Bombardier faces fraud probe over Garuda Indonesia contracts
The United Kingdom’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is investigating Bombardier Aerospace (BBA, Montréal Trudeau) over suspected bribery and corruption in… Read More »
Cathay Pacific slashes crew wages, pledges no more job cuts
The vast majority of pilots and cabin crew at Cathay Pacific (CX, Hong Kong Int’l) have signed up for new… Read More »
Hawaiian Airlines content with its B717s
Hawaiian Airlines (HA, Honolulu) is “really happy” with its fleet of B717-200s and has no plans to retire the Boeing… Read More »
Singapore Airlines uses A320s, B777s as makeshift freighters
Singapore Airlines Group has revealed in its half-yearly earnings release that it has removed seats from two B777-300(ER)s operated by… Read More »
easyJet sells 11 more A320s for $169.5mn
easyJet (U2, London Luton) has agreed to sell and lease back a total of eleven A320 Family aircraft to two… Read More »
Air China Cargo reveals share capital raise, new investors
Air China Cargo (CA, Beijing Capital) is set to undergo a share capital increase which, once completed, will see the… Read More »
St. Vincent & the Grenadines to see first inc’l route
Virgin Atlantic (VS, London Heathrow) has announced it will launch a new 2x weekly route from London Heathrow to St…. Read More »
Jet Airways’ new owners pledge staggered $130mn injection
The consortium of Kalrock Capital and UAE-based investor Murari Lal Jalan has pledged to inject a total of INR9.6 billion… Read More »
Tussle for control of Venezuela’s Avior Airlines intensifies
A battle for control of Avior Airlines (9V, Barcelona José Antonio Anzoategui), the biggest privately owned carrier in Venezuela in… Read More »
Iberia to move Milan flights to Linate in late 4Q20
Iberia (IB, Madrid Barajas) will relocate its services from Madrid Barajas to Milan from Milan Malpensa to Milan Linate as… Read More »
Etihad to scale down to mid-sized, full-service carrier
Following the impact of COVID-19, Etihad Airways (EY, Abu Dhabi Int’l) has announced the departure of senior managers as part… Read More »
Gambia resumes commercial passenger traffic
Several West African and European carriers have resumed commercial flights to Banjul, Gambia, after the airport reopened following a seven-month… Read More »
BOC Aviation delivers first of four Aibus A321neos to Indigo
BOC Aviation Limited (“BOC Aviation” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has delivered the first of four… Read More »
Łódź (Central Poland) the best Business-Friendly city
10th annual EuropaProperty CEE Investment & Manufacturing Awards Łódź gained another award for its business-friendly environment and as a great… Read More »
33rd anniversary of Singapore’s flag carrier ‘Singapore Airlines’ first flight to Istanbul!
October 30th marked the 33rd anniversary of Singapore’s flag ‘Singapore Airlines’ carrier’s first flight to Istanbul! Here’s to many more safe… Read More »
Malaysia Airports and Alibaba Announce Operation Commencement of Cainiao Aeropolis eWTP Hub, Malaysia
SEPANG/HANGZHOU – Malaysia Airports’ Aeropolis and Alibaba Group welcome the commencement of operations of the new e-fulfilment hub, Cainiao Aeropolis… Read More »
Global Capacity Trending Down to Less Than 50 Million By Year End
Coronavirus Capacity Update Week Forty-Three: The worrying and steady weekly decline in global capacity continued into a fourteenth consecutive week… Read More »
Oman Airports develops new Freighter Incentive Scheme for Muscat and Salalah Airports
It is no understatement to say that 2020 has been an unprecedented time for all, and not least the aviation… Read More »
Number of Passengers at Riga Airport Dropped by Almost 90% in October
Operational data on the Airport performance this October as compared to October of the previous year show that the number… Read More »
Ural Airlines launches flights between Istanbul and Moscow!
Russian airline company Ural Airlines has launched flights between Istanbul and Moscow as of yesterday! Here’s to many more safe… Read More »
The State of the States
US Aviation swings to the positive as international capacity steps up But before diving into the detail the headline numbers… Read More »
Reduced passenger numbers at Brussels South Charleroi Airport in October 2020
The airport ran at 21% capacity compared with October 2019 Charleroi, 9 November 2020 – Brussels South Charleroi Airport welcomed… Read More »
Norwegian faces “very uncertain future” as gov’t nixes funds
Norwegian (DY, Oslo Gardermoen) said on November 9 that it was “very disappointed about the lack of government support” after… Read More »
Bulgaria’s Holiday Europe adds first A321neo
Holiday Europe (5Q, Sofia) took delivery of two A321-200Ns following a transfer from parent carrier Onur Air (8Q, Istanbul New),… Read More »
Creditors of Switzerland’s SkyWork sustain losses
Creditors of bankrupt Swiss regional airline SkyWork Airlines (SX, Berne) will sustain losses as around half of more than 1,000… Read More »
Canada’s PAL Airlines launches Dash 8-400 operations
PAL Airlines (Canada) (PB, St. John’s) launched DHC-8-Q400 operations on October 23, 2020, deploying its first aircraft of the type… Read More »