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 »
Morocco’s Dlimi Airlines eyes two E2s for summer launch
Moroccan startup Dlimi Airlines (Dakhla) has applied for an Operating License from the country’s civil aviation regulators (Direction Générale de… Read More »
Cyprus seeks EU sanctions on migrant-flow carriers
The government of Cyprus has called on the European Union (EU) to sanction airlines that aid illegal migrants in entering… Read More »
Yemenia resumes A330 operations
Yemenia (IY, Aden) took delivery of A330-200 7O-AFE (msn 883) on February 4, marking the carrier’s resumption of both widebody… Read More »
India’s Jet Airways applies for AOC amidst uncertain funding
Jet Airways (JAI, Mumbai Int’l) applied for the restoration of its Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC) in the last week of… Read More »
Niger Airlines eyes ATR72s, E190s to expand regionally
Niger Airlines (6N, Niamey) is looking to acquire ATR72 turboprops and a pair of E190s, according to Chief Executive Officer… Read More »
Viet Nam’s Bamboo Airways schedules European and Australian flights
Bamboo Airways (QH, Hanoi) has scheduled its intercontinental debut for later this month, with Melbourne Tullamarine planned for February 19,… Read More »
American Airlines increases Boeing 737 MAX orders, defers 787s
American Airlines (AA, Dallas/Fort Worth) firmed twenty-three B737 MAX options into B737-8s on January 31, 2022, and plans to convert… Read More »
Nairobi enlists Seabury to restructure Kenya Airways debt
The Kenyan Government has tasked Seabury Consulting, part of Accenture, to help Kenya Airways (KQ, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta) evaluate options… Read More »
De Havilland Canada DHC-6 and DHC-8 aircraft to be consolidated under one brand
Longview Aviation Capital (LAC) will consolidate all of its aviation assets under the De Havilland Aircraft of Canada brand to… Read More »
Australia’s Airnorth debuts two E190s
Airnorth (Australia) (TL, Alice Springs) has announced the introduction of its first two E190s – VH-UYC (msn 19000016) and VH-UYR… Read More »
UK’s Royal Air Force ends BAe 146 operations
The Royal Air Force (RFR, Brize Norton) says it has completed the retirement of all four of its remaining BAe… Read More »
France’s Amelia eyes hydrogen-converted ATR72-600s
Amelia (NL, Paris Le Bourget) and Universal Hydrogen have signed a letter of intent (LOI) for three ATR72-600 hydrogen conversion… Read More »
Israel’s El Al and Arkia ink merger MOU
A memorandum of understanding (MOU) has been signed for a merger between two of Israel’s three scheduled passenger airlines, El… Read More »
Ethiopian Airlines resumes 737 MAX operations
Ethiopian Airlines (ET, Addis Ababa) resumed B737-8 operations on February 1, 2022, nearly three years after the crash of an… Read More »
Ashanti Airlines makes bid for new Ghanaian flag carrier
Ashanti Airlines (Accra) has been named one of two local entities that are bidding to partner with the Ghanaian government… Read More »
EgyptAir in talks about A330, 777 replacements
EgyptAir Holding is in discussions concerning the replacement of its ten older widebody jets, four A330-300s and six B777-300(ER)s, Chief… Read More »
Singapore Airlines resumes flights to Bali, Indonesia
Singapore Airlines (SQ, Singapore Changi) resumes daily commercial flights from Singapore Changi to Bali, the Indonesian holiday island, on February… Read More »
Turkey’s AnadoluJet eyes 737 MAX or A320neo
AnadoluJet (TK, Ankara Esenboga) is planning to order new-generation narrowbodies and could add the first B737 MAX or A320neo Family… Read More »