Vallair spearheads A321 passenger to freighter conversions in China
Vallair, the multi-faceted aviation business and launch customer of the Airbus A321 freighter, is pioneering the first passenger to freighter… Read More »
Countries ban flights to/from the UK over new COVID strain
Multiple European countries have banned flights to and from the United Kingdom following the discovery of a new, highly virulent… Read More »
Gov’t to convert six Air India jets for AEW&C missions
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), a state-run defence company, will convert six unspecified aircraft operated by Air India… Read More »
Sundair launches Swedish operations with a Stockholm Arlanda direct route to Beirut
The German carrier Sundair is starting operations from the Swedish market for the first-time by launching a new non-stop service… Read More »
Marseille Provence welcomes a new airline: Corsair!
Corsair will fly from Marseille to Reunion Island and Mayotte as of Summer 21. Marseille Provence Airport is glad to… Read More »
BGY invests in new cycle paths connecting the airport
Milan Bergamo a bike friendly airport Milan Bergamo Airport is planning a network of cycle paths connecting the airport with… Read More »
Athens – “ODE TO JOY”
4 European airports join forces to spread the Holiday spirit 🙂 Airports and music have something in common – they… Read More »
Shareholders in Korea’s Asiana back 3-to-1 capital cut
In another move that smoothes its acquisition by Korean Air (KE, Seoul Incheon), shareholders at debt-riddled Asiana Airlines (OZ, Seoul… Read More »
Malaysia Airlines’ fate to be resolved by YE20 – minister
Malaysia Airlines’ restructuring is expected to be completed by December 31, the country’s deputy finance minister, Abdul Rahim Bakri, divulged… Read More »
Harare set to absorb Air Zimbabwe debt
Zimbabwe’s Cabinet has decided to assume the debt of Air Zimbabwe (UM, Harare Int’l) and to extend its reconstruction period… Read More »
Boeing restarts B737 MAX deliveries
Boeing (BOE, Chicago O’Hare) has resumed B737 MAX deliveries for the first time since the type’s global grounding in March… Read More »
Mexico’s Interjet ejected from IATA BSP, staff plea for help
The Mexican government has rejected a union plea to take control of Interjet (4O, Toluca) as the beleaguered carrier axed… Read More »
Lithuania’s Heston Airlines takes first A320
Heston Airlines (Vilnius) has taken delivery of its first A320-200, LY-FJI (msn 2157), and intends to shortly add a further… Read More »
Kenyan carriers to serve secessionist Somaliland
Kenya Airways (KQ, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta) and other Kenyan airlines will, by end of March 2021, commence direct flights between… Read More »
Cameroon’s Camair-Co moots fleet rebuild
Director-General Louis Georges Njipendi Kuotu told Newsaero that one of the carrier’s two MA-60s – TJ-QDA (msn 903) – had… Read More »
Aeroméxico set to restart B737 MAX ops
Aeroméxico (AM, México City Int’l) will become the world’s second airline to restart B737-8 operations when it does so on December 21, ch-aviation schedule… Read More »
China’s Hainan Airlines shores up cash pile
Hainan Airlines (HU, Haikou) has diverted funds raised to acquire aircraft in 2016 to instead “replenish the working capital” of… Read More »
Qatar, Saudi Arabia near overflights deal – report
Saudi Arabia and Qatar are in advanced talks about resolving their lengthy diplomatic dispute, three sources familiar with the negotiations… Read More »
Malaysia’s Firefly to launch narrowbody ops in 1Q21
Firefly (FY, Penang) will launch narrowbody operations in January 2021, initially connecting its hub at Penang airport with Johor Bahru… Read More »
Air India loses $18mn London court case against lessor
The High Court of Justice in London has sided with Chinese lessor CALC and ordered Air India (AI, Mumbai Int’l)… Read More »
Hi Fly Malta ends A380 operations
Hi Fly Malta (HFM, Malta Int’l) completed the previously announced retirement of its only A380-800, 9H-MIP (msn 6), on December… Read More »
Israeli carriers eye Morocco routes after recognition
El Al Israel Airlines (LY, Tel Aviv Ben Gurion) and Israir (6H, Tel Aviv Ben Gurion) have said they will… Read More »
Australia’s Rex completes certification to launch jet ops
Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) has upgraded the Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC) of Rex – Regional Express (ZL, Wagga… Read More »
Taiwan’s Starlux Airlines eyes Los Angeles ops from 2022
Starlux Airlines (JX, Taipei Taoyuan) has applied to the US Department of Transportation (DOT) for exemption authority and a foreign… Read More »
China Eastern parent cuts TravelSky stake
China Eastern Air Holding will water down its shareholding in Travelsky Technology after it agreed to sell a 4.97% stake… Read More »
China’s JoyAir looks to shift main operating base
JoyAir (JR, Tianjin) is set to change its main hub from Tianjin, in northern China, to Xi’an Xianyang in the… Read More »