flypop announces investment from the UK Government’s future fund
flypop is pleased to announce a significant investment from the UK Government’s Future Fund. flypop, the UK’s only international long-haul… Read More »
Norwegian is voted Europe’s leading LCC 2020 for sixth consecutive year
Norwegian has been named Europe’s leading low-cost carrier (LCC) 2020 for the sixth consecutive year at the 27th annual World… Read More »
Delta Reaches Preliminary Deal to Postpone Pilot Furloughs Until 2022
Delta Air Lines and the pilots’ union have reportedly settled on a preliminary cost-cutting arrangement that would enable the airline to… Read More »
Air Namibia gets another stay from liquidation
Air Namibia (SW, Windhoek Int’l) has had another reprieve from liquidation after the Namibian High Court in Windhoek on October… Read More »
Saudia denies claims after lessor sues for $460mn
Saudia (SV, Jeddah) has said it would defend itself against what it called inaccurate claims after Shariah-compliant lessor Alif Segregated… Read More »
South African LCC Lift to debut ops in late 4Q20
South Africa’s newest budget airline will be called Lift Airlines (Johannesburg O.R. Tambo), its founders have announced. The virtual carrier… Read More »
Thai Airways seeks haircuts from lessors, smaller fleet
Thai Airways International (TG, Bangkok Suvarnabhumi) has outlined a broad downsizing plan to the lessors, seeking both to renegotiate the… Read More »
Ryanair to suspend ops at four out of five Irish airports
Ryanair (FR, Dublin Int’l) will suspend operations at four of the five airports in its home market – Cork, Kerry,… Read More »
South African Airways targets 1H21 relaunch
South African Airways (SA, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) is to relaunch in the first half of 2021 as a joint public… Read More »
Japan Airlines forecasts record annual loss of $3.6 billion after swing to second-quarter loss
Japan Airlines Co Ltd (JAL) 9201.T on Friday forecast a record operating loss of as much as 380 billion yen ($3.63 billion)… Read More »
New Boeing jet unlikely but depends on MAX return: Safran CEO
Boeing BA.N is unlikely to launch a new plane in the near future but its options will depend in part on how… Read More »
Wizz Air develops new fuel saving initiatives to reduce emissions
Wizz Air has announced ten new fuel saving initiatives as part of its continued commitment to cut carbon emissions by… Read More »
No. 2 FAA official who ran agency during 737 MAX crisis stepping down
Dan Elwell, the No. 2 official at the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) who oversaw the agency during the initial… Read More »
Thailand’s Nok Air’s rehabilitation plan set for approval
Nok Air (DD, Bangkok Don Mueang) said in a stock market filing that no objections had been raised against its… Read More »
Hawaiian Airlines to continue pax ATR ops, defers B787s
Hawaiian Airlines (HA, Honolulu) has rescinded a previous decision to suspend regional passenger services under the ‘Ohana brand, operated by… Read More »
Japan Airlines mulls $2.88bn in subordinated loans
JAL – Japan Airlines (JL, Tokyo Haneda) is investigating the possibility of raising around JPY300 billion yen (USD2.88 billion) in… Read More »
LIAT to relaunch in mid-4Q20
Caribbean regional airline, LIAT (LI, Antigua), currently in administration, is to relaunch on November 1, 2020, according to the Office… Read More »
US DOT tentatively okays Delta-WestJet JV
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has tentatively granted antitrust immunity to Delta Air Lines (DL, Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson) and… Read More »
AirAsia Group secures $72mn loan, fights airport lawsuit
AirAsia Group has disseminated among its units an MYR300 million ringgit (USD72 million) loan from Sabah Development Bank, it said… Read More »
Nasmyth Group signs multi-million pound precision engineering contract with Incora™
Nasmyth Group announced that it has signed a multi-million pound contract with Incora to manufacture precision engineered components for multiple… Read More »
Wizz Air expands its Luton route network
Wizz Air has announced the launch of two new routes from London Luton to Gibraltar and Madeira, with flights commencing… Read More »
Airbus to stop burning cash, defends higher output plan
Airbus AIR.PA said on Thursday it expected to stop burning cash in the fourth quarter, giving investors the first glimpse of a… Read More »
Nigeria’s Air Peace, Air Senegal to enter Southern Africa
Nigeria’s Air Peace (P4, Lagos) and Air Sénégal (HC, Dakar Blaise Diagne Int’l) plan to launch flights to Johannesburg O.R…. Read More »
SA Express’s provisional liquidation extended to early 1Q21
South African Express (XZ, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) will remain in provisional liquidation until January 28, 2021, according to an extension… Read More »
South African Airways gets another gov’t bailout
South Africa’s National Treasury has granted another bailout of ZAR10.5 billion rand (USD638 million) to South African Airways (SA, Johannesburg… Read More »
Darbhanga, India to open to commercial traffic in mid-4Q20
SpiceJet (SG, Delhi Int’l) has announced it will launch services from the newly opened Darbhanga airport on November 8, 2020,… Read More »