US airlines commence mass furloughs with no state funding
Following the failure of the US lawmakers to extend the Payroll Support Program (PSP) beyond the September 30, 2020, deadline,… Read More »
KLM submits job-slashing restructuring plan to Dutch state
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (KL, Amsterdam Schiphol) has submitted a plan to restructure its operations to the Dutch state, a… Read More »
Airasia, Airasia X settle fines of $480,000 each – report
AirAsia (AK, Kuala Lumpur Int’l) and AirAsia X (D7, Kuala Lumpur Int’l) have settled financial penalties that the Malaysian Aviation… Read More »
AirAsia Japan confirms shutdown
AirAsia Japan (DJ, Nagoya Chubu) will terminate all operations effective October 5, 2020, confirming earlier media reports. The Japanese subsidiary… Read More »
ASL Airlines Belgium inks capacity deal with Japan’s NCA
ASL Airlines Belgium (3V, Liège) has signed an agreement with Japan’s NCA – Nippon Cargo Airlines (KZ, Tokyo Narita) to… Read More »
Delaware’s Via Airlines files to restart operations
Via Airlines (SRY, Orlando Int’l) has filed an application with the US Department of Transportation (DOT) to resume commuter air… Read More »
Indonesia to liquidate Merpati as state-owned enterprise
Merpati (Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta) is among 14 state companies that Erick Thohir, Indonesia’s minister of state-owned enterprises (SOEs), is planning to… Read More »
US carriers outline federal loan amounts
Six out of seven major US carriers have detailed the term loans they each obtained from the US Treasury Department… Read More »
Tajikistan’s Somon Air reignites B737 MAX plans
Somon Air (SZ, Dushanbe) is again evaluating the B737 MAX and is in talks with Boeing about the type’s B737-8… Read More »
Indian gov’t mulls Embraer aircraft unit purchase – report
The Government of India is “very interested” in buying Embraer’s Commercial Aircraft division, an unnamed “top-ranking government official” has told… Read More »
Int’l carriers suspend Armenia ops as Azeri conflict flares
The escalation of a long-running conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region has seen Ukraine International Airlines… Read More »
Founders of Indonesia’s Lion Air mull new airline
A group of founders of Lion Air Group, including its co-owner Rusdi Kirana, has filed an application for an Air… Read More »
Delta schedules A220-300 debut on 12NOV20
Delta Air Lines in previous week’s schedule update filed Airbus A220-300 service, scheduled to enter service on 10NOV20 (Previously not… Read More »
Air Austral moves A220 service entry to Feb 2021
Air Austral in last week’s schedule update revised planned Airbus A220-300 service debut. Previously scheduled on 18DEC20, the A220 is… Read More »
American Nov 2020 Los Angeles – New York JFK service changes as of 05OCT20
American Airlines during the month of November 2020 is adjusting Los Angeles – New York JFK service, reflected in 05OCT20’s… Read More »
Himalaya Airlines Oct 2020 operations as of 01OCT20
Himalaya Airlines during the month of October 2020 schedules following service, as the airline plans to operate 5 routes, based… Read More »
Virgin Atlantic delays Orlando service resumption to Dec 2020
Virgin Atlantic in recent schedule update revised planned service resumption to Orlando, now scheduled from December 2020. Revised launch dates… Read More »
Ryanair resumes Oradea service from Dec 2020
Ryanair in December 2020 is resuming service at Oradea in Romania, previously served until October 2018. Except service to Bologna,… Read More »
Biman Bangladesh Airlines files Hong Kong schedule from mid-Oct 2020
Biman Bangladesh Airlines in the GDS has filed operational schedule for Dhaka – Hong Kong route, which sees the airline’s… Read More »
FlyOne Oct 2020 operations as of 02OCT20
Moldavian carrier FlyOne during the month of October 2020 schedules following service, including resumed service to Russia. Following operation is… Read More »
Eurowings plans Beirut and Erbil service in 1Q21
Eurowings in January 2021 plans to offer service to Iraq and Lebanon, as the airline schedules Beirut and Erbil flights,… Read More »
Eurowings NS21 Long-Haul additions
Eurowings in summer 2021 season plans to introduce following long-haul routes, filed in the GDS schedule listing since last Friday… Read More »
FlyArystan domestic service increase in Oct 2020
FlyArystan starting October 2020 is increasing domestic service from Aktau and Atyrau, the airline has announced. From 01OCT20, planned service… Read More »
Air Arabia adds Sharjah – Tashkent service from Nov 2020
Air Arabia from November 2020 is launching service to Uzbekistan, announced last week. From 04NOV20, the airline to operate Sharjah… Read More »
Air Seychelles NW20 International operations as of 02OCT20
Air Seychelles has announced planned International service for Northern winter 2020/21 season, as the airline schedules service resumption from the… Read More »
Air Canada NS21 International service changes as of 04OCT20
Air Canada since late-September 2020 filed additional changes to its planned long-haul service for Northern summer 2021 season. The following… Read More »