Abra Group closes $1.4bn investment in Brazil’s GOL
GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes (G3, Sao Paulo Congonhas) has gained access to USD451 million of cash after the Brazilian airline… Read More »
Abra Group commits to investing in Brazil’s GOL
Abra Group has agreed to invest USD400 million in cash and USD680 million (at face value) in bonds acquired from… Read More »
Vietnam Airlines to dry lease eight A320neo
Vietnam Airlines (VN, Hanoi) has announced its intention to dry lease eight A320-200Ns for 143 months each. The aircraft are… Read More »
Air New Zealand increases Next Gen Aircraft program partners
Air New Zealand (NZ, Auckland International) continues to up-gauge its eco-credentials, adding several new entities to its portfolio of strategic… Read More »
S. Africa’s Comair sues Boeing for fraud over 737 Max
The estate of defunct Comair (South Africa) has announced it is seeking USD83 million in damages from Boeing in a… Read More »
Malta’s Valletta Airlines adds first aircraft, an A320
Valletta Airlines (HOT, Malta International) has registered its first aircraft, an A320-200 – 9H-NZL (msn 2388) – Transport Malta records… Read More »
Greylag SPVs file another lawsuit against Garuda Indonesia
A disgruntled aircraft lessor is continuing its legal battle to derail the Garuda Indonesia (GA, Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta) restructuring. In the… Read More »
Kenya’s Astral Aviation, Etihad Cargo ink MOU
As a part of its strategy to expand its network globally, Astral Aviation (8V, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta) has signed a… Read More »
Air India secures $2.2bn in short-term funding
Air India (AI, Mumbai International) will borrow INR180 billion rupees (USD2.18 billion dollars) to refinance its existing debt over the… Read More »
Malaysia’s AirAsia to lease an additional 15 aircraft
An upbeat Tony Fernandes, CEO of Capital A, the parent company of AirAsia (AK, Kuala Lumpur International), says business has… Read More »
Air New Zealand lays on extra flights after Auckland floods
After an extreme weather event led to the flooding and closure of Auckland International, forcing the cancellation of scores of… Read More »
India’s IndiGo okayed to wet lease Boeing 777-300ERs for 12 months
India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has met IndiGo Airlines (6E, Delhi Int’l) halfway on its proposal to wet-lease… Read More »
Jet Airways’ creditor dispute heads back to court
More than two years after the Kalrock Capital-Murari Lal Jalan consortium began the takeover process of Jet Airways (9W, Mumbai… Read More »
Fly Angola grows fleet and adds first Q300
Fly Angola (EQ, Luanda) has doubled its fleet size with the recent delivery of two 50-seater aircraft from Avmax Aircraft… Read More »
Air Arabia to set up Sudanese subsidiary
Air Arabia Group has entered into a joint-venture with Sudanese conglomerate DAL Group to establish a new low-cost carrier in… Read More »
US adds Rossiya, Abramovich’s 787 to sanctions list
The United States Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has added Rossiya (FV, St. Petersburg) as the fifth Russian airline… Read More »
Air Namibia debt threatens national rail company
Having failed in their attempt to recoup EUR9.9 million euros (USD12 million) from Air Namibia (SW, Windhoek Int’l) before it… Read More »
India’s Vistara mulls short-term leases due to 787 delays
Vistara (UK, Delhi Int’l) is evaluating its fleet options for its planned expansion to the United States in light of… Read More »
BOC Aviation sues Russia’s AirBridgeCargo over 747-8F
The fall-out from the Russian invasion of Ukraine has made its way to the US District Court in New York… Read More »
US’s KaiserAir to debut new Hawaii Shuttle service
KaiserAir (KAI, Oakland) launches a new members-only Hawaii Shuttle service on May 5 between its base at Oakland in California… Read More »
Royal Air Maroc to issue 737 renewal RFP in 2023
Royal Air Maroc (AT, Casablanca Int’l) is preparing a request for proposals for the replacement of its existing B737 fleet… Read More »
Qatar Airways denies owing $220mn to Airbus
Qatar Airways (QR, Doha Hamad Int’l) has rejected Airbus’s claims that it owes the manufacturer USD220 million for the two… Read More »
Philippines Cebu Pacific Air holds course for all-neo fleet
Cebu Pacific Air (5J, Manila Ninoy Aquino Int’l) still plans to transition to an all-neo Airbus fleet by 2027, the… Read More »
India’s flybig signs LOI for 5+5 Twin Otter-400s
flybig (S9, Indore) has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with De Havilland Aircraft of Canada covering five firm-ordered DHC-6-400s… Read More »
Air New Zealand to launch ultra-long-haul service to New York JFK in late 3Q22
Air New Zealand (NZ, Auckland Int’l) has confirmed that it will launch non-stop 3x weekly services from Auckland Int’l to… Read More »
Aeromexico invests in fleet after exiting Chapter 11
Grupo Aeroméxico is to invest USD5 billion over the next five years, mainly to expand its fleet, following its successful… Read More »