Dominican Republic’s Arajet receives its first jet, a Boeing 737-8 Max
Arajet has taken delivery of its first aircraft following the arrival of Boeing 737-8 HI1026 (msn 60195) at Santo Domingo… Read More »
Malaysia’s Firefly plans third hub at Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
Firefly is planning to expand its operations to include international charters from a third hub at Kota Kinabalu, the capital… Read More »
United Airlines suspends two India routes
United Airlines has suspended the two of its four routes between the United States and India which use Russian airspace,… Read More »
Russia’s Volga-Dnepr Group restricts foreign operations
Volga-Dnepr Group has suspended the operation of its European hub at Liège airport, while a US airspace ban on the… Read More »
Nigeria Air debut postponed to mid-2023
The launch date of Nigeria Air (Lagos) has been adjusted to June 2023, according to the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission… Read More »
Malaysia’s Firefly to resume jet operations in 2Q22
Firefly (FY, Penang) has announced it will resume B737-800 operations out of Penang on April 11, 2022, after its first… Read More »
PAL Holdings seeks $100mn loan to boost capital
PAL Holdings– the parent company of Philippine Airlines (PR, Manila Ninoy Aquino Int’l) – is negotiating an additional USD100 million… Read More »
Link PNG, PNG Air codeshare plans hit snags
A proposed codeshare agreement between domestic carriers Link PNG (Port Moresby) and PNG Air (CG, Port Moresby) has run into… Read More »
US’s Tradewind Aviation orders twenty PC12s
Tradewind Aviation (TJ, Oxford, CT) has announced a firm order for twenty new PC-12 NGXs from Pilatus Aircraft , expanding… Read More »
Russia mulls nationalisation of aircraft to save Aeroflot
Russia’s Ministry of Transport is mulling options for the nationalisation of aircraft that Aeroflot Group currently leases from foreign lessors… Read More »
Galactic Holdings to add world’s first Boeing 757 firefighting jet
US-based Galactic Holdings has contracted ST Engineering to design and execute the world’s first conversion of a B757 into a… Read More »
Global carriers adjust networks amid Russo-Ukrainian war
JAL – Japan Airlines (JL, Tokyo Haneda) and ANA – All Nippon Airways (NH, Tokyo Haneda) have both cancelled all… Read More »
EasyJet inks sales and lease-backs for ten A319s
easyJet (U2, London Luton) has entered into a sale and leaseback transaction for ten A319-100s with Aergo Capital. All ten… Read More »
Finnair resumes Helsinki to Tokyo Narita route
Finnair will resume flights between its Helsinki Vantaa hub and Tokyo Narita from March 9, 4x weekly, avoiding Russian airspace,… Read More »
DHL, UPS, FedEx suspend delivery to and from Russia and Belarus
As logistics, cargo transportation, and courier companies suspend business relations with Russia amid sanctions against that country following its invasion… Read More »
Former Turkish Airlines chairman declines offer to lead Air India, blames politics
Ilker Ayci, the former chairman of Turkish Airlines, has declined an offer from Indian conglomerate Tata Sons to lead the… Read More »
Virgin Australia bondholders urged to join class action suit
Former Virgin Australia Holdings bondholders have been encouraged to join a class action lawsuit against the Virgin Australia parent’s senior… Read More »
Canada’s Jetlines takes first A320-200
Jetlines has delivery of its first A320-200 in the form of C-GCJL (msn 4175). The 12.1-year-old jet was registered in… Read More »
Canada’s WestJet buys leisure specialist Sunwing
WestJet has agreed to acquire Sunwing Travel Group, parent of fellow Canadian carrier Sunwing Airlines, to explore synergies and expand… Read More »
Thai Summer Airways revives launch plans and gets first 737-800
Thai Summer Airways is taking steps to launch operations after a two-year delay caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and has… Read More »
Air Canada mulls an A321neo order
Air Canada (AC, Montréal Trudeau) is in early discussions about a potential order for between ten and twenty A321neo, sources… Read More »
China Southern Airlines to retire A380s by YE22
China Southern Airlines (CZ, Guangzhou) is set to retire all of its remaining A380-800s by the end of 2022, Chinese… Read More »