US’s Envoy Air takes first E170
Envoy Air (MQ, Dallas/Fort Worth) has taken delivery of its first E170, N761RW (msn 17000296), although the aircraft remains in… Read More »
CAL to restructure ops in Trinidad & Tobago, Jamaica
The announced restructuring of Caribbean Airlines (BW, Port of Spain) will affect its operations in both Trinidad & Tobago, and… Read More »
Czechia’s Smartwings files MAX lawsuit against Boeing
Smartwings (Czechia) (QS, Prague Václav Havel) has filed a lawsuit against Boeing (BOE, Chicago O’Hare) for the damage done to… Read More »
Australia’s Maroomba Airlines to add maiden Q300
Maroomba Airlines (Perth Int’l) is set to add its first DHC-8-Q300, ch-aviation research has revealed. At 18.7 years old, OY-CJY… Read More »
Korean Air to float “green” bonds to fund B787 purchase
Korean Air (KE, Seoul Incheon) will issue “green” bonds as part of its KRW200 billion won (USD176 million) corporate debenture… Read More »
FedEx firms up twenty B767 freighter options
FedEx Express (FX, Memphis Int’l) firmed up twenty B767-300F options with Boeing (BOE, Chicago O’Hare) on June 22 bringing its… Read More »
Ryanair acquires easyJet’s winter slots at Stansted
Ryanair (FR, Dublin Int’l) has acquired 296 weekly slots at London Stansted from easyJet (U2, London Luton) for the Winter… Read More »
Indonesia’s Super Air Jet secures AOC
Super Air Jet (IU) has completed its AOC certification drive, the Indonesian civil aviation authority (Direktur Jenderal Perhubungan Udara –… Read More »
Lufthansa to reactivate A340-600s due to premium demand
Lufthansa (LH, Frankfurt Int’l) has announced it will reactivate part of its mothballed A340-600 fleet in 2022 due to a… Read More »
BOC Aviation delivers three A321neos to Scoot
BOC Aviation Limited is pleased to announce that it has delivered three of four new Airbus A321NEO aircraft for lease… Read More »
Aeroflot CFO sees no need for new borrowing for now
Russian airline Aeroflot does not see the need for new borrowing in the near future after creating a safety cushion… Read More »
Kazakhstan’s SCAT Airlines Moves to Sabre Res Platform
Kazakhstani carrier SCAT Airlines is moving to Sabre’s passenger reservations system SabreSonic and its commercial platform per a new agreement… Read More »
Cathay Pacific forecasts reduced monthly cash burn in the second half of 2021
Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways expects to reduce its cash burn to less than HK$1 billion ($128.84 million) a month… Read More »
United Airlines expects to post positive income before tax in July
United Airlines said it expects to generate positive adjusted pre-tax income in July, as bookings pick up as a result… Read More »
Omni Air International unveils premium seating and service
Omni Air International, a wholly owned subsidiary of Air Transport Services Group, has unveiled “Omni Class,” a new premium travel… Read More »
Qatar Airways launches a new business class on its Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners
Qatar Airways will launch its new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner passenger aircraft, featuring a new business class suite, on a number… Read More »
Super Air Jet of Indonesia will be flying soon
In early May, our “airline startup of the week” was Super Air Jet of Indonesia. The airline, with its connections to the… Read More »
Bain Capital to acquire 16% stake in Icelandair
Bain Capital is to acquire a 16% stake in the Icelandair Group by buying new shares for ISKL8 billion krona… Read More »
Ryanair adds 200,000 extra seats to Malta and the Balearics in July, August and September
Ryanair has announced 200,000 extra seats from the UK to Malta, Ibiza & Palma in July, August & September as… Read More »
New Zealand CAA clears return of Boeing 737 MAX
The Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand has cleared the way for the Boeing 737 MAX return to the country’s… Read More »
TPA lands first-ever nonstop flights to Portland via Alaska Airlines
One of Tampa Bay’s most demanded routes is now coming to Tampa International Airport. Alaska Airlines will begin offering nonstop… Read More »
Passengers bringing their own alcohol is a big problem says American Airlines CEO
American Airlines CEO Doug Parker told employees he understands their frustrations over the growing trend of passengers slipping their own… Read More »
EasyJet adds Malaga from Milan Bergamo Airport
easyJet adds its second route from Milan Bergamo Just one month after its first ever flight at Milan Bergamo Airport,… Read More »
Milano is in the white zone: no more curfew, fairs and congresses now possible
Milano along with the Lombardy Region is now in the white zone of minimal pandemic risk, which means the night… Read More »
United to become TPA’s 4th nonstop carrier to LAX
On Oct. 31, United Airlines will begin nonstop daily flights from Tampa to LAX, joining Alaska Airlines, American Airlines and… Read More »
U.S. opens $500 million fund for relatives of Boeing 737 MAX victims
A $500 million victim compensation fund for the relatives of 346 people killed in two fatal Boeing 737 MAX crashes… Read More »