Emirates Laying Off Flight Attendants & Pilots
A few weeks ago I wrote about the rumors that Emirates Airline would start laying off employees, and was considering… Read More »
Governments decide whether to aid Asia’s embattled airlines
Few sectors have been hit harder by the economic fallout of the pandemic than the airline industry. Asia is expected… Read More »
Hong Kong government takes minority stake in Cathay Pacific
The Hong Kong government will take a minority stake in the airline. The Hong Kong government will gain a minority… Read More »
Russia’s S7 Airlines plans to resume all domestic fights in June
Russia’s S7 Airlines has unveiled bullish plans to resume fights across its entire domestic network in June, as well as… Read More »
ASL Airlines France to launch domestic service
ASL Airlines France, which specializes in flights between France and North Africa, will tomorrow open a new domestic scheduled passenger… Read More »
Air New Zealand CEO says no meaningful long-haul flying this year
Air New Zealand’s new CEO Greg Foran has warned that the airline does not expect a return to long-haul flying… Read More »
China’s daily passengers top 1 million as recovery continues
Chinese carriers have transported more than 1 million passengers in a day for the first time since late January as… Read More »
Romania’s Animawings secures first aircraft, an A320
Animawings (AWG, Bucharest Otopeni) has taken delivery of its first aircraft, A320-200 SX-DGI (msn 3162), as part of its certification… Read More »
Hawaii’s Makani Kai Air, Mokulele Airlines announce merger
Makani Kai Air (Honolulu) and Mokulele Airlines (MW, Kona) have announced they will merge their operations and operate under the… Read More »
MPs propose taking away BA’s Heathrow slots over job cuts
A number of British Members of Parliament, including the chairman of the Transport Select Committee, Huw Merriman, have called for… Read More »
Air Canada raises $1.2bn, says it still wants Transat deal
Air Canada (AC, Montréal Trudeau) has announced the closing of its previously announced fund-raising effort, hauling in nearly CAD1.6 billion… Read More »
IAG may sue UK gov’t, BA threatens to sack all pilots
Furious with the British government’s “irrational” changes in its approach to tackling the coronavirus pandemic, British Airways (BA, London Heathrow)… Read More »
US DOT permits Chinese carriers to conduct limited service
The United States Government has walked back its threat to ban all incoming flights by Chinese carriers after China eased… Read More »
Volga-Dnepr loses court battle to Boeing over freighters
Volga-Dnepr Group has lost a case against Boeing (BOE, Chicago O’Hare) in a court in the United States, allowing the… Read More »
Air Serbia warns of looming default on debts to Etihad SPVs
Air Serbia (JU, Belgrade) has notified EA Partners I and II, two Netherlands-based special purpose vehicles belonging to Etihad Airways… Read More »
Malawi Airlines seeking government bailout
Malawi Airlines (3W, Lilongwe) is looking for a MWK385 million kwacha (USD527,000) bailout from the government to keep paying its… Read More »
Korean Air goes ahead with sale of lucrative catering unit
Korean Air (KE, Seoul Incheon) has decided to press ahead with a plan to sell its lucrative inflight catering business… Read More »
UAE’s Air Arabia lays off more staff
Air Arabia (G9, Sharjah) plans to lay off more staff in a second round of cuts that could affect 10%… Read More »
Berlin Tegel, Germany to remain open through 4Q20
Berlin Tegel airport will remain open until November as coronavirus travel restrictions are eased. The airport’s operators earlier proposed suspending… Read More »
AirAsia India pilots facing salary cuts
AirAsia India (I5, Chennai) will cut pilots’ salaries by 40% for May and June as the carrier deals with the… Read More »
Administrators facing headwinds in rescuing Air Mauritius
Air Mauritius (MK, Mauritius) is continuing its suspension of scheduled international passenger flights until the end of June, and has… Read More »
Lack of social distancing rule makes American Airlines an outlier
American Airlines is looking to pack more passengers onto flights in the coming months and unlike many peers has not… Read More »
Africa’s aviation to suffer $8b in revenue loss
The report, released this week, shows the industry recorded a 90.3 percent year on year passenger traffic reduction for the… Read More »
U.S. safety board wants to strengthen air transport rules for prototype lithium batteries
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on Monday urged strengthening air cargo shipping requirements for prototype and low-production lithium-ion… Read More »
The EU Air Safety List updated
Following the opinion of the aviation safety experts from the Member States who met under the auspices of the EU… Read More »
Air Vanuatu defers A220 deliveries
Air Vanuatu (NF, Port Vila) has announced that it has deferred the planned delivery of its first A220 aircraft, originally… Read More »