Ukraine’s SkyUp Airlines seeks ACMI deals for all 737s
SkyUp Airlines (PQ, Kyiv Boryspil) has offered all but one of its B737NG aircraft up for wet-lease as the airline… Read More »
Indigo Partners expresses interest in ITA Airways
Indigo Partners, an American private equity fund that has invested in a number of “ultra-low cost” airlines in Europe and… Read More »
Russia’s Sky Gates retires aircraft to Azerbaijan’s Silk Way
Silk Way West Airlines (7L, Baku) has taken over both B747-400(FSCD)s formerly operated by Sky Gates Airlines (U3, Moscow Vnukovo)… Read More »
Irish civil aviation authority rescinds Russia-based COAs
Following on from its counterpart in Bermuda, the Irish Aviation Authority says it has now also revoked certificates of airworthiness… Read More »
Iceland’s PLAY takes first A320neo and A321neo(LR)
PLAY (Iceland) (OG, Reykjavik Keflavik) took delivery of its first A320-200N on March 1, 2022, and is preparing to add… Read More »
Canada’s Air Transat announces C$43.3mn in Covid state aid
Air Transat (TS, Montréal Trudeau) parent Transat A.T. Inc. has announced additional financial support of CAD43.3 million Canadian dollars (USD33.7… Read More »
Malaysia’s Raya Airways gets first A321-200PCF converted freighters
Raya Airways (TH, Kuala Lumpur Subang) is planning to add at least three A321-200(PCF) converted freighters, with the first two… Read More »
Malaysia’s Capital A rejects $119mn loan due to terms
Capital A, formerly AirAsia Group, has opted not to go ahead with a syndicated loan of up to MYR500 million… Read More »
Germany will purchase 35 Lockheed Martin F-35 stealth jets
Germany will purchase F-35 fighter jets built by U.S. firm Lockheed Martin to replace its ageing Tornado aircraft, according to… Read More »
FAA to undergo audit of Air Taxi eVTOLs certification process
The Office of Inspector General for USDOT will examine how the FAA is progressing in establishing certification rules for eVTOLs…. Read More »
US Airports Boast Third-Busiest Day in Pandemic Era
A touch of irony, perhaps? U.S. airports had their third-busiest day of the pandemic era on Friday, March 11, as… Read More »
Uber Temporarily Adds Fuel Surcharge to Customer Rides
The Russian war on Ukraine has disrupted global oil supply lines, driving gas prices up to ever-increasing record highs, and… Read More »
France Lifts Many Coronavirus-Related Restrictions
Many of the coronavirus-related restrictions put in place in France during the pandemic were lifted on Monday. According to The… Read More »
Airlines Ramp up Pilot Training Programs as Travel Increases
As air travel continues to increase across the country, Alaska Airlines has joined a growing list of U.S. carriers addressing… Read More »
Cargo Aircraft Management orders four more Boeing 767-300BCF converted freighters
Air Transport Services Group, the world’s largest owner and operator of converted Boeing 767 aircraft, announced today that its leasing… Read More »
Dnata appointed to manage easyJet’s in-flight retail services
Dnata has revealed it has been appointed to manage easyJet’s in-flight retail services across the carrier’s extensive network. Dnata says… Read More »
Menzies Aviation announces airline deals in Australia and New Zealand
Global aviation logistics specialist Menzies Aviation has renewed and won several key contracts with airlines in Australia and New Zealand…. Read More »
Gama Aviation’s Marwan Khalek receives award for outstanding services
Marwan Khalek, co-founder of Gama Aviation – a business aviation service company that has operations in the US, UK, Poland,… Read More »
Russian airlines allowed to fly $10 billion worth of foreign-owned planes domestically
Foreign aircraft lessors seeking to recover some $10 billion worth of planes from Russia were dealt a new blow Monday… Read More »
Flight Centre to Take Majority Stake in TPConnects
Flight Centre Travel Group is upping its stake in travel content aggregator TPConnects to a majority 70 percent, the travel… Read More »
TripActions Adds Auto-Itemization Feature to Liquid
TripActions has added auto-itemization capabilities to its TripActions Liquid integrated payment and expense management solution, the company announced. The feature… Read More »
Sonesta Names REIT Vet to Succeed Flores as CEO
Real estate investment trust Service Properties Trust CEO John Murray will succeed Carlos Flores as Sonesta International Hotels Corp. president… Read More »