Man Yells ‘It’s a Free Country’ While Causing Wild, Vulgar Scene at MSP Airport
This time, one of the most outrageous aviation-related passenger incidents this year had nothing to do with face masks and… Read More »
Flight Attendants Union President Testifies Before Congress on Airplane Violence
Sara Nelson, the influential International President of the Association of Flight Attendants union, testified before Congress this afternoon on the… Read More »
Alaska Airlines Makes Accessing Inflight Entertainment Easier
Ahead of the popular winter holiday travel period, Alaska Airlines announced the addition of a quicker inflight entertainment portal that… Read More »
Gabon’s Afrijet orders three ATR72-600s
Afrijet Business Service (J7, Libreville) has finalised a purchase agreement with Avions de Transport Régional covering three ATR72-600s. A statement… Read More »
Japan’s Toki Air inks LOI for STOL-capable ATR42-600S
Toki Air (Niigata) has signed a letter of intent with Avions de Transport Régional over the possibility of acquiring the… Read More »
Singapore’s Scoot launches 5th-freedom London route
Scoot (TR, Singapore Changi) has announced it will begin operating a fifth-freedom route between Bangkok Suvarnabhumi and London Gatwick, initially… Read More »
easyJet Switzerland adds first A320neo
easyJet Switzerland (DS, Geneva) took delivery of its first A320-200N on November 9, 2021, and began its commercial operations on… Read More »
Canada’s Jetlines to launch in late 1Q22
Jetlines (CJL, Vancouver Int’l) has announced it will launch operations in March 2022, albeit initially as a virtual carrier chartering… Read More »
Singapore Airlines to debut 737 MAX 8 ops in 4Q21
Singapore Airlines (SQ, Singapore Changi) plans to begin revenue operations of its six B737-8s, taken over from merged subsidiary SilkAir,… Read More »
India’s Akasa Air orders 72 Boeing 737 MAX
Akasa Air has placed an order with Boeing (BOE, Chicago O’Hare) for seventy-two B737 MAX jets during the ongoing 2021… Read More »
Nigeria’s Ibom Air orders ten A220s
Ibom Air (QI, Uyo) has placed an order for ten A220s with Airbus (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac) during the 2021 Dubai… Read More »
Air Tanzania confirms Boeing 737 MAX, 787, 767 freighter plans
The Tanzanian government has reached an agreement with Boeing (BOE, Chicago O’Hare) for the purchase of four aircraft including one… Read More »
Embraer, Widerøe to partner on electric urban mobility
Eve Urban Mobility Solutions owned by Embraer and Widerøe Zero, a unit of Widerøe, signed a Memorandum of Understanding to… Read More »
Kuwait’s Jazeera Airways inks MOU for 33 A320neo Family jets
Jazeera Airways (J9, Kuwait) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Airbus (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac) for up to 33… Read More »
South Africa’s Mango to be mothballed until investor found
Mango Airlines (JE, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) will be mothballed for a lengthy period while it seeks a new investor after… Read More »
Lufthansa repays all of German gov’t bailout funds
Lufthansa (LH, Frankfurt Int’l) has announced it repaid “much earlier than originally planned” the last of its EUR9 billion euro… Read More »
Aeromexico’s new plan includes Apollo debt-to-equity option
In what is described as a key milestone in its restructuring process, Grupo Aeroméxico has received a new proposal to… Read More »
Saudia eyes large widebody order in 2022
Saudia (SV, Jeddah) is planning to place a large widebody order in 2022 and is in advanced talks with both… Read More »
Toki Air set to become first Japanese airline to introduce ATR 42-600S
ATR has signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) with new regional Japanese commercial airline Toki Air. The Letter covers the… Read More »
Scoot launches first UK route
Scoot, the low-cost subsidiary of Singapore Airlines (SIA) has announced its first UK route – the only low-cost non-stop flight… Read More »
Overland Airways puts faith in Embraer
Overland Airways of Lagos, Nigeria, has placed orders for three new E175 E-Jets, plus three purchase right aircraft. The transaction… Read More »
ATR enjoys regional orders boost
Air Corsica has ordered five ATR 72-600 aircraft as it continues its ATR fleet upgrade. A long-term ATR partner Air… Read More »
Indigo Partners orders 255 A321neo Family aircraft
Indigo Partners has signed an order for an order for 255 additional A321neo Family aircraft for its airline portfolio. This… Read More »
FAA proposes $225K in fines against unruly passengers
Egregious examples of bad behavior described by the FAA concerned passengers yelling profanities, using obscene gestures, making threats to flight… Read More »
Frontier Airlines orders 91 additional A321neo jets, tripling its fleet size by 2029
Frontier Airlines (NASDAQ: ULCC) announced a major fleet expansion with an order for 91 additional A321neo aircraft from leading aircraft… Read More »
The rule for unruly passengers? One strike and you’re off the plane permanently
A passenger uses a racial slur to berate an African-American flight attendant over wearing a mask. Another on a separate… Read More »