Malaysia’s Capital A rejects $119mn loan due to terms
Capital A, formerly AirAsia Group, has opted not to go ahead with a syndicated loan of up to MYR500 million… Read More »
Nigeria’s Rano Air secures four E145s
Nigerian startup Rano Air reportedly has secured four EMB-145LRs for a planned debut in 2022, according to Francophone aviation news… Read More »
Singapore Airlines to operate five Boeing 777-200LRFs for DHL
Singapore Airlines (SQ, Singapore Changi) will operate five B777-Fs for DHL Express under a recently concluded Crew and Maintenance (CM)… Read More »
Abuja denies favouring Qatar Airways for new nat’l carrier
Nigeria’s Federal Aviation Ministry has dismissed as false, local media reports that it has chosen Qatar Airways (QR, Doha Hamad… Read More »
Malaysia’s MYAirline targets A320s
Previous reports that MYAirline (Kuala Lumpur Int’l) is looking at Airbus A320s for its fleet requirements have been confirmed by… Read More »
PIA Pakistan to auction off A310s and seizes A300
PIA – Pakistan International Airlines (PK, Islamabad Quaid-e-Azam Int’l) has put two of its derelict/mothballed A310-300s up for sale alongside… Read More »
Taiwan’s EVA Air to convert three Boeing 777s into freighters
EVA Air (BR, Taipei Taoyuan) will convert three of its B777-300(ER)s into dedicated freighters with Israel Aerospace Industries enlisted to… Read More »
Iceland’s Niceair outlines initial destinations
Niceair (Akureyri) has named London, Copenhagen Kastrup, and Tenerife as its first destinations when it it starts flights from June… Read More »
Irish lessor applies to have Hong Kong Airlines liquidated
A Stellar Aircraft Leasing special purpose vehicle has applied to the Hong Kong High Court to have Hong Kong Airlines… Read More »
South African CAA grounds Comair citing safety concerns
Following a 24-hour precautionary grounding of Comair (South Africa) (MN, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo), the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA),… Read More »
An-124 of Russia’s Volga-Dnepr seized at Toronto, Canada
An An-124-100 freighter belonging to Russian cargo specialist Volga-Dnepr Airlines (VI, Ulyanovsk Vostochny), carrying Covid-19 testing kits previously ordered from… Read More »
Canada’s Cargojet grows Boeing 777 freighter backlog
Cargojet Airways (W8, Hamilton, ON) has increased its B777 commitments during the course of this year with six converted freighters… Read More »
Latvia’s SmartLynx to add six A330-300P2Fs
SmartLynx Airlines (6Y, Riga) says it will lease six A330-300(P2F)s from Air Transport Services Group on six-year contracts with the… Read More »
South African airlines welcome licensing council appointment
South African airlines have welcomed the long-awaited re-constitution of the country’s two air service licensing councils after a year-long hiatus… Read More »
Russian twist to Canada’s WestJet, Sunwing deal
The proposed takeover of Sunwing Airlines (WG, Toronto Pearson) by WestJet Group could hit a snag due to the alleged… Read More »
Avianca orders 88+50 A320neo family jets
Avianca Holdings has confirmed its pre-existing commitment with Airbus (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac) for eighty-eight A320neo Family jets with options for… Read More »
Air France-KLM, Delta bid for majority stake in Italy’s ITA
Air France-KLM and Delta Air Lines (DL, Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson) have expressed an interest in acquiring a majority stake in… Read More »
Dhaka, Bangladesh gridlock delays Air Astra, Fly Dhaka debut
The Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) aims to delay the certification of startups Air Astra and Fly Dhaka to… Read More »
Ryanair makes good on threat to withdraw Lisbon slots
Ryanair (FR, Dublin Int’l) has made good on its threats to cut 19 routes from Lisbon this summer following delays… Read More »
Kyiv apologises for El Al Russian payment claim
Dmytro Kuleba, Ukraine’s foreign minister, has issued an apology after accusing El Al Israel Airlines (LY, Tel Aviv Ben Gurion)… Read More »
Kenya Airways targets 2025 for eVTOL testing
Kenya Airways (KQ, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta) aims to start testing electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft from 2025 through… Read More »
India poised to reopen for international flights
India is to reopen for scheduled commercial passenger flights from March 27, 2022, after more than two years of international… Read More »
Chairman of India’s SpiceJet to appeal arrest warrant
Ajay Singh, chairman and managing director of SpiceJet (SG, Delhi Int’l), will appeal before a court in Delhi to halt… Read More »
Watchdog flags access constraints at Sydney, Australia
Lack of regulatory oversight, excessive airport charges, and slot inaccessibility at Australia’s major airports – Sydney Kingsford Smith in particular… Read More »
Japan’s NCA suspends flights to Europe amid airspace bans
NCA – Nippon Cargo Airlines (KZ, Tokyo Narita) extended on March 7 a suspension of its flights between Asia and… Read More »
LATAM Airlines Group revises DIP financing proposals
LATAM Airlines Group is awaiting approval from the US Bankruptcy Court in New York of a revised draft of an… Read More »