Consolidation Starts in South Korea When Two Become One
It’s big news in Asia but hasn’t really grabbed as many column inches in the rest of the world but… Read More »
Larnaka Airport is highly commended by ACI Europe
Larnaka International Airport has received another important accolade during the 30th Annual Congress and General Assembly of the Airports Council… Read More »
Feel Safe at Curaçao International Airport
Curaçao International Airport have produced a new video highlighting the safety measures in place at the Airport
Istanbul Airport Was Granted the “Best Digital Transformation in Europe” Award
Istanbul Airport with its distinguished concept of ‘smart airport’ as well as its unique architecture, robust infrastructure, state-of-the-art technology and… Read More »
Oman Airports welcomes on board Air Arabia Abu Dhabi to Muscat Int’l Airport
Oman Airports Welcomes on board Air Arabia Abu Dhabi to Muscat International Airport, with a twice weekly flight Muscat to… Read More »
Russian leisure airlines expand to Zanzibar
Royal Flight, Nordwind Airlines, Azur Air, and UTair have announced new scheduled or scheduled charter flights to Zanzibar as they… Read More »
Hanoi approves $520mn rescue of Vietnam Airlines
The National Assembly of Vietnam unanimously approved on the afternoon of the final day of its parliamentary session a VND12… Read More »
Corendon Dutch Airlines challenges cancelled Sunweb deal
Corendon Dutch Airlines (CD, Amsterdam Schiphol) is taking the Sunweb Group to court after the online package holiday supplier cancelled… Read More »
Norwegian seeks financial restructuring under Irish law
Norwegian (DY, Oslo Gardermoen) has initiated an examinership process in Ireland, asking a court there to oversee a restructuring of… Read More »
Netherlands drops cargo tax, plans hike in passenger tax
The Dutch government has ditched its proposed tax on cargo traffic after a study revealed that freighters were likely to… Read More »
FAA ungrounds the B737 MAX
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued a notice ungrounding the B737-8 and B737-9 types, subject to the completion… Read More »
Haiti’s Sunrise Airways to deploy A320 for Cuba routes
Sunrise Airways (S6, Port au Prince) has announced it will upgrade the equipment it uses on its routes from Port… Read More »
AirAsia Japan files for bankruptcy; group hints India exit
AirAsia Group has cemented its retreat from East Asia as 33%-owned subsidiary AirAsia Japan (DJ, Nagoya Chubu) filed for bankruptcy… Read More »
Bulgaria’s Cargo Air drops Boeing for AEI for B737-800(F)s
Citing conversion slot availability, Cargo Air (CGF, Sofia) has cancelled plans for two B737-800(BCF)s from Boeing and instead replaced them… Read More »
Lessors okay Kenya Airways use of two B787s as freighters
Kenya Airways (KQ, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta) is set to join its regional rival Ethiopian Airlines (ET, Addis Ababa) in transforming… Read More »
Croatia Airlines to be recapitalised
Croatia Airlines (OU, Zagreb) is to be recapitalised through a HRK350 million kuna (USD54.7 million) share capital increase in accordance… Read More »
Air India issues tender to raise $826mn in short-term loan
Air India (AI, Mumbai Int’l) has launched a tender seeking short-term loans amounting to INR61.5 billion rupees (USD826 million) to… Read More »
Thai Vietjet adds two aircraft to its fleet to meet route expansion plan
Thai Vietjet has received two 180-seat A320 aircraft, increasing its current fleet to 13. The airline expects to receive two… Read More »
APOC Aviation acquires five CFM56-7B engines
In a move to increase its engine assets base, APOC Aviation has purchased five CFM56-7B engines from a leading North… Read More »
Lombardy Plan: 3.5 billions for infrastructures and other interventions
Thanks to a regional investment of 3.5 billion euros for municipalities, provinces and other entities in Lombardy, a total value… Read More »
Cargo’s Economic Impact Ripples Through the Region
Crews at PIT work to offload a Cathay Pacific cargo flight from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam in September. (Photo… Read More »
Virgin Atlantic ready to partner flybe. after restart
Virgin Atlantic (VS, London Heathrow) would be interested in partnering with flybe. (BE, Exeter) if the regional airline restarts under… Read More »
UK’s Jet2 to open Bristol base in 2Q21
Jet2 (LS, Leeds/Bradford) has announced it will open its tenth British base on April 1, 2021, basing three aircraft out… Read More »
JetStar, Qantas resume Tasmania-Victoria flights
Virgin Australia (VA, Brisbane Int’l)Qantas (QF, Sydney Kingsford Smith) and its low-cost subsidiary Jetstar Airways (JQ, Melbourne Tullamarine) will resume… Read More »
Ecuatoriana Airlines granted an OP, to begin AOC drive
Ecuatoriana Airlines (Quito Int’l) is set to commence its AOC certification drive after the Ecuadorian civil aviation authority (Consejo Nacional de… Read More »
Emerald Airlines zeroing in on Aer Lingus contract – report
Emerald Airlines (Ireland), a start-up carrier founded by Conor McCarthy, is in exclusive talks with Aer Lingus (EI, Dublin Int’l)… Read More »