Galactic Holdings to add world’s first Boeing 757 firefighting jet
US-based Galactic Holdings has contracted ST Engineering to design and execute the world’s first conversion of a B757 into a… Read More »
Global carriers adjust networks amid Russo-Ukrainian war
JAL – Japan Airlines (JL, Tokyo Haneda) and ANA – All Nippon Airways (NH, Tokyo Haneda) have both cancelled all… Read More »
EasyJet inks sales and lease-backs for ten A319s
easyJet (U2, London Luton) has entered into a sale and leaseback transaction for ten A319-100s with Aergo Capital. All ten… Read More »
Finnair resumes Helsinki to Tokyo Narita route
Finnair will resume flights between its Helsinki Vantaa hub and Tokyo Narita from March 9, 4x weekly, avoiding Russian airspace,… Read More »
DHL, UPS, FedEx suspend delivery to and from Russia and Belarus
As logistics, cargo transportation, and courier companies suspend business relations with Russia amid sanctions against that country following its invasion… Read More »
Former Turkish Airlines chairman declines offer to lead Air India, blames politics
Ilker Ayci, the former chairman of Turkish Airlines, has declined an offer from Indian conglomerate Tata Sons to lead the… Read More »
Virgin Australia bondholders urged to join class action suit
Former Virgin Australia Holdings bondholders have been encouraged to join a class action lawsuit against the Virgin Australia parent’s senior… Read More »
Canada’s Jetlines takes first A320-200
Jetlines has delivery of its first A320-200 in the form of C-GCJL (msn 4175). The 12.1-year-old jet was registered in… Read More »
Canada’s WestJet buys leisure specialist Sunwing
WestJet has agreed to acquire Sunwing Travel Group, parent of fellow Canadian carrier Sunwing Airlines, to explore synergies and expand… Read More »
Thai Summer Airways revives launch plans and gets first 737-800
Thai Summer Airways is taking steps to launch operations after a two-year delay caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and has… Read More »
Air Canada mulls an A321neo order
Air Canada (AC, Montréal Trudeau) is in early discussions about a potential order for between ten and twenty A321neo, sources… Read More »
China Southern Airlines to retire A380s by YE22
China Southern Airlines (CZ, Guangzhou) is set to retire all of its remaining A380-800s by the end of 2022, Chinese… Read More »
IAG mulls cargo, loyalty, IT, aircraft changes
IAG International Airlines Group is looking to divest assets such as aircraft and stakes in its air freight unit IAG… Read More »
Ireland’s Emerald Airlines commences flight operations
Emerald Airlines (Ireland) (EAI, Dublin Int’l) has begun flight operations following the launch of its inaugural service on the state-subsidised… Read More »
Lessors start repossessing aircraft from Russian airlines
All European Union-based lessors have until March 28 to terminate existing contracts with Russian operators and have begun a frantic… Read More »
World’s only An-225 destroyed by Russian airstrikes
The government of Ukraine has confirmed that the world’s only An-225, operated by state-owned Antonov Airlines (ADB, Gostomel), has been… Read More »
Tenders open for TAP’s slots at Lisbon, Portugal
Expressions of interest have been invited from interested airlines for 18 daily slots at Lisbon belonging to TAP Air Portugal… Read More »
Qantas to order A350-1000(ULR)s by mid-2022, launch in 2025
Qantas (QF, Sydney Kingsford Smith) has revived plans to order A350-1000(ULR)s for its planned “Project Sunrise” non-stop services to Europe… Read More »
Cobham secures FIFO contract in Western Australia
Cobham Aviation Services Australia – Airline Services (QJE, Adelaide) has secured a further seven-year contract to continue providing fly-in, fly-out… Read More »
Venezuela’s Solar Cargo adds first Boeing 727 freighter
Solar Cargo (4S, Valencia Arturo Michelena Int’l) has taken delivery of its first of two B727-200(F)s, sources in Venezuela have… Read More »
Mexico’s Mas Air rebrands, to expand to 18 freighters
Mas Air (M7, México City Int’l) has rebranded to mas as it further severs links with its LATAM Airlines Group… Read More »
Greece’s Olympus Airways retires 757s
Olympus Airways (OLY, Athens Int’l) has retired both of its B757-200(PCF)s as it plans to restructure its fleet around passenger… Read More »
UK’s Eastern Airways wins northern Scottish PSO contract
Eastern Airways (T3, Humberside) has been selected as the operator for a new Public Service Obligation route between Wick and… Read More »
Wizz Air to extract four aircraft grounded in Ukraine
Wizz Air (W6, Budapest) plans to extract as soon as possible four of its A320-200s trapped in Ukraine following the… Read More »
Norway’s Flyr takes first 737-8 Max
Flyr took delivery of its first Boeing 737-8 Max on February 21, 2022, after LN-FGF (msn 43324) was delivered directly… Read More »
Air India in widebody jet order talks with Airbus and Boeing
Tata Sons-owned Air India has been in talks with Airbus and Boeing as well as lessors about a potential order… Read More »