Italy’s Sky Alps secures first Q400s on lease
Sky Alps (Bolzano) has announced it will lease its first two DHC-8-Q400s from Chorus Aviation Capital with deliveries expected in… Read More »
Flybe to fly again…
Flybe has moved closer to its reentry into operations with the completed purchase from new owners Thyme Opco. Having operated… Read More »
FAI renews multi-year partnership with McLaren Racing
FAI Aviation Group, one of the world’s leading global providers of mission-critical aviation services, has renewed its partnership with world-famous… Read More »
APOC partners with Bonus Tech to complete third engine teardown
APOC Aviation is collaborating with Bonus Tech, Inc., part of the Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance network, to… Read More »
GA Telesis announces four more orders for 737-800SFs with Aeronautical Engineers, Inc.
GA Telesis, LLC (GAT) announces four additional firm orders for 737-800SF freighter conversions with Aeronautical Engineers, Inc. (AEI). The contract… Read More »
The Three Reasons Big Airlines’ Service Is Awful
Frequent flyers know airline service is a shell of its former glory. From damaged and lost luggage to extra fees… Read More »
Lessor seizes Surinam Airways B737 in Miami over debts
A B737-700 belonging to Surinam Airways (PY, Paramaribo Int’l) has been seized at Miami Int’l, shortly before a scheduled return… Read More »
Thyme Opco completes flybe. aquisition, eyes summer return
Thyme Opco, the Cyrus Capital-controlled shell company that announced last October its intention to acquire flybe. (BE, Exeter), revealed on… Read More »
Eurowings to add A320neo in 2022 to cope with pent-up demand
Eurowings (EW, Düsseldorf Int’l) is planning to increase its number of active aircraft from less than 30 at present to… Read More »
Viet Nam’s Bamboo Airways reveals partnership deal with bank
Bamboo Airways (QH, Hanoi) and Ho Chi Minh City-based Sacombank have announced a “comprehensive cooperation agreement” involving a new strategic… Read More »
Latvia’s SmartLynx Airlines enters German charter market
SmartLynx Airlines (6Y, Riga) has announced it will enter the German and Swiss leisure markets in summer 2021, operating full… Read More »
Norway’s Norse Atlantic Airways raises $165mn in IPO
Norse Atlantic Airways debuted on the low-threshold Euronext Growth exchange in Oslo on April 12, raising around NOK1.4 billion kroner… Read More »
ACCC okays Virgin Australia/Alliance Airlines tie-up
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has approved, with no restrictions, a proposed partnership between Virgin Australia (VA, Brisbane… Read More »
Auditor-General warns of Air Tanzania’s debt risks
Air Tanzania (TC, Dar es Salaam) is at risk of having its aircraft impounded abroad because of debts owed by… Read More »
Thailand’s Nok Air extends time to file restructuring plan
Nok Air (DD, Bangkok Don Mueang) has said in a stock market filing that it has been granted an additional… Read More »
UK’s flyPOP selects A330-300s, begins certification
flyPOP (London Stansted) has secured three A330-300s on lease from Avolon, kickstarting its certification drive with the UK Civil Aviation… Read More »
IndiGo shows its trust in Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance
The Airline-MRO AFI KLM E&M and India‘s leading airline operator IndiGo have signed an agreement to extend their component support… Read More »
EU health pass could benefit airlines
EU officials say the COVID-19 health passport under development can be used by airlines as well as immigration officials. “[A]n… Read More »
Texas airport upgrading 2 runways
Amarillo International Airport is beginning work on the reconstruction of two runways. The Federal Aviation Administration is fully funding the… Read More »
JetBlue announces new executive appointments
JetBlue Airways has announced several executive appointments. Dave Fintzen, currently vice president of investor relations, will be promoted to a… Read More »
American Airlines reports positive cash flow
American Airlines announced its cash flow turned positive in March. However, the airline’s revenue for the quarter is expected to… Read More »
JetBlue expands codeshare partnership with Qatar Airways
JetBlue Airways plans to expand its codeshare partnership with Qatar Airways to cover more Qatar Airways routes linking the capital… Read More »