVPs, restricts Antonov ops
The South Sudanese Civil Aviation Authority (SSCAA) has ordered the grounding of all An-24s, An-26s, An-30s, BAe 748s, and Let… Read More »
US’s Northern Aviation Services eyes 737 Classic renewal
Northern Aviation Services, the owner of Alaska’s Northern Air Cargo (NC, Anchorage Ted Stevens), Hawaii’s Aloha Air Cargo (KH, Honolulu),… Read More »
UK’s flyPOP subleases first A330 to Hi Fly Malta for cargo
flyPOP (London Stansted) has subleased its first aircraft, a makeshift A330-300 freighter, to Hi Fly Malta (HFM, Malta Int’l) which… Read More »
Panama’s Copa Airlines accelerates 737 MAX deliveries
Copa Airlines (CM, Panamá City Tocumen Int’l) has announced in its quarterly earnings report that it has agreed with Boeing… Read More »
US’s iAero Airways looks to remove fleet cap and eyes 767s
iAero Airways (SWQ, Greensboro) has revealed plans to induct widebody jets as part of a petition to the US Department… Read More »
Rolls-Royce reaches for the electric aircraft world speed record
Rolls-Royce believe their all-electric ‘Spirit of Innovation’ aircraft is the world’s fastest all-electric aircraft, setting three new world records. The… Read More »
Fokker Services signs exclusive propeller maintenance agreement with SKY Express Airlines
Fokker Services, an Independent Aerospace Service Provider, is now the exclusive maintenance provider for SKY Express Airlines’ ATR propeller blades… Read More »