Alaska Airlines accelerates the retirement of its ten A321-200neo
Alaska Airlines is expediting the retirement of its ten A321-200neo aircraft, which were inherited from Virgin America. The Chief Financial… Read More »
Solomon Airlines grounds sole jet over contaminated fuel
Solomons – Solomon Airlines (IE, Honiara) has grounded its sole jet after a fuel contamination issue. The airline made the… Read More »
Abra Group plans to list in New York or London
Abra Group, the newly launched holding for Avianca Group and GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes (G3, Sao Paulo Congonhas), plans to… Read More »
Air Malta to be dissolved by the end of 2023
Air Malta (KM, Malta International) will be dissolved by the end of 2023, the Maltese investigative news site The Shift… Read More »
Air Malta wet-leases aircraft due to A320neo delays
Air Malta (KM, Malta International) wet-leased a second A320-200 earlier this month to cover the maintenance of one of its… Read More »
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 »