Bangladesh closes airspace in new COVID-19 lockdown
All passenger flights to, from, and within Bangladesh remain suspended until April 20, 2021, as the country entered another strict… Read More »
Key Lime Air takes EAS contract at Pierre and Watertown, SD
Key Lime Air, through its Denver Air Connection (KG, Denver Centennial) brand, has snatched a two-year contract away from SkyWest… Read More »
Croatia Airlines demands equal treatment with Ryanair
Croatia Airlines (OU, Zagreb) has issued an open letter to the operator of Zagreb airport, demanding fee reductions and incentives… Read More »
Shortlisted entities asked to make final Air India bids
India’s government has invited shortlisted entities to submit financial bids to acquire Air India (AI, Mumbai Int’l), local media reported,… Read More »
Italy’s Sky Alps secures first Q400s on lease
Sky Alps (Bolzano) has announced it will lease its first two DHC-8-Q400s from Chorus Aviation Capital with deliveries expected in… Read More »
Flybe to fly again…
Flybe has moved closer to its reentry into operations with the completed purchase from new owners Thyme Opco. Having operated… Read More »
FAI renews multi-year partnership with McLaren Racing
FAI Aviation Group, one of the world’s leading global providers of mission-critical aviation services, has renewed its partnership with world-famous… Read More »
APOC partners with Bonus Tech to complete third engine teardown
APOC Aviation is collaborating with Bonus Tech, Inc., part of the Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance network, to… Read More »
GA Telesis announces four more orders for 737-800SFs with Aeronautical Engineers, Inc.
GA Telesis, LLC (GAT) announces four additional firm orders for 737-800SF freighter conversions with Aeronautical Engineers, Inc. (AEI). The contract… Read More »
The Three Reasons Big Airlines’ Service Is Awful
Frequent flyers know airline service is a shell of its former glory. From damaged and lost luggage to extra fees… Read More »
Lessor seizes Surinam Airways B737 in Miami over debts
A B737-700 belonging to Surinam Airways (PY, Paramaribo Int’l) has been seized at Miami Int’l, shortly before a scheduled return… Read More »
Thyme Opco completes flybe. aquisition, eyes summer return
Thyme Opco, the Cyrus Capital-controlled shell company that announced last October its intention to acquire flybe. (BE, Exeter), revealed on… Read More »
Eurowings to add A320neo in 2022 to cope with pent-up demand
Eurowings (EW, Düsseldorf Int’l) is planning to increase its number of active aircraft from less than 30 at present to… Read More »
Viet Nam’s Bamboo Airways reveals partnership deal with bank
Bamboo Airways (QH, Hanoi) and Ho Chi Minh City-based Sacombank have announced a “comprehensive cooperation agreement” involving a new strategic… Read More »
Latvia’s SmartLynx Airlines enters German charter market
SmartLynx Airlines (6Y, Riga) has announced it will enter the German and Swiss leisure markets in summer 2021, operating full… Read More »
Norway’s Norse Atlantic Airways raises $165mn in IPO
Norse Atlantic Airways debuted on the low-threshold Euronext Growth exchange in Oslo on April 12, raising around NOK1.4 billion kroner… Read More »
ACCC okays Virgin Australia/Alliance Airlines tie-up
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has approved, with no restrictions, a proposed partnership between Virgin Australia (VA, Brisbane… Read More »
Auditor-General warns of Air Tanzania’s debt risks
Air Tanzania (TC, Dar es Salaam) is at risk of having its aircraft impounded abroad because of debts owed by… Read More »
Thailand’s Nok Air extends time to file restructuring plan
Nok Air (DD, Bangkok Don Mueang) has said in a stock market filing that it has been granted an additional… Read More »
UK’s flyPOP selects A330-300s, begins certification
flyPOP (London Stansted) has secured three A330-300s on lease from Avolon, kickstarting its certification drive with the UK Civil Aviation… Read More »
IndiGo shows its trust in Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance
The Airline-MRO AFI KLM E&M and India‘s leading airline operator IndiGo have signed an agreement to extend their component support… Read More »
EU health pass could benefit airlines
EU officials say the COVID-19 health passport under development can be used by airlines as well as immigration officials. “[A]n… Read More »
Texas airport upgrading 2 runways
Amarillo International Airport is beginning work on the reconstruction of two runways. The Federal Aviation Administration is fully funding the… Read More »
JetBlue announces new executive appointments
JetBlue Airways has announced several executive appointments. Dave Fintzen, currently vice president of investor relations, will be promoted to a… Read More »
American Airlines reports positive cash flow
American Airlines announced its cash flow turned positive in March. However, the airline’s revenue for the quarter is expected to… Read More »
JetBlue expands codeshare partnership with Qatar Airways
JetBlue Airways plans to expand its codeshare partnership with Qatar Airways to cover more Qatar Airways routes linking the capital… Read More »