Emirates to add six Boeing 777 freighters
Emirates (EK, Dubai Int’l) has ordered two B777-Fs from Boeing and four B777-300(ER)(SF)s from Israel Aerospace Industries. Neither Emirates nor… Read More »
IAG row over Heathrow charges continues
IAG International Airlines Group Chief Executive Officer Luis Gallego has warned the British Airways (BA, London Heathrow) parent may cut… Read More »
British Airways sets up BA EuroFlyer for Gatwick ops
British Airways’ new London Gatwick-based short-haul subsidiary is called BA Euroflyer (BA, London Gatwick), according to UK documents of incorporation…. Read More »
Qatar Airways, China Southern forge closer commercial ties
Qatar Airways (QR, Doha Hamad Int’l) and China Southern Airlines (CZ, Guangzhou) are to codeshare on all flights between their… Read More »
Oman Air to seek more government, market funding
Oman Air (WY, Muscat) requires more funding due to the lasting impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and will both ask… Read More »
DHL orders nine 767-300(BCF) freighters
DHL Express has ordered nine additional B767-300(ERBCF)s from Boeing (BOE, Chicago O’Hare). A statement issued during the ongoing Dubai Air… Read More »
Canada’s Air Inuit takes first Dash 8-300F with LCD
Air Inuit (3H, Kuujjuaq) has completed the conversion of its third DHC-8-300(F), which is also the world’s first unit of… Read More »
US’s Western Global Airlines secures fleet growth consent
Western Global Airlines (KD, Fort Myers Southwest Florida) is set to proceed with its fleet growth plans after the US… Read More »
Technically bankrupt” Garuda Indonesia to close 97 routes
Garuda Indonesia (GA, Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta) plans to close its route tally from 237 to 140, its president and chief… Read More »
AirAsia in $246mn fundraise, creditors back AAX restructure
AirAsia Group shareholders voted on November 11 in favour of a cash call to raise up to MYR1,024,058,370 ringgit (USD245.9… Read More »
LATAM Airlines Group draws $200mn from new lenders
The LATAM Airlines Group has announced a new disbursement of USD200 million under its Debtor-in-Possession (DIP) Credit Agreement. According to… Read More »
Malaysia’s My Jet Xpress eyes 737NG, widebody freighters
My Jet Xpress Airlines (N7, Kuala Lumpur Int’l) will acquire two B737-800 freighters and even a widebody transport as it… Read More »
Japan’s ZIPAIR confirms North American debut for late 4Q21
ZIPAIR Tokyo (ZG, Tokyo Narita) will make its intercontinental debut this Christmas (December 25) with 3x weekly flights between Tokyo… Read More »
International Aviation Climate Ambition reflects IATA airlines’ net-zero goal
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) welcomed the commitments towards strengthening climate action made at COP26, and called on the… Read More »
Airline Industry’s Best of the Best Awarded at 2021 Travvy Awards
The airlines certainly faced a challenging year. As the pandemic rolled into 2021 for a second year, airlines were still… Read More »
Southwest Latest Airline to Offer Holiday Incentive Pay
Southwest Airlines is following a page from American Airlines’ playbook in the hopes of avoiding any travel disruptions during the… Read More »
Southwest Airlines Agent Hospitalized After Alleged Assault by Passenger
Yet another U.S. airline employee, this time a Southwest Airlines operations agent, had to be hospitalized yesterday after suffering an… Read More »
United Adds 44 Direct Las Vegas Flights for CES 2022 Event
The CES 2022 event will return in-person to Las Vegas, taking place from January 5-8, 2022, and feature exhibitions from… Read More »
US’s Indigo Partners orders 255 A321neo Family jets
US-based private equity firm Indigo Partners has placed an order with Airbus (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac) for 255 additional A321-200neo Family… Read More »
Spain’s Binter Canarias orders 4+1 ATR72-600s
Binter Canarias (NT, Las Palmas) has ordered four ATR72-600s from Avions de Transport Régional with an option for a fifth… Read More »
British Airways to Boost Workforce
British Airways wants its piece of the expected travel rebound. To ensure that, the international carrier said this week it… Read More »
Delta to Resume 12 Transatlantic Routes
Delta Air Lines is set to resume 12 of its transatlantic routes in the wake of the Biden Administration lifting… Read More »
IATA’s Willie Walsh Remarks at Arab Air Carriers Organization AGM
It is a great pleasure to address you in person, on what is my first trip to the Middle East… Read More »
India’s Akasa may order 70 to 80 Boeing 737 Max jets very soon
Boeing Co (BA.N) may win an order as early as this weekend for about 70 to 80 737 MAX jets… Read More »
LATAM Airlines Group has plans to receive up to 72 aircraft by 2028
LATAM Airlines Group has plans to receive up to 72 aircraft between 2021 and 2028, according to the latest financial… Read More »
Improved rest period for flight attendants proposed by FAA
The US Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has proposed a regulation to require that flight attendants have a… Read More »