Brazil’s Azul inducts first fully converted E195 freighter
Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras (AD, Sao Paulo Viracopos) has completed the conversion and certification of the world’s first E195 dedicated… Read More »
Canada’s Swoop to add six 737 MAX in 2022
Swoop (WO, Hamilton, ON) will add six new B737-8s ahead of the peak summer 2022 season to facilitate planned network… Read More »
US union objects to Wizz Air’s US plans
The union representing American Airlines pilots is opposing plans by European low-cost carrier Wizz Air (W6, Budapest) to launch cargo… Read More »
US’s Silver Airways raises $50mn, absorbs subsidiary
Silver Airways (3M, Fort Lauderdale Int’l) has successfully raised USD50 million in fresh capital from Brigade Capital Management and at… Read More »
Icelandair sues Kelowna Flightcraft for negligence
Icelandair (FI, Reykjavik Keflavik) has filed suit in the British Columbia Supreme Court against Canadian approved maintenance organisation Kelowna Flightcraft… Read More »
US’s Sun Country Airlines eyes more used 737-800s
Sun Country Airlines (SY, Minneapolis/St. Paul) is planning to add eight second-hand B737-800s to its fleet this year, seven of… Read More »
Aeroméxico to reclaim loyalty scheme for $408mn
Grupo Aeroméxico will pay up to CAD517 million Canadian dollars (USD408 million) to Montreal-based investment firm Aimia to reclaim its… Read More »
UK’s DHL Air takes first Boeing 777-200LRF
DHL Air (D0, East Midlands) has inducted its first Boeing 777-200F into service after G-DHLY (msn 67138) was ferried from… Read More »
BlackRock blocks bookkeeping votes at India’s SpiceJet
American investment leviathan BlackRock and other SpiceJet (SG, Delhi Int’l) investors have expressed alarm over corporate governance practices and “substantial… Read More »
AirAsia India obtains international permit
AirAsia India (I5, Bangalore Int’l) has obtained international flying rights and is now aiming to launch a service between Kochi… Read More »
Cobham Aviation Services Australia to be sold
Boston-based private equity firm Advent International is moving to sell off specialist operator Cobham Aviation Services Australia – Regional (JTE,… Read More »
US’s Northern Pacific adds 757s, touts stopover model
Northern Pacific Airways (Anchorage Ted Stevens) will focus a business model of using Boeing 757 equipment to ferry passengers between… Read More »
US’s Eastern Airlines takes first 777-300(ER)
Eastern Airlines (2D, Miami Int’l) has taken delivery of its first Boeing 777-300(ER) in the form of N776KW (msn 32650),… Read More »
Icelandair ends Covid-era gov’t-guaranteed facility
Icelandair Group has given formal notice to terminate the government-guaranteed credit facility that has been in place since September 2020… Read More »
India’s Jet Freight Logistics eyes own cargo airline
Indian freight-forwarding specialist Jet Freight Logistics is planning to establish its own in-house cargo airline to help ramp up capacity… Read More »
FedEx Express eyes new-generation widebody freighters
FedEx Express (FX, Memphis Int’l) is planning to order new-generation widebody freighters – either A350(F)s or B777X(F)s – but only… Read More »
American Airlines confirms $200mn investment in Brazil’s GOL
GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes (G3, Sao Paulo Congonhas) and American Airlines (AA, Dallas/Fort Worth) have signed a definitive investment agreement… Read More »
Investor dumps $3.4mn Wizz Air stake over staff rights
AkademikerPension, a Danish pension fund that foregrounds “responsible investments,” has announced it is selling a stake in Wizz Air Holdings… Read More »
Icelandair to launch 757 renewal campaign in 2022
Icelandair Group plans to initiate a competitive selection procedure to replace its Boeing 757s within the next twelve months and… Read More »
Canada’s Calm Air adds first ATR72-500(F)
Calm Air (MO, Thompson) took delivery of its first ATR72-500(F) – C-GREJ (msn 709) – on February 2, 2022. The… Read More »
United Airlines may sell stake in MileagePlus
United Airlines Holdings is considering selling a minority stake in its wholly-owned frequent flyer unit MileagePlus, sources close to the… Read More »
Norse Atlantic revises maiden flight to 2Q22
Norse Atlantic Airways (Oslo Gardermoen) will launch ticket sales by the end of March ahead of its maiden commercial flight… Read More »
Germany’s Avanti Air adds first Dash 8-Q400
Avanti Air (ATV, Paderborn/Lippstadt) has taken delivery of its first DHC-8-Q400 as it kicks off its previously announced transition to… Read More »
Russia’s Komiaviatrans rejigs debt, removes bankruptcy risk
Komiaviatrans (KO, Syktyvkar) is implementing a financial recovery plan that has already eliminated the risk of bankruptcy at the airline,… Read More »
Libya’s Berniq Airways starts int’l flight operations
Berniq Airways (NB, Benghazi) has commenced international flight operations following its inaugural 2x weekly Benghazi-Tunis service on February 4. This… Read More »
Israeli carriers may suspend Dubai ops over security issues
Israeli carriers may be forced to suspend flights to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) following a disagreement between Israel’s internal… Read More »