Transportation Secretary Says Federal No-Fly List Is an Option
Last week’s violent passenger attack on an American Airlines flight attendant not only forced a New York-to-California flight diverted to… Read More »
Denmark’s Star Air to add five freighters including 777s
Star Air (Denmark) (SRR, Copenhagen Kastrup) will induct five additional freighters over the next three years, parent firm Maersk has… Read More »
Hawaiian Airlines puts ATR fleet up for sale
Hawaiian Airlines (HA, Honolulu) has put its now decommissioned fleet of Avions de Transport Régional turboprops up for sale after… Read More »
British Airways secures another £1bn UKEF-backed facility
British Airways (BA, London Heathrow) has reached an agreement with UK Export Finance (UKEF) and a syndicate of banks for… Read More »
Saudia disposes of its two 747-8 freighters
Saudia (SV, Jeddah) has disposed of its two B747-8(F)s following their sale to AFG Aviation Ireland, a wholly owned subsidiary… Read More »
South Africa’s Mango should be privatised
The administrator of Mango Airlines (JE, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) has proposed that the South African Airways subsidiary be sold off… Read More »
Ryanair set to delist from LSE
Ryanair Holdings is set to delist from the London Stock Exchange (LSE) citing diminishing interest in its shares from UK… Read More »
Malaysia’s AirAsia X labelled a distressed firm
AirAsia X (D7, Kuala Lumpur Int’l) risks being delisted from the Malaysian stock exchange after being categorized as a financially… Read More »
RIX Weekly Update!
This week Riga Airport connects passengers to 77 destinations RIX Weekly Update! With the start of the aviation winter season,… Read More »
Southwest Airlines to Investigate Pilot’s Anti-Biden Remark
Southwest Airlines on Sunday said it will investigate an incident in which one of its pilots used a plane’s public… Read More »
American Airlines Suffers Fourth Straight Day of Cancellations
American Airlines is suffering through a fourth consecutive day of flight cancellations and delays. The carrier has canceled between 250… Read More »
Ryanair slams ‘delusionary’ Boeing in 737 Max jet price row
The boss of Ireland’s Ryanair (RYA.I) on Monday ramped up a war of words with Boeing (BA.N), calling the U.S…. Read More »
Kuwait’s Jazeera Airways in talks with Airbus and Boeing for 30-jet order
Kuwait’s Jazeera Airways (JAZK.KW) is in talks to buy 30 Airbus (AIR.PA) A320neo or Boeing (BA.N) 737 MAX jets in… Read More »
NTSB report on accident offers lesson in combating pilot complacency
When pilots gain more experience, some let their guard down—to chilling effect. Earlier this year, the NTSB determined that the… Read More »
Portugal’s euroAtlantic partners Bahrain’s MENA Cargo
euroAtlantic Airways (YU, Lisbon) has signed a strategic partnership agreement with MENA Cargo Airlines (Bahrain Int’l) parent firm MENA Cargo… Read More »
Senegal’s Transair wet-leasing a 737
Transair (Senegal) (R2, Dakar Blaise Diagne Int’l) has wet-leased a B737-500 from Blue Air (Romania) (0B, Bucharest Otopeni), the Senegalese… Read More »
UK to halve domestic APD in 2023, add ultra-longhaul rate
The United Kingdom plans to amend its much criticised Air Passenger Duty tax starting in April 2023 by cutting rates… Read More »
Italy’s ITA Airways accedes to SkyTeam alliance
ITA Airways (AZ, Milan Linate) has acceded to Oneworld replacing the now defunct Alitalia (AZ, Rome Fiumicino) which ceased operations… Read More »
Air Congo to debut with 10 aircraft in late 4Q21
Air Congo – the new joint venture between Ethiopian Airlines and the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)… Read More »
Japan’s ANA Holdings to cut 9,000 staff on weak recovery
ANA Holdings has unveiled plans to cut its workforce by about 9,000 employees through March 2026 after it was forced… Read More »
India’s Alliance Air seeks two ATR42-600s for dry lease
Alliance Air (India) (9I, Mumbai Int’l) has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the dry lease of two new… Read More »
Lucio Tan injects $505mn into Philippine Airlines
Buona Sorte Holdings Inc. (BSHI), an investment holding company owned by billionaire Lucio Tan, has acquired 10.2 billion new shares… Read More »
Court accepts LATAM rescue-plan extension to mid-4Q21
LATAM Airlines Group has reported that the extension it requested until November 26 to present its restructuring plan to the… Read More »
British Airways rolls out Club Suite to Boeing 777 fleet
British Airways is continuing with the roll out of its newest business class seat, Club Suite, as it retrofits the… Read More »
Gulf Air launches Boutique Charter services
Gulf Air has launched private charter services allowing its global clientele to book private direct charter flights with personalised itineraries…. Read More »
Federal contractors get broad flexibility to enforce Covid vaccine rules
Federal contractors will have broad leeway to enforce President Joe Biden’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate, according to new guidance the White… Read More »