Saudia to request reciprocal cargo rights for US carriers
Saudia (SV, Jeddah) is to request the Saudi government grant reciprocal seventh-freedom rights to US all-cargo carriers in exchange for… Read More »
Kenya bans UAE flights in tit-for-tat
Kenya has suspended all inbound and transit passenger flights from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for seven days, effective from… Read More »
Air France-KLM needs billions to remain top player – report
This year will be decisive for Air France-KLM, which will need to conduct a new capital increase of between EUR1… Read More »
Russia’s Kamchatka Airlines to lease three Cessna 208Bs
Kamchatka Airlines (Petropavlovsk Yelizovo) has secured three Cessna (single turboprop) 208B Grand Caravans on lease from GTLK – State Transport… Read More »
Slovenia’s Amelia enters cargo market with first ATR72F
Amelia International (NL, Ljubljana) has taken delivery of its first ATR72-200(F) in anticipation of entering Europe’s booming cargo market. EI-SLP… Read More »
Airbus faces €300mn suit alleging company misconduct
Airbus (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac) is facing a class action lawsuit from a group of 130 investors who claim to have… Read More »
Liquidation of South African Express postponed for 7th time
Lawyers for South African Express (EXY, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) have confirmed the court hearing for the final liquidation of the… Read More »
US’s Empire Holdings buys West Air
Empire Holdings, the parent of Empire Airlines (EM, Coeur d’Alene), has acquired fellow FedEx Express feeder carrier West Air (United… Read More »
Creditors greenlight Aeroméxico’s restructuring plan
Creditors of Grupo Aeroméxico have overwhelmingly voted in favour of its restructuring plan, which the company says represents “a key… Read More »
US’s GLOBALX to add first A319 in 1Q22
GLOBALX (GXA, Miami Int’l) has announced in an investor update that it has signed a Letter of Intent for a… Read More »
Belgium to tax all passenger flight departures
Initially aimed at discouraging short-distance air travel of less than 500km for environmental reasons, Belgium is now looking to introduce… Read More »
Airlines divert, cancel flights after Mali closes borders
Amid rising tension in the region, several airlines have suspended their flights to Mali after the country closed its borders… Read More »
Ireland’s Emerald Airlines secures Donegal PSO contract
Emerald Airlines (Ireland) (EAI, Dublin Int’l) will start feeder franchise operations under the Aer Lingus Regional brand from February 26… Read More »
US’s Allegiant Air details fleet renewal amid 737 MAX order
Allegiant Air (G4, Las Vegas Harry Reid) has outlined tentative plans to begin retiring its oldest A320-200s and A319-100s as… Read More »
Air Greenland suspends ticket sales over COVID outbreak
Air Greenland (GL, Nuuk) has suspended online ticket sales for all flights until January 16 because of a significant reduction… Read More »
Garuda Indonesia faces corruption lawsuit over ATR deal
Garuda Indonesia (GA, Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta) saw its mountain of challenges grow ever higher when Indonesia’s government filed a lawsuit on… Read More »
Court dismisses SpiceJet’s appeal against liquidation
An Indian court has dismissed SpiceJet’s appeal against a liquidation order over USD24.1 million in unpaid debt to investment bank… Read More »
Oman Air defers 787s, scales down hub plans
Oman Air (WY, Muscat) has deferred the deliveries of “some” of its outstanding B787-9s, originally scheduled for 2023-24, as it… Read More »
Gujarat gov’t retenders for seaplane contract
The Gujarat government has invited tenders from national and international companies to relaunch India’s first scheduled seaplane service between Ahmedabad… Read More »
Canadian court provides partial relief to Air India
A Canadian court has dismissed a petition filed by Air India (AI, Mumbai Int’l) to squash an order that allows… Read More »
Garuda Indonesia seeks sukuk delay, creditors demand $13.8bn
Garuda Indonesia (GA, Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta) is seeking to extend the maturity of its USD500 million dollar sukuk – its Islamic… Read More »
Canada’s Jazz Air ends Dash 8-300 operations
Jazz Air (QK, Halifax) retired all of its remaining DHC-8-300s on January 9, 2022. The regional carrier has six of… Read More »
South African Airways confirms attempted aircraft seizure in Zambia
South African Airways (SA, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) has confirmed a default judgement in Zambia that resulted in an unsuccessful attempt… Read More »
Iraqi Airways takes delivery of maiden A220
Iraqi Airways (IA, Baghdad) has taken delivery of its first of five A220-300s on order from Airbus after YI-ARE (msn… Read More »
Ryanair to close Frankfurt base from late 1Q22
Ryanair (FR, Dublin Int’l) has confirmed that it will close its Frankfurt Int’l base on March 31, 2022, and has… Read More »
Malta’s Airhub Aviation eyes fleet expansion by summer 2022
Continuously looking to expand its fleet, Airhub Airlines (GJM, Malta Int’l) will add 11 aircraft, including three to be converted… Read More »