France details new 12.8 million euros aid for autos and aero sectors
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Monday that 13 projects would receive a combined 12.8 million euros ($15… Read More »
Royal Caribbean Group Chairman Sees Smooth Sailing Ahead
The “winds of change are in the air,” said Richard Fain, chairman of the Royal Caribbean Group, in his latest address… Read More »
American Cruise Lines’ New Riverboats, Itineraries, Protocols for 2021
American Cruise Lines, the U.S.’ largest domestic cruise line, is excited to begin ‘Cruising Close to Home’ again in 2021…. Read More »
AmaWaterways Weathers COVID Storm With Ship Upgrades, Renovations
During the annual Seatrade Cruise conference, which is taking place virtually this year, AmaWaterways provided an update on key lessons learned during… Read More »
Atlas Ocean Voyages’ First Expedition Ship Floats Out
With nine months until launch, Atlas Ocean Voyages’ World Navigator was floated out at West Sea Viana Shipyard in Portugal. The… Read More »
Norwegian Cruise Line Extends Suspension of Sailings
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings has announced the extension of its suspension of global voyages through November 30 for all three… Read More »
Bulgaria’s GullivAir targets US flights
Bulgarian start-up GullivAir (Sofia) has unveiled plans to operate three weekly scheduled return flights between Sofia and New York JFK…. Read More »
Ethiopian offer may be in the mix for SAA
The administrators of South African Airways (SA, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) say they are unaware of a reported offer from Ethiopian… Read More »
US airlines commence mass furloughs with no state funding
Following the failure of the US lawmakers to extend the Payroll Support Program (PSP) beyond the September 30, 2020, deadline,… Read More »
KLM submits job-slashing restructuring plan to Dutch state
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (KL, Amsterdam Schiphol) has submitted a plan to restructure its operations to the Dutch state, a… Read More »
Airasia, Airasia X settle fines of $480,000 each – report
AirAsia (AK, Kuala Lumpur Int’l) and AirAsia X (D7, Kuala Lumpur Int’l) have settled financial penalties that the Malaysian Aviation… Read More »
AirAsia Japan confirms shutdown
AirAsia Japan (DJ, Nagoya Chubu) will terminate all operations effective October 5, 2020, confirming earlier media reports. The Japanese subsidiary… Read More »
ASL Airlines Belgium inks capacity deal with Japan’s NCA
ASL Airlines Belgium (3V, Liège) has signed an agreement with Japan’s NCA – Nippon Cargo Airlines (KZ, Tokyo Narita) to… Read More »
Delaware’s Via Airlines files to restart operations
Via Airlines (SRY, Orlando Int’l) has filed an application with the US Department of Transportation (DOT) to resume commuter air… Read More »
Indonesia to liquidate Merpati as state-owned enterprise
Merpati (Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta) is among 14 state companies that Erick Thohir, Indonesia’s minister of state-owned enterprises (SOEs), is planning to… Read More »
US carriers outline federal loan amounts
Six out of seven major US carriers have detailed the term loans they each obtained from the US Treasury Department… Read More »
Tajikistan’s Somon Air reignites B737 MAX plans
Somon Air (SZ, Dushanbe) is again evaluating the B737 MAX and is in talks with Boeing about the type’s B737-8… Read More »
Indian gov’t mulls Embraer aircraft unit purchase – report
The Government of India is “very interested” in buying Embraer’s Commercial Aircraft division, an unnamed “top-ranking government official” has told… Read More »
Int’l carriers suspend Armenia ops as Azeri conflict flares
The escalation of a long-running conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region has seen Ukraine International Airlines… Read More »
Founders of Indonesia’s Lion Air mull new airline
A group of founders of Lion Air Group, including its co-owner Rusdi Kirana, has filed an application for an Air… Read More »
Delta schedules A220-300 debut on 12NOV20
Delta Air Lines in previous week’s schedule update filed Airbus A220-300 service, scheduled to enter service on 10NOV20 (Previously not… Read More »
Air Austral moves A220 service entry to Feb 2021
Air Austral in last week’s schedule update revised planned Airbus A220-300 service debut. Previously scheduled on 18DEC20, the A220 is… Read More »
American Nov 2020 Los Angeles – New York JFK service changes as of 05OCT20
American Airlines during the month of November 2020 is adjusting Los Angeles – New York JFK service, reflected in 05OCT20’s… Read More »
Himalaya Airlines Oct 2020 operations as of 01OCT20
Himalaya Airlines during the month of October 2020 schedules following service, as the airline plans to operate 5 routes, based… Read More »
Virgin Atlantic delays Orlando service resumption to Dec 2020
Virgin Atlantic in recent schedule update revised planned service resumption to Orlando, now scheduled from December 2020. Revised launch dates… Read More »
Ryanair resumes Oradea service from Dec 2020
Ryanair in December 2020 is resuming service at Oradea in Romania, previously served until October 2018. Except service to Bologna,… Read More »