France’s La Compagnie to briefly resume ops in 4Q20
La Compagnie (B0, Paris Orly) will briefly restart scheduled operations in late 2020 to operate three return services between Paris… Read More »
Canada’s WestJet inks nine B737 MAX 8 s/lbs
WestJet (WS, Calgary) has sold eight B737-8s to lessor CDB Aviation and will lease them back for an undisclosed period… Read More »
JetBlue posts grim update, announces $500mn stock offering
JetBlue Airways (B6, New York JFK) expects to raise USD506.7 million after deducting expenses, in a new share offering to… Read More »
PIA issues dry-lease RFP for eight narrowbodies
PIA – Pakistan International Airlines (PK, Islamabad Quaid-e-Azam Int’l) has announced a request for proposals (RFP) for the dry-lease of… Read More »
Garuda Indonesia to be put under tourism holdco Penas
As part of efforts to drive efficiency into Indonesia’s state-owned enterprises (SOEs) while specifically attempting to boost its aviation and… Read More »
ASL Airlines France adds maiden B737-800(BCF)
ASL Airlines France (5O, Paris CDG) took delivery of its first B737-800(BCF) in the form of F-HIQB (msn 33641) on… Read More »
Wizz Air offers flexible charter flight service
Wizz Air has increased its charter flight service to offer domestic and international charter flights in Wizz Air’s current markets… Read More »
Krasnodar international Airport is ready to deal with fog
Krasnodar International Airport named after Catherine II announces the receipt of the Category II Certificate of ICAO for the airfield… Read More »
Beijing Bounces Back to Growth
It’s hard to believe that Beijing’s newest airport has been open for a year already. And what a year it… Read More »
Ryanair firms options for 75 B737-8-200s
Ryanair (FR, Dublin Int’l) has firmed options for seventy-five B737-8-200s to increase its total commitment to the type to 210… Read More »
Thai Airways to resume domestic flights by YE20
Thai Airways International (TG, Bangkok Suvarnabhumi) will restart domestic flights on two trunk routes, from Bangkok Suvarnabhumi to each of… Read More »
Ascent Global Logistics buys Hageland Aviation Services
Michigan-based firm Ascent Global Logistics has acquired defunct Alaskan regional specialist Hageland Aviation Services (H6, Saint Mary’s) and plans to… Read More »
Taiwan’s China Airlines takes first 777 freighter
China Airlines (CI, Taipei Taoyuan) took delivery of its first B777-200F on November 30, 2020, expanding its fleet of dedicated… Read More »
Nepal Airlines mulls options to get rid of Chinese aircraft
Nepal Airlines (RA, Kathmandu) has proposed to the Ministry of Tourism four options to offload six unwanted Chinese-made turboprops even… Read More »
SAA’s administrators between a rock and a hard place
The administrators of South African Airways (SA, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) have confirmed they have received ZAR1.5 billion (USD97.9 million) in… Read More »
Norwegian to put emergency rescue plan up for vote
Norwegian (DY, Oslo Gardermoen) has scheduled an extraordinary general meeting for December 17 to ask shareholders to back a restructuring… Read More »
Air Namibia liquidation case postponed
Namibia’s High Court has again postponed a case in which Air Namibia (SW, Windhoek Int’l) is facing liquidation over a… Read More »
Qantas outsources ground-handling to save costs
Qantas (QF, Sydney Kingsford Smith) has announced the outsourcing of 2,000 ground staff jobs at ten airports across Australia in… Read More »
easyJet enlists restructuring firm to cut $1.9bn debt pile
easyJet (U2, London Luton) has enlisted American consulting and restructuring firm AlixPartners in an attempt to refinance its GBP1.4 billion… Read More »
Air Caraibes and Corsair Int’l CEOs clash over state aid
Air Caraibes Atlantique (CAJ, Paris Orly) and French Bee (BF, Paris Orly) chief executive Marc Rochet is prepared to file… Read More »
Ryanair orders more Boeing MAX-8200 aircraft
Ryanair, has signed a purchase agreement with Boeing for 75 new MAX-8200 aircraft, which increases its firm order for the… Read More »
Cranfield Airport prepares for delivery of its Saab 340B
The expansion of the Cranfield University flying fleet draws closer as its newly acquired Saab 340B plane has received its… Read More »
APOC Aviation disassembles two CFM56-7B engines
APOC Aviation will be bringing two torn down CFM56-7B engines into stock mid-December. ESN874488 and ESN888169 have previously been operated… Read More »
Wizz Air to establish operations at Cardiff Airport
Wizz Air UK, announced it will have a new base at Cardiff Airport, which will be its fourth alongside London… Read More »
Flyarystan launches news services to Turkistan International Airport
FlyArystan, the LCC division of the Air Astana Group, will be the first carrier to operate services from Nur-Sultan to… Read More »
Lodz Airport at Routes Reconnected
The third day of meetings and talks. Today it is the third day of talks and meetings at Routes Reconnected…. Read More »