Canada promises bailouts in exchange for refunds
Canada’s COVID-19 battered airlines will have to start refunding passengers before the government will provide them with financial assistance, says… Read More »
Taiwan’s Starlux Airlines granted US route authorities
The Taiwanese Ministry of Transportation has granted Starlux Airlines (JX, Taipei Taoyuan) route authorities to serve the United States, the Central News Agency… Read More »
China Express Airlines takes first ARJ21
China Express Airlines (G5, Chongqing) has taken delivery of its first ARJ21-700 after B-650P (msn 141) arrived at its Chongqing… Read More »
Taiwan’s China Airlines targets 1Q21 pax B747 phase-out
China Airlines (CI, Taipei Taoyuan) will retire its four remaining passenger-configured B747-400s during the first quarter of 2021. According to… Read More »
Russian airlines to receive eight Sukhoi Superjet 100s
Russian aircraft manufacturer Irkut and PSB Leasing company has signed agreements with three Russian airlines including Aeroflot, Azimuth Airlines, and… Read More »
Menzies Aviation secures five-year ground handling contract with Wizz Air
Menzies Aviation, the global aviation logistics specialist, has announced it’s won a ground handling contract with Wizz Air at Budapest… Read More »
Bain Capital makes a move to takeover Virgin Australia
Bain Capital, an American private investment firm, has made a further move towards taking over Virgin Australia Airlines during its… Read More »
Lodz Airport: list of countries with a flight ban to Poland
From 11 November 2020, the new Regulation of the Council of Ministers comes into force. The document was published in… Read More »
Making the Brussels South Charleroi Airport site secure: Work will begin on 12 November 2020
Charleroi, 10 November 2020 – Brussels South Charleroi Airport announces the start of work on the esplanade and future border… Read More »
AGS Airports Names Sector Leader by Global Sustainability Organisations GRESB
Glasgow ranked as best performing airport in the GRESB benchmark for sustainability leadership The efforts of AGS Airports, which owns… Read More »
AUA: 25% of 2019 October departing passengers recovered in October 2020
Revenue Generating Passenger amounts increased compared to September 2020 In October, the first month of our winter season 2020, 22,758… Read More »
United Airlines Introduces Clorox Total 360 System at Airport Terminals
United Airlines is turning to the Clorox Total 360 System to disinfect terminals at as many as 35 of its… Read More »
Six bids for Israir include Arkia and former El Al owner
Israir (6H, Tel Aviv Ben Gurion) has attracted six bids for control of the carrier, Haaretz reported on November 9,… Read More »
Romania’s Tarom needs $224mn more in state aid
Cash-strapped Romanian state-owned carrier Tarom (RO, Bucharest Otopeni) is to ask for another RON924 leu million/EUR191 million (USD224.5 million) in… Read More »
Air Botswana resumes regular int’l pax ops
Air Botswana (BP, Gaborone) resumed scheduled international passenger flights with four weekly return flights between Gaborone and Johannesburg O.R. Tambo… Read More »
India’s Supreme Court halts SpiceJet order to pay $33mn
The Supreme Court of India has halted last month’s High Court of Delhi ruling ordering SpiceJet (SG, Delhi Int’l) to… Read More »
AirAsia Group reacts to “intimidatory” airport lawsuit
AirAsia X (D7, Kuala Lumpur Int’l) has altered its planned debt restructuring scheme, reclassifying Malaysia Airports Holdings as a secured… Read More »
Korea’s Jeju Air to receive $170mn in aid as losses widen
Jeju Air (7C, Jeju) is expected to receive KRW190 billion won (USD170 million) in state aid as part of South… Read More »
British Airways suspends Gatwick flights, expands furloughs
British Airways (BA, London Heathrow) has suspended all of its flights at London Gatwick at least until December as it… Read More »
Australian carriers gear up for Sydney-Melbourne reboot
Australian airlines have scrambled to reinstate capacity on the decimated Sydney Kingsford Smith to Melbourne Tullamarine route following the announcement… Read More »
Finnair signs BeyondPool™ E-Jet agreement with AerFin
Finland’s flagship airline Finnair, has become the latest E-Jet operator to select AerFin’s BeyondPool™ component FlightHour-Agreement (FHA), signing a long-term… Read More »
51st anniversary of Jordan’s flag carrier Royal Jordanian, first flight to Istanbul!
November 1st marked the 51st anniversary of Jordan’s flag Royal Jordanian carrier’s first flight to Istanbul! Here’s to many more safe flights… Read More »
Riga Airport Calls on Investors to Engage in the Development of RIX Cargo City
Continuing the development of the air cargo segment, Riga Airport has announced an international tender to attract an investor for… Read More »
United, Other Carriers Adding Service to Florida from Pittsburgh
United, Spirit and Southwest Airlines add; expand service from PIT to Ft. Myers. (Stock image) Several carriers are launching new… Read More »
Tampa (TPA) adds even more previously unserved routes thanks to jetBlue and Silver
As each month passes, Tampa International Airport’s passenger numbers have continued to trend upward at a faster pace than the… Read More »
Aviation Authorities Update Guidelines for International Flights
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) recently announced changes to its Aviation Recovery Task Force’s (CART) ‘Take-off’ Guidelines for international air… Read More »