Bahamasair to reduce staff through early retirement
Bahamasair (UP, Nassau Int’l) is to reintroduce an early retirement programme as the flag carrier looks to cut costs further… Read More »
Former SA Express executives under investigation
Former executives and directors of South African Express (EXY, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) will be subpoenaed to appear before a High… Read More »
Thomas Global gains CAAC approval for Boeing 737/757/767 plug-and-play LCD flight displays
Thomas Global Systems has received Civil Aviation Administration of China Supplemental Type Certificate approval for its TFD-7000 Series plug-and-play LCD… Read More »
Southwest sponsors writing competition
Southwest Airlines is teaming with Wattpad to host a writing contest that challenges participants to submit “stories of kindness rooted… Read More »
Global creative review launched by United Airlines
United Airlines launched a global creative review, inviting incumbent Dentsumcgarrybowen to participate. “As vaccine distribution picks up across the US… Read More »
Air Canada pauses Rouge operations
Air Canada has paused operations of its Rouge subsidiary due to the government’s suspension of flights to Mexico and the… Read More »
Alaska to give flights to couples separated by pandemic
Alaska Airlines will give away free flights to reunite 100 couples that have been separated by the coronavirus pandemic.
UPS unveils box art, book for Black History Month
In recognition of Black History Month, UPS has commissioned art work for its Express boxes by Sophia Yeshi, a Brooklyn… Read More »
Delta focused on diversity, sustainability, wellness
On CNBC’s “Evolve: The Faber Interview,” Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian said Delta remains committed to fostering sustainability and… Read More »
Airline industry faces more furloughs
US airlines are warning that thousands of airline employees may face furloughs when the federal Payroll Support Program expires in… Read More »
Riga Airport Starts the Year with a Drop of More than 90% in Passenger Numbers
The operational performance data show that in January 2021, Riga Airport handled just over 50 thousand passengers, which is 90.4%… Read More »
Air connection between Ukraine and Poland becomes even more convenient.
SkyUp Airlines plans to start Kyiv — Katowice — Kyiv flights. SkyUp Airlines plans to start Kyiv — Katowice —… Read More »
Air Belgium to operate two A330 freighters for CMA CGM
Air Belgium (KF, Brussels Charleroi) will operate two of its four incoming A330-200(F)s under a CMI agreement with French shipping… Read More »
Banks insist on new El Al cash injection before giving loan
With the market conditions for passenger aviation only worsening, in particular with Israel’s prolonged lockdown, banks are now demanding that… Read More »
Hong Kong Airlines hit with penalty over wage subsidy
Hong Kong Airlines (HX, Hong Kong Int’l) has been hit with a “penalty” for tapping government wage subsidies but failing… Read More »
Southwest Airlines to restart B737 MAX ops in late 1Q21
Southwest Airlines (WN, Dallas Love Field) has announced that it will resume scheduled B737-8 operations on March 11, 2021, following… Read More »
Korean court launches Eastar Jet rehabilitation process
Seoul Bankruptcy Court initiated on February 4 corporate rehabilitation proceedings at Eastar Jet (ESR, Seoul Gimpo), three weeks after granting… Read More »
HK’s Greater Bay Airlines mulls cargo ops as launch option
Greater Bay Airlines (Hong Kong Int’l) is pondering launching as a cargo-only specialist if COVID-related border restrictions continue through summer… Read More »
Belarus’s Belavia to retire B737 Classics by YE21
The new General Director of Belavia (B2, Minsk National), Igor Nikolaevich Cherginets, has pledged to retire all of its remaining… Read More »
Canada’s Sunwing secures C$375mn loan to save jobs
Thousands of jobs may have been saved at Sunwing Vacations Inc. and its low-cost subsidiary Sunwing Airlines (WG, Toronto Pearson)… Read More »
Nepal’s Himalaya Airlines,Yeti Airlines forge partnership
Nepal’s Himalaya Airlines (H9, Kathmandu) and sister carrier Yeti Airlines (YT, Kathmandu) have forged a strategic business partnership to integrate… Read More »
More retrenchments likely at LIAT
Another 103 employees of stricken LIAT (LIA, Antigua) are to be retrenched as the airline restructures, joining 564 who were… Read More »
Air Wisconsin to lay off 140 first officers
Air Wisconsin (ZW, Appleton) has notified the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development that it will lay off 140 unionised first… Read More »
Pegasus Airlines CEO Mehmet T Nane has been elected Chair of the IATA Audit Committee
Pegasus Airlines CEO, Mehmet T Nane, has been elected as Chair of the Audit Committee of the International Air Transport… Read More »
APOC Aviation strike landing gear exchange deal with Avion Express Malta
APOC Aviation’s specialist landing gear division has concluded its first landing gear deal with Avion Express Malta, the Maltese based… Read More »
West Star Aviation’s PCD location awarded FAA Diamond Award of Excellence two years running
West Star Aviation announced it has been awarded the FAA Diamond Award of Excellence for completing specialised training pertaining to… Read More »