Kazakh CAA gives Qazaq Air 10 days to draw up action plan
The Aviation Administration of Kazakhstan (AAK) says it has given Qazaq Air (IQ, Nur-Sultan Nazarbayev) until March 1 to draw… Read More »
Genesis and Heston Aviation announce a strategic alliance to create Heston Airlines
Genesis, the Dublin-based aircraft leasing company has formed an alliance with Heston Aviation, to build and launch Heston Airlines. Heston… Read More »
EPCOR extends its APU support service with GTCP131-9C capability
EPCOR is pleased to announce expansion of MRO services to the worldwide operators of the Airbus A220, equipped with the… Read More »
Rolls-Royce selects QOCO Systems as digitalisation partner
QOCO Systems has announced a new digitalisation partnership with Rolls-Royce. Leading aircraft engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce chose Software as a Service… Read More »
Winter storm affects vaccine shipments
The massive winter storm that affected the Midwest and Texas delayed the delivery of 6 million COVID-19 vaccine doses due… Read More »
TSA to add 6K airport screeners by summer
The Transportation Security Administration plans to hire 6,000 additional screening agents for hundreds of airports by summer. “We expect to… Read More »
JetBlue, American expand Caribbean schedule
American and JetBlue are increasing their flight schedules to Caribbean and Florida destinations as part of the expansion associated with… Read More »
American manager’s mentorship makes a difference
Angela Johnson, customer service manager at O’Hare International Airport, started her career at American as a fleet service clerk, and… Read More »
Black United Airlines pilots mentor the next generation
A group of Black United Airlines pilots who completed flight training while they were students at Hampton University now mentor… Read More »
Delta Flight Museum hosts vaccination center
The Delta Flight Museum near Atlanta’s airport will serve as one of four COVID-19 vaccination centers opening in Georgia today…. Read More »
US airlines support international contact tracing program
Airlines for America said that its member airlines have agreed to ask passengers traveling to the US to voluntarily provide… Read More »
Milano is the European City that is rebounding faster and greener
Milano was the first Western metropolis affected by the virus. The municipality is promoting its recovery with green transition policies,… Read More »
easyJet announced 2 new routes from Amsterdam Airport
easyJet has announced two new scheduled services from AMS: from May 28 to Birmingham, England and from June 28 also… Read More »
Dominican Republic’s Red Air eyes US charters
Red Air (Santo Domingo Las Américas) has sought US government approval to start passenger charter flights to the United States… Read More »
Court ruling allows Malaysia Airlines $890mn capital jab
Malaysia Airlines (MH, Kuala Lumpur Int’l) parent Malaysia Aviation Group (MAG) has said it will proceed with a MYR3.6 billion… Read More »
Air Côte d’Ivoire takes delivery of maiden A320neo
Air Côte d’Ivoire (HF, Abidjan) took delivery of its first A320-200N on February 18, 2021, after TU-TSX (msn 10197) was… Read More »
American Airlines, JetBlue expand East Coast network
American Airlines (AA, Dallas/Fort Worth) and JetBlue Airways (B6, New York JFK) have announced a significant expansion of their networks with 33 new routes from… Read More »
British Airways nets £2bn loan, defers pension payments
IAG International Airlines Group has confirmed two financing agreements that its British Airways (BA, London Heathrow) subsidiary reached that will… Read More »
ASL Airlines Ireland starts domestic Italian ops for Amazon
ASL Airlines Ireland (ABR, Dublin Int’l) has commenced operating domestic routes in Italy on behalf of Amazon.com, using one of… Read More »
Japan, US ground PW-powered B777s after United incident
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will issue an emergency airworthiness directive grounding all B777 widebodies powered by certain Pratt… Read More »
Etihad, Gulf Air ink partnership agreement
Etihad Airways (EY, Abu Dhabi Int’l) and Gulf Air (GF, Bahrain Int’l) have signed a wide-ranging strategic commercial cooperation agreement… Read More »
Transat AT extends $198mn loan facility termination date
Air Transat (TS, Montréal Trudeau) parent Transat AT has announced that it has extended the termination date of its CAD250… Read More »
EU approves slot relief potentially through 4Q22
The Council of the European Union has approved an extension of a bloc-wide slot waiver through at least the end… Read More »
Ireland’s Aer Lingus will not be allowed to fail, gov’t says
Leo Varadkar, Ireland’s former prime minister and current deputy prime minister, has told the parliament (Dáil) that the government is… Read More »
CPaT sees airline industry recovery through increased pilot training demand
CPaT Global, the world’s leading provider of distance learning for the airline and aviation industry, has stated that it is… Read More »
Challengair moves to attach Air Namibia’s assets
Lawyers representing defunct Belgian lessor Challengair (1I, Brussels National) on February 19 moved to attach the assets of defunct Air… Read More »