Indonesia’s Lion Air restructures some lease deals – report
Lion Air Group is understood to have reached agreement with a number of its lessors to restructure their lease agreements… Read More »
India’s Alliance Air to add two Do228s
Alliance Air (India) (9I, Mumbai Int’l) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding covering two Do228s with Hindustan Aeronautics (Bangalore HAL),… Read More »
SriLankan Airlines restructures leases, secures gov’t funds
SriLankan Airlines (UL, Colombo Int’l) has renegotiated several aircraft leases saving the airline USD150 million over five years as part… Read More »
Lessors object to Norwegian’s bid to wriggle free of deals
Lessors have told the High Court of Ireland, currently overseeing the examinership process currently underway to protect Norwegian (DY, Oslo… Read More »
Air Canada rouge suspends flight operations
Air Canada rouge (RV, Toronto Pearson) paused its operations from February 8 until further notice and temporarily laid off 80… Read More »
Lufthansa refinances all 2021 dues using €1.6bn bond
Lufthansa (LH, Frankfurt Int’l) has raised EUR1.6 billion euros (USD1.92 billion) by issuing a bond on February 4, funds it… Read More »
Navitaire receives IATA NDC Capable Level 4 full offer & order management certification
Navitaire, an Amadeus company, and a leading provider of reservations and ancillary sales solutions to low-cost and hybrid airlines, has… Read More »
Airbus’s January deliveries drop by a third
Although commonly regarded as a slow month for aircraft manufacturers, Airbus stated on 5 February that is had delivered 21… Read More »
Air Canada’s LCC Rouge halts flights indefinitely
New travel restrictions now in place in Canada has resulted in Air Canada putting a halt on Rouge operations indefinitely,… Read More »
Boeing to relocate 737 fin production to India
On 5 February, a joint venture between Boeing and Tata Advanced Systems (TAS), Tata Boeing Aerospace, said it would start… Read More »
Panel: Pandemic didn’t dim inflight connectivity prospects
A panel of aviation and technology experts agreed that the coronavirus pandemic has not reduced the long-term viability of the… Read More »
Airport technology gets a push from pandemic
Airports are using technology such as artificial intelligence algorithms to analyze traffic patterns and reassess the effectiveness of signage and… Read More »
Canadian government committed to aid for airlines
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said, “Canada needs and will have a vibrant competitive airline industry after this is all… Read More »
UPS keeps jets flying with computer upgrade
UPS is extending the lifespan of 52 Airbus A300-600 jets by replacing their cockpit computers, allowing them to store more… Read More »
Delta prepares to roll out digital concierge
Delta Air Lines is finalizing its digital concierge, an integrated digital travel tool that will help passengers with booking, COVID-19… Read More »
Domestic testing mandate would be “devastating” to airline industry
Airline and labor leaders continue to oppose a federal mandate requiring COVID-19 testing for domestic flights, citing that such requirements… Read More »
Wizz Air investing further at Göteborg Landvetter with new direct route to Sarajevo ahead of the summer season
The Hungarian low-cost carrier Wizz Air develops new opportunities in the Swedish market by expanding its range of destinations from… Read More »
Attractive Tampere, Finland also shines in smart city development
Tampere’s attractiveness in terms of experts and companies can be seen in the large number of participants in general as… Read More »
SkyUp connects Lodz and Ukraine
New flights from Lodz to Kyiv and Lviv Air connection between Ukraine and Poland becomes even more convenient. This spring,… Read More »
Bratislava Airport: 405-thousand passengers in 2020. 700- to 800-thousand foreseen for 2021.
Bratislava M. R. Stefanik Airport handled a total of 405 097 passengers in the previous year. It is an 82%… Read More »
Utah’s Breeze Airways adds first E190
Breeze Airways (MXY, Salt Lake City) has taken delivery of its first E190, one of fifteen to be dry-leased from… Read More »
Boeing targets 2021 for B737-7 deliveries, 2023 for the -10
Boeing (BOE, Chicago O’Hare) is hoping to complete the certification of its smallest B737 MAX Family variant, the B737-7, and… Read More »
Australia’s Qantas, Alliance Airlines ink capacity deal
A new capacity deal between Qantas (QF, Sydney Kingsford Smith) and Alliance Airlines (QQ, Brisbane Int’l) will see the replacement… Read More »
UPS Airlines takes redelivery of first upgraded A300(F)
UPS Airlines (5X, Louisville Int’l) has taken redelivery of the first of fifty-two A300-600Fs featuring upgraded avionics, extending the freighters’… Read More »
Fly Angola resumes flights after completing certification
Privately-owned Fly Angola (FLA, Luanda) has used the COVID-19 downturn to overhaul its aircraft and secure its own Air Operator’s… Read More »
Ireland’s Stobart Air to be sold this month – Esken
Esken Limited, known as Stobart Group until it formally changed its name on February 3, remains committed to offloading its… Read More »