LIAT to relaunch in mid-4Q20
Caribbean regional airline, LIAT (LI, Antigua), currently in administration, is to relaunch on November 1, 2020, according to the Office… Read More »
US DOT tentatively okays Delta-WestJet JV
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has tentatively granted antitrust immunity to Delta Air Lines (DL, Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson) and… Read More »
AirAsia Group secures $72mn loan, fights airport lawsuit
AirAsia Group has disseminated among its units an MYR300 million ringgit (USD72 million) loan from Sabah Development Bank, it said… Read More »
Nasmyth Group signs multi-million pound precision engineering contract with Incora™
Nasmyth Group announced that it has signed a multi-million pound contract with Incora to manufacture precision engineered components for multiple… Read More »
Wizz Air expands its Luton route network
Wizz Air has announced the launch of two new routes from London Luton to Gibraltar and Madeira, with flights commencing… Read More »
Airbus to stop burning cash, defends higher output plan
Airbus AIR.PA said on Thursday it expected to stop burning cash in the fourth quarter, giving investors the first glimpse of a… Read More »
XpresCheck COVID-19 Testing Facility Opens at Boston Logan International Airport
MarketPlace Logan, manager of the Boston Logan Concessions’ Program, today announced the opening of Boston Logan International Airport’s new XpresCheck COVID-19 testing facility…. Read More »
Nigeria’s Air Peace, Air Senegal to enter Southern Africa
Nigeria’s Air Peace (P4, Lagos) and Air Sénégal (HC, Dakar Blaise Diagne Int’l) plan to launch flights to Johannesburg O.R…. Read More »
SA Express’s provisional liquidation extended to early 1Q21
South African Express (XZ, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) will remain in provisional liquidation until January 28, 2021, according to an extension… Read More »
South African Airways gets another gov’t bailout
South Africa’s National Treasury has granted another bailout of ZAR10.5 billion rand (USD638 million) to South African Airways (SA, Johannesburg… Read More »
Darbhanga, India to open to commercial traffic in mid-4Q20
SpiceJet (SG, Delhi Int’l) has announced it will launch services from the newly opened Darbhanga airport on November 8, 2020,… Read More »
SkyWest clinches Pennsylvania, Texas EAS contracts
SkyWest Airlines (OO, Salt Lake City) has been granted new three-year contracts to provide flights to Johnstown, Pennsylvania, and Victoria,… Read More »
Malaysia Airlines parent offers early retirement scheme
Malaysia Airlines (MH, Kuala Lumpur Int’l) parent Malaysia Aviation Group has offered early retirement to its employees as it continues… Read More »
Wizz Air hopes for new post-Brexit slot rules in the UK
Wizz Air UK (W9, London Luton) is lobbying the British government to change slot allocation rules following the end of… Read More »
UK’s Titan Airways takes first A321neo(LR)
Titan Airways (ZT, London Stansted) has taken delivery of the first of two A321-200NX(LR)s due to be operated, among others,… Read More »
SpiceJet wet-leases Maldivian Twin Otter for seaplane ops
SpiceJet (SG, Delhi Int’l) has wet-leased a DHC-6-300 amphibian from Maldivian (Q2, Malé) for use in operating India’s first-ever scheduled… Read More »
Lithuanian ACMI start-up Heston Airlines to launch in 1Q21
Lithuanian lessor and MRO provider Heston Aviation has launched all-A320 operator Heston Airlines (Vilnius), which will focus on charter and… Read More »
Solomon Airlines pleads for gov’t support
Solomons – Solomon Airlines (IE, Honiara) needs state funding to survive after the Solomon Islands government extended the closure of… Read More »
GE’s shares soar as earnings recover from pandemic lows
General Electric Co GE.N on Wednesday unexpectedly reported a quarterly profit and a positive cash flow on the back of cost cuts… Read More »
Canada launches major initiative in advanced air mobility
The future of flight in Canada took a major step forward today with the launch of the Vancouver-based Canadian Advanced… Read More »
First Airbus A321P2F by ST Engineering enters service
ST Engineering, Airbus and their joint venture, Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW) achieved a key milestone in their joint A321 passenger-to-freighter (P2F)… Read More »
Boeing deepens job cuts as twin crises extend losses
Boeing Co BA.N unveiled a fourth straight quarterly loss and deeper job cuts on Wednesday as the coronavirus pandemic and the lengthy… Read More »
Japan’s ANA to shrink fleet as it skids toward record $4.8 billion loss
Japan’s ANA Holdings Inc 9202.T on Tuesday said it will retire more than a tenth of its mostly Boeing Co BA.N fleet and delay… Read More »
Saudi airline faces claim over 50 leased Airbus planes
State-owned Saudi Arabian Airlines is facing a claim in London’s High Court filed last month by a Dubai-based financial services… Read More »
Airplane COVID-19 risk ‘very low’ with masks, other actions, report finds
Transmission risks of COVID-19 during airline flights are very low and below other routine activities during the pandemic such as… Read More »
No Stimulus Package Until After Election as Senate Is Adjourned
United States Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) has adjourned the Senate until Nov. 9, ending any hope that the… Read More »