Wizz Air boosts Italian focus with new Catania base
Wizz Air (W6, Budapest) has announced it would open a base in Catania on October 8, 2020, basing two A321-200s… Read More »
South African Airways needs State cash next week to survive
The fate of South African Airways (SA, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) hangs in the balance again with its administrators urgently needing… Read More »
SpiceJet faces $33mn court order plus BOC lease claim
SpiceJet (SG, Delhi Int’l) has had to confront several legal issues on top of problems such as ongoing financial losses,… Read More »
Miami’s GLOBALX to spin out Jetlines to target Canada market
Miami-headquartered Global Crossing Airlines, doing business as GLOBALX (Atlantic City), intends to spin out its wholly-owned subsidiary Canada Jetlines Operations,… Read More »
Zambia Airways completes certification
Zambia Airways (AZB, Lusaka) has been granted an Air Operators Certificate (AOC) by the Zambia Civil Aviation Authority (ZCAA) in… Read More »
Zimbabwe reopens to commercial pax traffic
Zimbabwe reopens its domestic airspace on September 10, 2020, followed by international flights on October 1, 2020, but travellers will… Read More »
Ryanair in $1bn bond issue, $470mn share placement
Ryanair (FR, Dublin Int’l) launched and sold an EUR850 million euro (USD1 billion) bond on September 7, which was more… Read More »
APOC Aviation acquires young A319 for teardown from Aircastle
APOC Aviation have concluded their sixth deal allowing access to younger components that will align with commercial operators’ fleet requirements… Read More »
Air bp renews contract at Cannes Mandelieu Airport
Air bp, the international aviation fuel products and services supplier, has renewed its contract with Cannes Mandelieu Airport (CQE/LFMD) in… Read More »
CPH warns of “lasting damage” to air connectivity
Worries have set in after the budding recovery in traffic seen in early summer stagnated. Uncertainty over travel restrictions and… Read More »
Ethiopian opens up Latin American possibilities with GOL codeshare
A codeshare agreement has been signed between the Brazilian airline and Ethiopia’s flag carrier. GOL Linhas Aéreas and Ethiopian Airlines… Read More »
Air New Zealand grounds 777 fleet
Routes looks at the impact of Air New Zealand’s decision to ground its Boeing 777 fleet for a year. Air… Read More »
Singapore Airlines to cut 4,300 jobs due to pandemic, most in its history
Singapore Airlines Ltd SIAL.SI said on Thursday it would cut 4,300 positions, or around 20% of its staff, due to the debilitating… Read More »
Cheap seats give Chinese airlines a much-needed passenger bounce
Looking to travel from Beijing to Hangzhou in eastern China? A flight can be had for as low as 180… Read More »
JetBlue to add more routes, fly some parked jets
JetBlue Airways Corp JBLU.O said on Thursday it will add 24 routes later this year as the airline looks to generate cash… Read More »
U.S. Senate panel to take up FAA aircraft certification reform bill
The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee on Sept. 16 will hold a hearing to consider a bill to strengthen oversight of… Read More »
US judge approves JetSuite parent’s restructuring plan
A little over four months after Superior Air Charter (SAC) LLC, parent firm of JetSuite (Santa Ana, CA), declared bankruptcy… Read More »
AirAsia Group in talks to raise $600mn, mulls Japan exit
AirAsia Group is in talks with private equity firms and both local and international conglomerates and banks in efforts to… Read More »
American Airlines says could seek larger Treasury loan, defer 737 MAX deliveries
American Airlines AAL.O could seek a larger loan from the U.S. Treasury Department, its chief financial officer said on Wednesday, noting that… Read More »
U.S. airlines warn on travel recovery while awaiting fresh aid
Major U.S. airlines warned on Wednesday that travel demand will continue to languish until there is a widespread COVID-19 vaccine,… Read More »
Airbus jet deliveries slip in August, stays ahead of Boeing
Airbus AIR.PA deliveries slipped in August, slowing its recovery from the coronavirus demand meltdown, but the European planemaker remained well in front… Read More »
Virgin Australia to cull a third of its Boeing 737 fleet under Bain ownership
Virgin Australia Holdings Ltd VAH.AX said on Wednesday it is returning a third of its fleet of Boeing Co BA.N 737 planes to lessors… Read More »
Ryanair steels for winter ‘write-off’ as travel gloom deepens
Ryanair RYA.I slashed its annual passenger target by another 10 million on Wednesday, becoming the latest European airline to signal more capacity… Read More »
Virgin Australia creditors approve sale to Bain Capital
Virgin Australia Holdings’ creditors have agreed at an online meeting to sell the indebted carrier to Boston-based private equity group… Read More »
Lessor files $23mn claim against Malaysia’s AirAsia X
AirAsia X (D7, Kuala Lumpur Int’l) has revealed that Singapore-based lessor BOC Aviation has filed a claim against it at… Read More »
Poland’s SkyTaxi plans US and China charter operations
Polish charter airline SkyTaxi (Poland) (TE, Wroclaw) plans to expand its cargo charter operations to the United States and China,… Read More »