Direct flights between Newark and Aruba are now possible with JetBlue
AUA Airport welcomed new service: ORANJESTAD – Aruba Airport Authority N.V. (AAA) in the presence of Aruba’s Minister of Tourism… Read More »
Prague Airport Receives ACI Airport Health Accreditation, Confirming High Level of Protection Measures in Place
Last spring, in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic, Prague Airport began to implement a number of measures aimed at protecting the… Read More »
Garuda Indonesia shareholders back $600mn bond bailout
Garuda Indonesia (GA, Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta) has secured shareholder approval to issue seven-year convertible bonds with a maximum amount of IDR8.5… Read More »
Alaska Airlines to swap 10 A320s for 13 B737 MAX 9s
Alaska Airlines (AS, Seattle Tacoma Int’l) has reached an agreement wherein it will sell all 10 of its remaining owned… Read More »
AirAsia partners with Turkish Airlines to sell tickets
AirAsia Group has announced a new partnership with Turkish Airlines (TK, Istanbul New), wherein the Malaysian group will “virtually interline”… Read More »
Boeing seeks reversal of Norwegian lawsuit as creditors mass
Although the High Court of Ireland has granted Norwegian (DY, Oslo Gardermoen) and its five Irish subsidiaries, which own many… Read More »
Victoria, New South Wales reopen frontier
The Qantas Group is expecting a “boom in domestic travel” buoyed by a sharp rebound in travel demand as state… Read More »
Willis Lease Finance seeks 30 unencumbered turboprops
Willis Lease Finance has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) concerning its planned acquisition of 30 unencumbered, off-lease turboprops –… Read More »
US plots to sanction COMAC, AVIC – report
The US Department of Commerce is planning to impose sanctions on 89 Chinese aerospace firms, including aircraft manufacturers AVIC and… Read More »
Australia’s Eastern Air Services plots Lord Howe expansion
Eastern Air Services doubled its network to Lord Howe Island, a UNESCO World Heritage Site around 600 kilometres east of… Read More »
Sochi International Airport celebrates 75 years
On November 23, 2020, Sochi international airport celebrates its 75th anniversary from the foundation. On that day, General Directorate of… Read More »
Is Delta in the Market for the 737 MAX?
Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian said something in an interview with the Financial Times on Sunday that likely perked up the… Read More »
Alaska Airlines Modernizes Fleet, Leasing 13 New 737-9 MAX Aircraft
Alaska Airlines today announced a new move to optimize its mainline fleet by selling 10 Airbus A320s to Air Lease Corporation (ALC), then… Read More »
Aegean Airlines “in final stage” of Greek gov’t rescue talks
Aegean Airlines (A3, Athens Int’l) has confirmed that it “is in the final stage of discussions” with the Greek government… Read More »
Texas’s Judah 1 eyes larger planes for missionary flights
US non-profit start-up Judah 1 (Sherman) plans to debut as a non-scheduled religious airline out of Shreveport Regional in Louisiana… Read More »
India’s Vistara eyes direct US flights
Vistara (UK, Delhi Int’l) is evaluating options for non-stop flights between India and the United States, Chief Commercial Officer Vinod… Read More »
Malaysia’s Love2Fly returns only aircraft
Malaysian start-up Love2Fly (WW) has returned its only B737-800 to its lessor, casting doubt over the airline’s planned launch in… Read More »
California’s Advanced Air Charters expands to Mammoth Lakes
Advanced Air Charters (AN, Hawthorne) has announced three new seasonal routes from California’s coastal cities to Mammoth Lakes, CA, as… Read More »
Ukraine International Airlines to add second London route
Ukraine International Airlines (PS, Kyiv Boryspil) has announced the start of services to London Heathrow on December 17, 2020, complimenting… Read More »
Malaysia Airlines seeks $500mn, creditor talks drag – report
Malaysia Aviation Group has asked its parent, the sovereign wealth fund Khazanah Nasional, for a USD500 million bailout as debt… Read More »
EASA targets early 1Q21 for B737 MAX recertification
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is targeting January 2021 for the recertification of B737 MAX aircraft, the agency’s… Read More »
LOT set to exit Estonia’s Xfly in late 4Q20
Estonia’s state-owned flag carrier Nordica (EE, Tallinn Lennart Meri) will “terminate” LOT Polish Airlines’ 49% ownership in its ACMI/charter subsidiary… Read More »
Aer Lingus obtains slots for long-haul ops from Manchester
Aer Lingus (EI, Dublin Int’l) has obtained slots at Manchester Int’l for unspecified long-haul routes and plans to base one… Read More »
AirAsia X to resume ops early 2021, apply for $122m loan
AirAsia X (D7, Kuala Lumpur Int’l) has outlined as part of its third-quarter report that it is conducting a “rationalisation”… Read More »
Indonesia’s Lion Air dodges two bankruptcy lawsuits
The District Court of Central Jakarta dismissed on November 20 two bankruptcy lawsuits against Lion Air Group filed by two… Read More »
Pakistan’s PIA to lay-off 33% of its staff
The Pakistan government has approved PKR12.87 billion rupees (USD81.46 million) in funding to support a planned voluntary redundancy scheme at… Read More »