Malaysia Airlines funding to stop if talks with lessors fail
Malaysia Airlines (MH, Kuala Lumpur Int’l) parent company Malaysia Aviation Group (MAG) has warned lessors that its own parent, state-run… Read More »
Southwest seeks union deal to avoid furloughs in 2021
Southwest Airlines (WN, Dallas Love Field) Chief Executive Gary Kelly has asked the low-cost carrier’s employees to accept voluntary pay… Read More »
Ryanair warns of Cork, Shannon base seasonal closures
Ryanair (FR, Dublin Int’l) has warned that it will temporarily close its bases at Cork and Shannon airports for the… Read More »
Eastern Airways, Aurigny to turn Southampton into a hub
Eastern Airways (T3, Humberside) has announced that it has entered into a codeshare partnership with Aurigny Air Services (GR, Guernsey)… Read More »
Japan Airlines prioritises LCC network over business travel
More positive about the prospects for domestic leisure travel than for international or business travel, JAL – Japan Airlines (JL,… Read More »
Western Global Airlines set to change business structure
Western Global Airlines (KD, Fort Myers Southwest Florida) is planning to convert its business structure from a Florida-based Limited Liability… Read More »
Kenya Airways in contempt over labour issues
Kenya Airways (KQ, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta) management has been found guilty of contempt of court for recruiting 800 workers on… Read More »
Carnival Corp. “Encouraged” that US Cruising Will Resume in 2020
Carnival Corp. & plc is “encouraged” that cruising may resume in the U.S. this year after the Centers for Disease Control’s (CDC) no-sail… Read More »
Cruising to Resume in Singapore Under New Safety Protocols
The Singapore Tourism Board has cleared the way for cruising to resume starting in November by two cruise lines that homeport ships… Read More »
MSC Receives RINA’s Biosafe Ship Classification
MSC’s ship, the MSC Grandiosa, has been awarded RINA’s Biosafe Ship class status for meeting some of the highest health and… Read More »
Silversea Initiative Wins Award For Sustainability
Silversea Cruises won this year’s Seatrade Cruise Award for Sustainability, a recognition for putting sustainability at the forefront of its… Read More »
Reservations Open for Carnival Celebration Ahead of 2022 Debut
Reservations are now open for Carnival Celebration, Carnival Cruise Line’s newest ship set to debut in November 2022 as part… Read More »
ASL Airlines Ireland to take five ATR72-600 freighters
ASL Airlines Ireland (ABR, Dublin Int’l) has confirmed it will be the ATR72-600 freighter’s launch operator when it takes delivery… Read More »
Bhutan and India resume “air bubble” flights
Bhutan’s Drukair (KB, Paro) has announced it will be operating several weekly flights to India under a special “air travel… Read More »
Liberian gov’t inks MOU for Lone Star Air
The Government of Liberia has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Ghanaian start-up Goldstar Airlines (Accra) over the proposed establishment… Read More »
Spain’s Privilege Style reconfigures a B757 into all-premium
Privilege Style (P6, Palma de Mallorca) has converted one of its two B757-200s into an all-premium cabin configuration, business charter… Read More »
Philippine Airlines to cut a third of its workforce
Philippine Airlines (PR, Manila Ninoy Aquino Int’l) has announced it will lay off around 2,500 staff during the final quarter… Read More »
Switzerland’s Comlux Aviation orders ACJ TwoTwenty bizjets
Comlux Aviation (Zurich) has become the world’s first disclosed customer for Airbus’s newly unveiled corporate jet, the ACJ TwoTwenty, a… Read More »
Wizz Air to enter Norwegian domestic market
Wizz Air (W6, Budapest) will open a base at Oslo Gardermoen and launch domestic Norwegian routes effective November 5, signalling… Read More »
Brussels approves €19.3mn Romanian state aid to Tarom
The European Commission has approved Romanian state-guaranteed loans of up to EUR19.3 million euros (USD22.6 million) to Tarom (RO, Bucharest… Read More »
LATAM Airlines Brasil pilots, crew yield to fixed wage cuts
LATAM Airlines Group will resume negotiations with its Brazilian pilots and cabin crew over a permanent reduction in salaries, after… Read More »
KLM mulls early retirement of A330 fleet
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (KL, Amsterdam Schiphol) is discussing the early retirement of its A330 aircraft, Luchtvaartnieuws has reported. With… Read More »
Branson, Bain quibble over size of stake in Virgin Australia
The size of a stake in Virgin Australia Holdings has become a point of disagreement between new owner Bain Capital… Read More »
FAA extends slot, schedule waiver at seven major gateways
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has decided to extend through March 27, 2021, i.e. for the duration of the… Read More »
Ethiopian Airlines Nov 2020 South America operations as of 06OCT20
Ethiopian Airlines in late-October 2020 plans to resume service to Argentina, with 1 weekly Addis Ababa – Sao Paulo Guarulhos… Read More »
Volaris adds Mexico City – Dallas route from Dec 2020
Mexican carrier Volaris from December 2020 is adding Mexico City – Dallas/Ft. Worth service, set to open for reservation later… Read More »