Wizz Air Abu Dhabi starts flight from Krasnodar to Abu Dhabi
Wizz Air Abu Dhabi, the ultra-low-fare national airline of the UAE, is delighted to offer hassle-free and efficient travel from… Read More »
Delta Hands out Profit-Sharing Checks to Employees
Now that’s a Happy Valentine’s Day gift. Delta Air Lines officials, including CEO Ed Bastian, made the rounds on Monday… Read More »
Airlines, Biden Administration Working on No-Fly List
Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian wrote a letter to the Department of Justice two weeks ago, asking for help… Read More »
How Much Airline Traffic Increased in 2021
Well, this is likely stating the obvious but traffic on U.S. airlines in 2021 was up significantly over 2020, the… Read More »
Southwest Airlines Puts California Flights on Sale From $29 for Two Days Only
Southwest Airlines is offering travelers flights to the Golden State for as low as $29 one-way for two days only… Read More »
LATAM Airlines Group boosts support for its exit plan
LATAM Airlines Group is seeking to refinance a portion of the debt acquired during its bankruptcy, according to a lawyer… Read More »
Widerøe scoops almost all northern Norway PSOs
Widerøe (WF, Bodø) will provide all of the public service obligation (Forpliktingar til offentleg tenesteyting – FOT) routes in northern… Read More »
EU rules may force IAG to spin off British Airways
IAG International Airlines Group’s ownership of British Airways (BA, London Heathrow) is at risk of a challenge from France and… Read More »
Rome launches sale of ITA Airways majority stake
The Italian government has taken a definitive step towards the privatisation of ITA Airways (AZ, Rome Fiumicino), green-lighting the sale… Read More »
Kenya’s Astral Aviation to add A320P2Fs, eyes widebodies
Astral Aviation (8V, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta) will become the A320-200(P2F)’s global launch operator after it announced it would lease two… Read More »
Air New Zealand reactivates a Boeing 777-300ER
Air New Zealand (NZ, Auckland Int’l) reactivated the first of its seven B777-300(ER)s on February 10, 2022. ZK-OKQ (msn 40689)… Read More »
Thai AirAsia inks A320 sale and lease-backs
Thai AirAsia (FD, Bangkok Don Mueang) has entered into sale/lease-back transactions for seven A320-200s and has also leased one additional… Read More »
IndiGo takes a giant leap with NAVBLUE
India’s largest airline, IndiGo, has chosen NAVBLUE to upgrade some of its latest A320 aircraft to the most advanced navigation… Read More »
BOC Aviation orders eight CFM LEAP-1A engine shipsets
BOC Aviation Limited has announced orders for eight shipsets of CFM International LEAP-1A engines to power new Airbus A320NEO family… Read More »
AirAsia X announces freight partnership with Teleport
AirAsia X has announced that Capital A’s (formerly AirAsia Group) logistics venture Teleport will be using the full belly space… Read More »
Etihad Airways and Warner Bros World Abu Dhabi launch ‘Little VIP’ package
The UAE’s national carrier Etihad Airways has partnered with the Warner Bros World Abu Dhabi theme park to launch… Read More »
Singapore’s Scoot has resumed flights to Australia’s Gold Coast
Singapore-based Scoot has resumed flights to Australia’s Gold Coast. On Feb. 14, TR6 landed just after 07:00 after seven hours… Read More »
Arkia to return at Milan Bergamo Airport
Starting April 6th, the Isreali carrier will fly twice-weekly to Tel Aviv After two years of absence, Arkia will return… Read More »
Unruly Passenger Forces American Flight to Divert
Just one month after the Federal Aviation Administration was happy to report a 50 percent drop in incidents in the… Read More »
Brazil’s Azul inducts first fully converted E195 freighter
Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras (AD, Sao Paulo Viracopos) has completed the conversion and certification of the world’s first E195 dedicated… Read More »
Canada’s Swoop to add six 737 MAX in 2022
Swoop (WO, Hamilton, ON) will add six new B737-8s ahead of the peak summer 2022 season to facilitate planned network… Read More »
US union objects to Wizz Air’s US plans
The union representing American Airlines pilots is opposing plans by European low-cost carrier Wizz Air (W6, Budapest) to launch cargo… Read More »
US’s Silver Airways raises $50mn, absorbs subsidiary
Silver Airways (3M, Fort Lauderdale Int’l) has successfully raised USD50 million in fresh capital from Brigade Capital Management and at… Read More »
Icelandair sues Kelowna Flightcraft for negligence
Icelandair (FI, Reykjavik Keflavik) has filed suit in the British Columbia Supreme Court against Canadian approved maintenance organisation Kelowna Flightcraft… Read More »
ST Engineering to provide integrated component support to China Airlines Group’s Airbus fleet and Jeju Air
ST Engineering has announced that its Commercial Aerospace business has secured component maintenance-by-the-hour (MBHTM) contracts to support the carriers under… Read More »
Kuwait’s Jazeera Airways confirms order for 28 new A320neo family aircraft
Jazeera Airways, the Kuwaiti-based carrier, has firmed up an order with Airbus for 28 aircraft, including 20 A320neos and eight… Read More »