European airlines update their flight schedules for the summer
The latest Europe market round-up by routesonline.com, featuring new route launches, capacity changes, and news. Lufthansa Group has announced plans to… Read More »
KLM plans to expand its European and intercontinental network
KLM plans to further expand its European and intercontinental flying in the coming months, restoring connectivity to 78% of the… Read More »
Delta Air Lines retires MD-88s, MD-90s
Delta Air Lines (DL, Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson) retired the last of its McDonnell Douglas twinjets – and the last MDs… Read More »
British Airways converts two B777s into freighters
British Airways (BA, London Heathrow) has converted two of its B777-200(ER)s into makeshift freighters, deploying them to Beijing Capital in… Read More »
Ryanair’s Maltese subsidiary begins COVID-19 layoffs
Malta Air, a subsidiary of Irish holding company Ryanair Holdings, has started laying off staff due to the financial impact… Read More »
India’s SpiceJet cleared to conduct drone trials
SpiceJet (SG, Delhi Int’l) has been given official clearance to begin trials using drones to deliver medical supplies and other… Read More »
Aerolíneas Argentinas set for $880mn state subsidies in 2020
Aerolineas Argentinas (AR, Buenos Aires Ezeiza) may receive USD880 million in state subsidies if it is to survive for the… Read More »
IndiGo, GoAir granted more time for A320neo engine changes
The Indian Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has extended to August, the deadline for IndiGo Airlines (6E, Delhi Int’l)… Read More »
Lufthansa’s supervisory board approves bailout
Lufthansa’s Supervisory Board has accepted the revised terms of a proposed EUR9 billion euro (USD9.9 billion) bailout although the funding… Read More »
INFORM GmbH’s GroundStar optimisation software chosen by indigo
INFORM GmbH (INFORM), a leading global provider of advanced optimisation software for the aviation industry, announced that it has entered… Read More »
Amazon adds 12 planes to its growing air-cargo fleet that’s encroaching on FedEx and UPS
Industry watchers believe that Amazon is on track to challenge the US Postal Service, UPS, and FedEx, slashing a total… Read More »
Mokulele Airlines and Makani Kai Air announce merger
Hawaii’s only two commuter airlines supplying scheduled flights have decided to merge operations as they battle COVID-19 fears and tourism… Read More »
Virus has been ‘very devastating’ for many African airlines
African airlines had been piling on debt long before the pandemic but government bailouts allowed them to limp on for… Read More »
Commission adopts new EU Air Safety List
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission today updated the EU Air… Read More »
EasyJet still in talks with Swiss gov’t over aid
easyJet Europe (EC, Vienna) chief executive officer Thomas Haagensen has expressed disappointment that easyJet Switzerland (DS, Geneva) has not received… Read More »
Florida’s Eastern Airlines adds first Boeing 777
Eastern Airlines (2D, Miami Int’l) is in the process of adding its first B777-200(ER) in the form of N771KW (msn… Read More »
South African Airways seeks to return 19 leased aircraft
South African Airways (SA, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) is planning to return 19 out of its 40 dry-leased aircraft and is renegotiating the… Read More »
Air Canada in $1bn share offering, adds to cargo network
Air Canada (AC, Montréal Trudeau) has raised the size of a financing effort revealed last week to around CAD1.4 billion… Read More »
Alaska Volcano Observatory warning pilots of ash plume from volcano eruption
The Alaska Volcano Observatory is warning pilots of an ash plume from an eruption at Cleveland volcano Monday night. According… Read More »
Virgin Australia administrator chooses two final bidders
Deloitte has announced that it has selected two US private investment firms, Bain Capital and Cyrus Capital Partners, as the… Read More »
Scatsta, UK to close in late 2Q20
The closure of Scatsta Airport, initially revealed in early March, has been confirmed to the UK Civil Aviation Authority. It… Read More »
Turkish Airlines looks to defer A350s, mulls freighters
Turkish Airlines (TK, Istanbul New) will take delivery of its first A350-900s which are already under construction but is in… Read More »