Nigeria’s Med-View Airline under graft spotlight
Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has confirmed it is investigating Med-View Airline (MEV, Kano) Chief Executive Officer Muneer… Read More »
Suspended Uganda Airlines board gets golden handshake
Suspended board members of Uganda Airlines (UR, Entebbe/Kampala) have been offered golden handshakes to resign amid investigations into corruption and… Read More »
Five year plan foresees PIA return to profitability by 2024
A five-year business rescue plan prepared by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) foresees struggling state carrier PIA – Pakistan… Read More »
SAS Link to open Bergen base in 2Q22
SAS Link (Copenhagen Kastrup) has announced it will open a new base at Bergen airport, in western Norway, during summer… Read More »
Japan’s ANA Holdings drops A321neo(LR)s and defers deliveries
ANA Holdings has tweaked its Airbus order book, dropping the A321-200NX(LR) in favour of the standard A321-200N version, and simultaneously… Read More »
Hawaiian Airlines delays 787 induction to 2023
Hawaiian Airlines (HA, Honolulu) is expecting the delivery of its first two B787-9s in the first half of 2023, eighteen… Read More »
AirAsia X to resume ops mid-1Q22 starting with Sydney
AirAsia X (D7, Kuala Lumpur Int’l) has chosen Sydney Kingsford Smith as its first destination as it resumes scheduled flight… Read More »
Qantas reviews London, Rome restart as WA stays closed
Qantas (QF, Sydney Kingsford Smith) says it is reviewing the timing of the planned resumption of its non-stop flights from… Read More »
Norwegian to reopen Stockholm base in early 2Q22
Norwegian (DY, Oslo Gardermoen) has announced the reopening of its base at Stockholm Arlanda in early April 2022 as it… Read More »
US court approves Aeroméxico’s Chapter 11 exit plan
The US Bankruptcy Court in New York has confirmed the joint restructuring plan for the exit from Chapter 11 of… Read More »
Morocco to reopen to int’l airline traffic
Morocco is to reopen for international commercial flights on February 7, according to an announcement by the government. According to… Read More »
Delhi axes Air India sale and leaseback deals for 21 Boeing 787s
India’s government has terminated wasteful sale and lease-back agreements at Air India (AI, Mumbai Int’l) regarding twenty-one B787-8s, opting instead… Read More »
Virgin Australia eyes reIPO in 2023
Bain Capital, the American private equity firm that acquired Virgin Australia Holdings out of voluntary administration in 2020, is considering… Read More »
Southwest Airlines firms twenty-six 737 MAX options
Southwest Airlines (WN, Dallas Love Field) has firmed a further twenty-six Boeing MAX options including twenty-one B737-7s and five B737-8s,… Read More »
US’s Mesa Airlines to invest in autonomous VTOL fleet
Answering the demand for express parcel delivery in US rural communities, Mesa Airlines (YV, Phoenix Sky Harbor) has announced its… Read More »
US’s Frontier Airlines shifts Chicago focus to Midway
Frontier Airlines (F9, Denver Int’l) is shifting much of its existing capacity from its Chicago O’Hare base to Chicago Midway… Read More »
Airlines cancel flights overnights at Kyiv
A number of European airlines have adjusted their schedules to Kyiv Boryspil to avoid overnighting their aircraft at the airport… Read More »
Kuwait suspends Iraq flights following Baghdad attack
Jazeera Airways (J9, Kuwait) and Kuwait Airways (KU, Kuwait) have suspended flights to Iraq following Friday’s rocket attack on Baghdad… Read More »
SA Express liquidator, FlySAX clash over rescue delays
A war of words has broken out between the provisional liquidator of South African Express (EXY, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) and… Read More »
Pakistan’s Q-Airlines secures OL, eyes 2Q22 launch
The Pakistani government has authorised the granting of a domestic Regular Public Transport (RPT) operating licence to Q Airways, Minister… Read More »
Tata regains control of Air India in privatisation deal
Indian conglomerate Tata Sons has regained control of Air India (AI, Mumbai Int’l) after almost 70 years under state ownership,… Read More »
Indonesia’s Travira Air adds first DHC-6-400 amphibian
Charter specialist Travira Air (TVV, Jakarta Halim) has added its first home-based DHC-6-400 amphibian to its fleet, the ch-aviation fleets… Read More »
Taiwan’s China Airlines adds more 777-200Fs
China Airlines (CI, Taipei Taoyuan) has placed an incremental order for four B777-200Fs with deliveries scheduled for 2023-2024. “The B777… Read More »
Air Serbia adds first ATR72-600, returns to the Middle East
Air Serbia (JU, Belgrade) took delivery of its first ATR72-600 on January 27, 2022, kickstarting its turboprop fleet renewal drive… Read More »
Supreme Court gives SpiceJet three weeks in liquidation case
India’s Supreme Court has given SpiceJet (SG, Delhi Int’l) three weeks to settle its financial issues with Credit Suisse, opting… Read More »
Kenya’s Jambojet to open Mombasa base in 3Q22, grow cargo
Jambojet (JM, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta) will open a secondary hub in Mombasa in the third quarter of 2022 in an… Read More »