Filipino airlines seek stay of fee hike over fuel bills
Philippine airlines are seeking a reduction or stay in government-imposed charges to help mitigate the effects of rising fuel prices… Read More »
India’s Flybig looks to rapidly expand fleet
flybig (S9, Indore) is in talks with lessors to acquire as many as 36 more aircraft as demand for domestic… Read More »
ANA Holdings outlines initial AirJapan relaunch plans
ANA Holdings says its Air Japan (NQ, Tokyo Haneda) subsidiary will be reborn as a boutique carrier during the second… Read More »
Korean Air, Asiana suspend Moscow flights, reroute cargo
Korean Air (KE, Seoul Incheon) and Asiana Airlines (OZ, Seoul Incheon) have cancelled their passenger flights from Seoul Incheon to… Read More »
Southwest Airlines expands Houston IAH footprint
Southwest Airlines is expanding its footprint at Houston IAH in an USD250 million undertaking over the next five years, USD20… Read More »
Canada’s Porter Airlines inks first Q400 sale and lease-backs
Porter Airlines (PD, Toronto City Centre) has diversified its fleet ownership model following the signing of sale/lease-back agreements with Aergo… Read More »
Wizz Air shifts Chisinau base ops to Iasi, Romania
Wizz Air (W6, Budapest) says it has shifted all flights from its Chisinau, Moldova base to Iasi in Romania given… Read More »
Lufthansa CEO confirms new CityLine subsidiary
Lufthansa Group Chief Executive Officer Carsten Spohr has confirmed Germany’s largest airline is creating a second Lufthansa CityLine-type subsidiary to… Read More »
UK’s Air Alderney adds Trislander to fleet
Air Alderney has announced its first Trislander from Britten-Norman is scheduled to enter service in the fourth quarter of 2022…. Read More »
Finnair in furlough talks with crew amid Russia closure
Finnair (AY, Helsinki Vantaa) has begun negotiations on possible furloughs among its pilots and cabin crew after having to suspend… Read More »
El Al resumes flights to Dubai after security crisis solved
El Al Israel Airlines has announced the resumption of all flights between Tel Aviv Ben Gurion and Dubai Int’l from… Read More »
AirAsia Group loses appeal in airport case
The Court of Appeal of Malaysia has dismissed attempts from AirAsia (AK, Kuala Lumpur Int’l) and AirAsia X (D7, Kuala… Read More »
Sudan Airways puts sole A300-600 up for sale
Sudan Airways has put its only A300-600R, ST-ATB (msn 666), up for sale with bids due by 1000L (0800Z) on… Read More »
South Africa’s Airlink calls on Madagascar to lift new ban
Airlink (South Africa) (4Z, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) has voiced its frustration with Madagascar’s decision to ban all flights between South… Read More »
South Africa’s NAC acquires 100% of Australian subsidiary
NAC Charter (NTN, Lanseria) has acquired 100% of its Australian subsidiary Awesome Flight Logistics (AFL), which was a joint venture… Read More »
Tender process opens for Nigeria Air investors
Requests for proposals from potential strategic equity partners for Nigeria Air (Lagos) have opened with certification approval expected in June… Read More »
Dominican Republic’s Arajet receives its first jet, a Boeing 737-8 Max
Arajet has taken delivery of its first aircraft following the arrival of Boeing 737-8 HI1026 (msn 60195) at Santo Domingo… Read More »
Malaysia’s Firefly plans third hub at Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
Firefly is planning to expand its operations to include international charters from a third hub at Kota Kinabalu, the capital… Read More »
United Airlines suspends two India routes
United Airlines has suspended the two of its four routes between the United States and India which use Russian airspace,… Read More »
Russia’s Volga-Dnepr Group restricts foreign operations
Volga-Dnepr Group has suspended the operation of its European hub at Liège airport, while a US airspace ban on the… Read More »
Nigeria Air debut postponed to mid-2023
The launch date of Nigeria Air (Lagos) has been adjusted to June 2023, according to the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission… Read More »
Malaysia’s Firefly to resume jet operations in 2Q22
Firefly (FY, Penang) has announced it will resume B737-800 operations out of Penang on April 11, 2022, after its first… Read More »
PAL Holdings seeks $100mn loan to boost capital
PAL Holdings– the parent company of Philippine Airlines (PR, Manila Ninoy Aquino Int’l) – is negotiating an additional USD100 million… Read More »
Link PNG, PNG Air codeshare plans hit snags
A proposed codeshare agreement between domestic carriers Link PNG (Port Moresby) and PNG Air (CG, Port Moresby) has run into… Read More »
US’s Tradewind Aviation orders twenty PC12s
Tradewind Aviation (TJ, Oxford, CT) has announced a firm order for twenty new PC-12 NGXs from Pilatus Aircraft , expanding… Read More »
Russia mulls nationalisation of aircraft to save Aeroflot
Russia’s Ministry of Transport is mulling options for the nationalisation of aircraft that Aeroflot Group currently leases from foreign lessors… Read More »