Washington sanctions Russia’s VEB-Leasin
The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned the Russian state-owned development bank VEB… Read More »
Co-founder of India’s IndiGo quits board, to cut stake
IndiGo Airlines (6E, Delhi Int’l) shareholder and co-founder Rakesh Gangwal has resigned from the board of parent InterGlobe Enterprises and… Read More »
Taiwan’s China Airlines eyes A330 replacement
Even though its immediate focus is on prioritising its successful cargo operations, China Airlines (CI, Taipei Taoyuan) is studying a… Read More »
Lufthansa Group airlines suspend Kyiv and Odesa flights
All Lufthansa Group carriers have suspended scheduled services to Ukraine except for flights to Lviv in the west of the… Read More »
American Airlines trims network due to 787 delays
American Airlines said it has been forced to delay the launch and/or suspend four long-haul routes due to the ongoing… Read More »
Réunion’s Air Austral ends ATR72 operations
Air Austral (UU, St. Denis de la Réunion) has confirmed it has retired its last remaining ATR72-500, F-OMRU (msn 855),… Read More »
El Al ready to use slots as loan collateral
As it scrambles for ways to raise USD100-150 million, a condition for the state funds it has secured, El Al… Read More »
Court rejects plea by India’s Go First in insolvency case
India’s government-appointed corporate law court, the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT), has dismissed an appeal Go First (G8, Mumbai… Read More »
India’s TruJet to restart ops with single ATR72
TruJet (2T, Hyderabad Int’l) has announced it is resuming operations from February 23, listing eight routes, but it did not… Read More »
Hevilift Australia awarded Mount Holland FIFO contract
Hevilift Australia (Brisbane Int’l) has been awarded a new long term contract by Covalent Lithium for fly-in/fly-out (FIFO) charter services… Read More »
DHL Express in dispute with San Antonio Airport in Texas
DHL Express is taking legal action to prevent being locked out of San Antonio Int’l Airport in Texas over an… Read More »
US’s Breeze Airways to open Hartford base
Breeze Airways has announced it will open a new base at Hartford Bradley airport, adding eight new non-stop destinations to… Read More »
Kenya Airways to downsize fleet
Kenya Airways is planning to downsize its fleet to 30 aircraft, a move that may see more staff lay-offs as… Read More »
Australia’s FlyPelican consolidates Newcastle base
FlyPelican (FP, Newcastle Williamtown) is consolidating its operations at its base at Newcastle Williamtown on the east coast of Australia,… Read More »
Australia’s Rex gears up for trunk route competition
Rex – Regional Express (ZL, Wagga Wagga) plans to gear up to thirty B737-800s over the next five to seven… Read More »
AirAsia X announces more modest $28mn rights issue
AirAsia X has opted to downsize its planned rights issue and will now seek to raise MYR116 million ringgit (USD27.75… Read More »
Norwegian muscles in on Danish domestic market
Norwegian (DY, Oslo Gardermoen) will launch a Danish domestic seasonal route between Copenhagen Kastrup and Rønne on the island of… Read More »
Colombia’s Ultra Air secures AOC and preps for launch
Ultra Air (Medellín José Maria Córdova) will commence flight operations on February 23, having secured its air operator’s certificate (AOC)… Read More »
Air Canada orders A220s and adds more 787-9s
Air Canada has reordered twelve A220-300s it previously cancelled and will take delivery of the jets in 2024-2025, it said… Read More »
Romania’s Rom Cargo Airlines plans US flights
Rom Cargo Airlines (NJ) is planning to expand its network to the United States, an application to the US Department… Read More »
Norwegian mulls Airbus order amid Boeing litigation
Norwegian (DY, Oslo Gardermoen) executives have been meeting with Airbus (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac) as the all-Boeing carrier considers placing an… Read More »
Kuwait Airways revises Airbus order and adds A330-900s, A321LRs
Kuwait Airways has concluded an agreement with Airbus to restructure its outstanding order book. Chairman Ali Al-Dakhan told a press… Read More »
Hong Kong’s Greater Bay Airlines granted an operating licence
The Hong Kong Air Transport Licensing Authority (ATLA) has awarded an operating licence (OL) to Greater Bay Airlines (HGB, Hong… Read More »
Iceland’s Niceair to launch with a chartered A319 in Q2
Niceair (Akureyri) plans to begin scheduled operations as a virtual carrier on June 2, 2022, amid hopes that tourism demand… Read More »
London judge orders Airbus to delay cancellation of Qatar’s A321neo
A London High Court judge has ordered Airbus to delay any “practical effects” of its unilateral cancellation of Qatar Airways… Read More »
All Nippon Airways plans eVTOL air taxis in Japan
Japan’s ANA Holdings, the parent company of ANA – All Nippon Airways (NH, Tokyo Haneda), and US flying taxi start-up… Read More »