Korean Air sells inflight business for $834mn
Korean Air (KE, Seoul Incheon) has signed a deal to sell its inflight catering and duty-free business to Seoul-based private… Read More »
Trans Air Congo adds first B737-500
Trans Air Congo – TAC (Q8, Pointe Noire) has taken delivery of its first B737-500 in the form of TN-AKH… Read More »
Samoa Airways to launch scheduled domestic flights
Samoa Airways (OL, Apia Faleolo) has announced it will launch its first domestic route, between Apia Faleolo and Maota Savai’i… Read More »
Norway’s Widerøe cuts capacity as gov’t phases out support
Having seen a NOK650 million kroner (USD72.4 million) drop in passenger revenues from March to July, Widerøe (WF, Bodø) has… Read More »
Bahrain’s Texel Air takes first 737-700(FC)
Texel Air (XLR, Bahrain Int’l) has taken delivery of its first B737-700(FC), a combi passenger/freighter it can configure into seven… Read More »
Allegiant Air announces seven new routes
Nevada-based budget airline Allegiant Air has announced that its adding seven new nonstop routes to its network from November. Three… Read More »
Spirit to avoid pilot furloughs on Oct. 1; Delta warns of pilot job cuts
The ULCC’s pilots agree to work fewer hours to save jobs. Florida-based ULCC Spirit Airlines will avoid pilot furloughs when the… Read More »
AirAsia sees domestic routes as key to stabilization
The LCC expects domestic capacity to return to 70-75% of pre-pandemic levels in Malaysia by the fourth quarter. AirAsia Group… Read More »
American says more domestic routes under threat, warns of 19,000 staff cuts
CEO Doug Parker signals that service to smaller regional markets is at risk. American Airlines management made explicit how many… Read More »
Boeing, Transport Canada pilots to conduct 737 MAX flight test: source, flightaware data
Pilots from Boeing Co (BA.N) and Transport Canada were set to take off on Wednesday morning on a flight test… Read More »
Bahrain’s Gulf Air adds maiden A321neo
Gulf Air (GF, Bahrain Int’l) took delivery of its first A321-200NX on August 21, 2020, and is planning to debut… Read More »
SAA backs severance for 3,100+ staff; more buyer interest
South African Airways (SA, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) has approved voluntary severance packages for more than 3,100 employees, local media reported,… Read More »
LIAT gets state money for overdue wages, courts investors
The government of Antigua and Barbuda transferred USD1 million to the administrator of dormant LIAT (LI, Antigua) to pay for… Read More »
Saudi Arabia’s flyadeal takes first A320neo
flyadeal (F3, Jeddah) took delivery of its first A320-200N, HZ-FAL (msn 9554), following a period of four months in storage… Read More »
Germany’s Luftwaffe takes A350, to retire A340s in 2022
Luftwaffe (GAF, Cologne/Bonn) has taken delivery of its first A350-900, 10-03 (msn 416), although its induction into service as a… Read More »
Forli, Italy to regain scheduled flights with Air Dolomiti
Air Dolomiti (EN, Verona) has announced it will launch a new route from Forli to Munich, marking the resumption of… Read More »
Ryanair pay deals with crew mean fewer job cuts
Having struck deals with unions representing pilots and cabin crew across Europe, Ryanair (FR, Dublin Int’l) now expects to cut… Read More »
Virgin Australia bondholders pull rival sale plan
Virgin Australia Holdings bondholders have withdrawn their plans to issue an alternative proposal on the future of the insolvent airline… Read More »
Tough decisions for Delta Air Lines
Delta Air Lines has revealed plans to furlough 1,941 pilots from 1 October, due to the impact of COVID-19. A… Read More »
dnata’s Canadian joint venture picks up Vancouver International’s ground handling contract
Launch of operations is scheduled for fourth quarter and will be second such in Canada Landing the Vancouver International Airport… Read More »
American Airlines Poised for Massive Job Losses
American Airlines is poised to cut 19,000 jobs on October 1, when the parameters of the CARES Act are removed… Read More »
Southwest Launches Three-Day Sale With Fares From $39 One-Way
Southwest Airlines is putting its fall and winter flights on sale yet again, launching a three-day WOW Sale featuring one-way… Read More »
Alaska Airlines Adding New Touch-Free Options
As travelers take to the skies amidst the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, Alaska Airlines has worked to introduce new touch-free options to keep… Read More »
Delta Plans to Furlough Almost 2,000 Pilots Come October
Delta Air Lines said Monday it will have to furlough almost 2,000 pilots in a cost restructuring move the carrier… Read More »
Qatar Airways Rebuilds Network to More Than 550 Weekly Flights To Over 85 Destinations
Airline increases frequencies to Ankara and Cebu daily, Clark to six-weekly, Dhaka to five-weekly while Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur will… Read More »
ExpressJet accelerates wind-down
ExpressJet, the regional carrier which operates routes exclusively for United, will cease operations at the end of next month. Atlanta-based… Read More »