United Airlines says its unvaccinated pilots are costing nearly $3 million a month
United Airlines said its unvaccinated pilots are costing the company $1.4 million every two weeks in paid leave. The carrier… Read More »
Southwest Airlines orders 16 Boeing 737-7 MAXs
Southwest Airlines has firmed a total of sixteen Boeing 737-7 MAX options in two batches of eight units, one in… Read More »
FAA proposes to increase rest periods for U.S. airline flight attendants
The FAA has issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to require that flight attendants at large U.S. airlines receive… Read More »
United Airlines to Increase Frequency Of Direct Flights from Dublin to New York Newark EWR
Dublin Airport welcomes the news that United Airlines will increase its frequency from Dublin to its New York/Newark hub from… Read More »
Bahrain’s MENA Cargo Airlines completes certification
MENA Cargo Airlines (Bahrain Int’l) has been awarded an Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC) by the Bahraini Ministry of Transportation and… Read More »
US’s Avelo Airlines changes legal name
Avelo Airlines (XP, Burbank) says it is in the process of changing its legal name – TEM Enterprises, Inc. –… Read More »
Colombia’s Avianca Airlines chooses Boeing 787s over Airbus A330s
Avianca Holdings has selected B787-8s as its only widebody aircraft type going forward as it prepares to emerge from Chapter… Read More »
Air Calédonie flights suspended over COVID health pass
Air Calédonie (TY, Nouméa Magenta) has suspended all commercial scheduled flights until November 7, 2021, as ordered by a government… Read More »
Estonia to separate Nordica, Xfly under new holdco
Nordica (ND, Tallinn Lennart Meri) and two affiliates Transpordi Varahaldus, a lessor and maintenance company, and Regional Jet, an ACMI… Read More »
interCaribbean Airways adds maiden ATR42-500
interCaribbean Airways (JY, Providenciales) has taken delivery of its maiden ATR42-500 as it seeks to expand its regional network. VQ-THM… Read More »
Romania’s Carpatair to induct maiden A319 in 4Q21
Carpatair (V3, Timisoara) plans to induct its recently acquired A319-100 into service by the end of 2021, Romania’s BoardingPass.ro has… Read More »
Tata enters into share purchase agreement for Air India
A little over two weeks after the government of India chose conglomerate Tata Group to acquire Air India (AI, Mumbai… Read More »
Breeze Airways unveils first Airbus A220 aircraft and brings total order to 80 aircraft powered by Pratt & Whitney GTF™ Engines
Pratt & Whitney and Breeze Airways (Breeze) has celebrated the unveiling of the airline’s first A220-300 aircraft, powered exclusively by… Read More »
IATA Director General’s speech at ALTA Leaders Forum in Bogota
Buenos dias, bom dia, good morning. It is a great pleasure to address you in person, on what is my… Read More »
ANTAVIA announces move to new wheel & brake MRO facility at Paris CDG
ANTAVIA, a global provider of MRO services and repair specialists for commercial airlines, business jets, military, and governmental wheel &… Read More »
Deutsche Aircraft release achievement and progress update
Dave Jackson, Managing Director of Deutsche Aircraft provided an update on Deutsche Aircraft’s work so far this year. On October… Read More »
Romania’s Blue Air suffers UK listing setback
Blue Air (Romania)’s efforts to go public on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) have suffered a blow after it failed… Read More »
Creditors of China’s HNA Group approve restructuring plan
A working group of creditors, investors, and administrators of HNA Group and its related companies have voted to approve the… Read More »
AirAsia renames airline group to set it apart from digital
AirAsia Group has renamed its airline companies’ holdco as AirAsia Aviation Limited as part of a reorganisation designed to create… Read More »
Garuda Indonesia faces PKPU lawsuit, unassailable debts
Just as Central Jakarta District Court rejected My Indo Airlines’ attempt to forcibly restructure the debts of Garuda Indonesia (GA,… Read More »
Lourenço fires entire TAAG board, appoints new CEO
The entire board of TAAG Angola Airlines (DT, Luanda), including Chief Executive Officer Rui Carreira, has been axed by presidential… Read More »
Watchdog finds flaws in FAA oversight of American Airlines’ maintenance shortcomings
A government watchdog said Friday Oct. 22 that federal safety regulators routinely fail to ensure that American Airlines gets to… Read More »
Lessons learned from COVID-19 could improve the U.S. aviation industry’s handling of future pandemics
The COVID-19 pandemic had a profound impact on the U.S. aviation industry. Passenger traffic in April 2020 was 96% lower… Read More »
BOC Aviation is flying high
BOC Aviation, a Singapore-based airplane lessor, currently has 99% of its owned fleet is leased out. Only nine out of… Read More »
Airbus receives first A320 Flight Hour Services maintenance contract in Europe to support Finnair’s entire single aisle fleet
Finnair has selected Airbus’s Flight Hour Services (FHS) to support its entire A320 Family fleet (35 aircraft), thus becoming the… Read More »
Jet Edge confirmed as Gogo 5G launch customer
Jet Edge International has signed an agreement with Gogo Business Aviation to become Gogo’s 5G launch customer. Jet Edge has… Read More »