Fiji Airways takes $50mn ADB loan, minister blasts Qantas
Fiji Airways (FJ, Nadi) will obtain a USD50 million loan from the Asian Development Bank, the archipelago nation’s economy minister,… Read More »
Pakistan’s PIA tenders for widebody charters to the EU
PIA – Pakistan International Airlines (PK, Islamabad Quaid-e-Azam Int’l) has launched a pre-qualification procedure for the chartering in of widebody… Read More »
Qantas proposes to outsource ground handling
Qantas Group has announced a plan to review its ground handling operations at a number of Australian airports, which could… Read More »
ExpressJet Airlines to end flying in late 3Q20
ExpressJet Airlines (EV, Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson) is planning to terminate all of its flight operations on September 30, 2020, given… Read More »
Korean Air sells inflight business for $834mn
Korean Air (KE, Seoul Incheon) has signed a deal to sell its inflight catering and duty-free business to Seoul-based private… Read More »
Trans Air Congo adds first B737-500
Trans Air Congo – TAC (Q8, Pointe Noire) has taken delivery of its first B737-500 in the form of TN-AKH… Read More »
Samoa Airways to launch scheduled domestic flights
Samoa Airways (OL, Apia Faleolo) has announced it will launch its first domestic route, between Apia Faleolo and Maota Savai’i… Read More »
Norway’s Widerøe cuts capacity as gov’t phases out support
Having seen a NOK650 million kroner (USD72.4 million) drop in passenger revenues from March to July, Widerøe (WF, Bodø) has… Read More »
Costa Cruises to COVID-19 Test All Passengers, Receives Biosafety Trust Certification
As Costa Cruises prepares for the resumption of operations in September, it became the first cruise line to earn the… Read More »
Bahrain’s Gulf Air adds maiden A321neo
Gulf Air (GF, Bahrain Int’l) took delivery of its first A321-200NX on August 21, 2020, and is planning to debut… Read More »
SAA backs severance for 3,100+ staff; more buyer interest
South African Airways (SA, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) has approved voluntary severance packages for more than 3,100 employees, local media reported,… Read More »
LIAT gets state money for overdue wages, courts investors
The government of Antigua and Barbuda transferred USD1 million to the administrator of dormant LIAT (LI, Antigua) to pay for… Read More »
Saudi Arabia’s flyadeal takes first A320neo
flyadeal (F3, Jeddah) took delivery of its first A320-200N, HZ-FAL (msn 9554), following a period of four months in storage… Read More »
Germany’s Luftwaffe takes A350, to retire A340s in 2022
Luftwaffe (GAF, Cologne/Bonn) has taken delivery of its first A350-900, 10-03 (msn 416), although its induction into service as a… Read More »
Forli, Italy to regain scheduled flights with Air Dolomiti
Air Dolomiti (EN, Verona) has announced it will launch a new route from Forli to Munich, marking the resumption of… Read More »
Ryanair pay deals with crew mean fewer job cuts
Having struck deals with unions representing pilots and cabin crew across Europe, Ryanair (FR, Dublin Int’l) now expects to cut… Read More »
Virgin Australia bondholders pull rival sale plan
Virgin Australia Holdings bondholders have withdrawn their plans to issue an alternative proposal on the future of the insolvent airline… Read More »
American Airlines Poised for Massive Job Losses
American Airlines is poised to cut 19,000 jobs on October 1, when the parameters of the CARES Act are removed… Read More »
Southwest Launches Three-Day Sale With Fares From $39 One-Way
Southwest Airlines is putting its fall and winter flights on sale yet again, launching a three-day WOW Sale featuring one-way… Read More »
Alaska Airlines Adding New Touch-Free Options
As travelers take to the skies amidst the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, Alaska Airlines has worked to introduce new touch-free options to keep… Read More »
Delta Plans to Furlough Almost 2,000 Pilots Come October
Delta Air Lines said Monday it will have to furlough almost 2,000 pilots in a cost restructuring move the carrier… Read More »
Lake Tahoe Ski Resort is Changing Its ‘Derogatory and Offensive’ Title
Amid widespread anti-racist sentiment sweeping the nation, and accompanying criticism that has arisen surrounding the names of places and institutions… Read More »