IAG still eager to buy Air Europa, waits for gov’t aid
IAG International Airlines Group is still interested in acquiring Air Europa (UX, Palma de Mallorca) but is waiting for clarification… Read More »
Delta Air Lines completes B777 phase-out
Delta Air Lines (DL, Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson) retired all of its remaining B777-200s in the final days of October 2020… Read More »
Cayman Airways receives $19.8mn in state aid
Cayman Airways (KX, Grand Cayman Island) has received KYD16.3 million Caymanian dollars (USD19.8 million) in operational support as part of… Read More »
Hawaii’s Mokulele Airlines appeals for state support
Mokulele Airlines (MHO, Kona) has appealed for state support to stem USD350,000 monthly losses due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, reports… Read More »
flydubai, Air Arabia caught in Somaliland aero-politics
Emirati low-cost airlines flydubai (FZ, Dubai Int’l) and Air Arabia (G9, Sharjah) have found themselves in the middle of a… Read More »
COVID-19 Testing Pilot Launches for Ticketed Travelers at SEA
Discovery Health MD offers testing option to travelers beginning Nov. 4 Travelers seeking a COVID-19 test prior to air travel… Read More »
Forward and Upward : Development at Riga International Airport
Addressing the challenges of COVID – 19 pandemic Riga Airport has made a strategic decision to move forward and keep… Read More »
Zurich Airport – best airport in Europe for 17 years
Zurich Airport receives the prestigious World Travel Award as the best airport in Europe for the 17th time in a… Read More »
Netherlands passes KLM bailout, Air France needs new equity
The Dutch government has approved a EUR3.4 billion euro (USD4 billion) bailout for KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (KL, Amsterdam Schiphol)… Read More »
Eastern Airlines eyes B777 ops growth
Eastern Airlines (2D, Miami Int’l) is planning to complete the certification of its first B777-200(ER) within days and induct a… Read More »
Zimbabwe’s defunct Fly Africa sued over deal gone wrong
Defunct Fly Africa Zimbabwe (FZW, Harare Int’l) and its chairman Cassidy Mugwagwa are being sued by Mauritian company Blossom View… Read More »
JetBlue Airways defers more A321neo(LR) deliveries
JetBlue Airways (B6, New York JFK) has announced in its quarterly earnings release that it has reached an agreement with… Read More »
China grounds Ethiopian flight for the 3rd time over COVID
Chinese authorities have extended the suspension of Ethiopian Airlines’ flight ET684 from Addis Ababa to Shanghai Pudong after more arrivals… Read More »
Sri Lanka’s FitsAir wet-leases A321 for cargo ops
FitsAir (8D, Colombo Int’l) has wet-leased an A321-200 for cargo-only flights out of Colombo Int’l to “support the local export… Read More »
Cebu Pacific, SIAEC dismantle MRO JVs
Low-cost Philippine carrier Cebu Pacific Air (5J, Manila Ninoy Aquino Int’l) and Singapore-based SIA Engineering Co. Ltd. (SIAEC) are dismantling… Read More »
European airlines: biggest capacity drop and fastest cash burn
European aviation is feeling the burden of the COVID-19 crisis even more heavily than other world regions. Its year to… Read More »
CAPA Live: American’s Doug Parker – alliances “incredibly important”
American Airlines CEO Doug Parker, speaking at CAPA Live on 14-Oct-2020, said alliances and JVs are incredibly important in times… Read More »
Forward and Upward : Development at Riga International Airport
Addressing the challenges of COVID – 19 pandemic Riga Airport has made a strategic decision to move forward and keep… Read More »
‘This is a big downturn, beyond comprehension’: CAPA Live
The Covid-19 pandemic has caught us all off guard. While the industry has faced numerous previous crises, the fact that… Read More »
Welcome to BER / Berlin Brandenburg Airport Willy Brandt starts operations
The new Terminal 1 at Berlin Brandenburg Airport Willy Brandt (BER) was opened today with the landing of the first… Read More »
Ryanair says it is too soon to talk about a Boeing MAX 10 order
Ryanair RYA.I is in talks with Boeing BA.N about possible new aircraft orders, but the focus is on the 197-seat… Read More »
Kuwait Airways takes delivery of maiden A330-800s
Kuwait Airways (KU, Kuwait) has taken delivery of its first two A330-800Ns thereby becoming the type’s launch operator. 9K-APF (msn… Read More »
Texas’s MDI acquires ex-RavnAir Group Part 135 carriers
Texas-based engine maintenance provider and aviation investment fund Monocoque Diversified Interests LLC (MDI) has completed the acquisition of two Part… Read More »
easyJet raises $400mn through sale/lease-backs
easyJet (U2, London Luton) has raised USD398.6 million through sale/lease-back agreements covering nine aircraft sold to two lessors. The British… Read More »
Mitsubishi confirms SpaceJet programme is shelved – for now
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has confirmed that its SpaceJet (nee MRJ) project has been put on hold indefinitely given changes in… Read More »
Australia’s Alliance Airlines takes E190, eyes Virgin co-op
Alliance Airlines (QQ, Brisbane Int’l) took delivery of its first ERJ 190-100AR on October 28, 2020, as it gears up… Read More »