India’s SpiceJet challenges liquidation order
SpiceJet (SG, Delhi Int’l) is challenging a Madras High Court ruling last month to have the Indian low-cost carrier wound… Read More »
Bangkok extends $187mn in aid to five Thai carriers
The Export-Import Bank of Thailand (EXIM Thailand) has extended THB6.2 billion bahts (USD187 million) in support to five airlines –… Read More »
Cathay Pacific may face legal action over Omicron outbreak
Hong Kong is investigating if Cathay Pacific (CX, Hong Kong Int’l) could be held legally accountable for the current outbreak… Read More »
French court charges ex-Flash Airlines boss over 2004 crash
A French magistrate has charged former Flash Airlines (FSH, Cairo Int’l) boss Mohamed Nour with involuntary manslaughter in connection with… Read More »
Austrian Airlines ends A319 operations
Austrian Airlines (OS, Vienna) ended A319-100 operations on January 1, 2022, with all seven of the type now set to… Read More »
Central Africa’s Simb Airlines takes first E145
Simb Airlines (Bangui) took delivery of the first of two E145s on January 4, 2022, as it seeks to expand… Read More »
India’s Ventura AirConnect re-attempts interstate services
Ventura AirConnect (Ahmedabad) has relaunched intra-state flights from Surat to four other cities under a Gujarat government subsidy scheme aimed… Read More »
US telecoms agree to delay 5G launch over airlines’ concerns
US telecom companies AT&T and Verizon have agreed to defer the roll out of new 5G wireless services for two… Read More »
US’s Allegiant Air orders 50+50 Boeing 737 MAX
Allegiant Air (G4, Las Vegas Harry Reid) has placed an order with Boeing (BOE, Chicago O’Hare) for fifty B737 MAX… Read More »
Argentina’s Flybondi resumes international flights
Flybondi (FO, Córdoba Int’l) restarted international flights on December 17, 2021, flying outside Argentina for the first time since late… Read More »
Korea’s Asiana Airlines to resume A380 ops from late 1Q22
As travel demand slowly picks up, Asiana Airlines (OZ, Seoul Incheon) will join the ranks of airlines reactivating their A380-800s… Read More »
India’s IndiGo Airlines likely to see dispute resolution
IndiGo Airlines (6E, Delhi Int’l) shareholders have approved a special resolution removing a clause from the articles of association that… Read More »
Israir heads for IPO as owner completes acquisition
Israir (6H, Tel Aviv Ben Gurion) will commence trading on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange once its controlling shareholder, BGI… Read More »
El Al agrees on more state aid of about $50mn
El Al Israel Airlines (LY, Tel Aviv Ben Gurion) has reached agreement with Israel’s Ministry of Finance for the state… Read More »
AirAsia Group plans name change to Capital A
AirAsia Group has filed a notice to the Bursa Malaysia stock exchange saying it is considering a change in its… Read More »
Kuwait Airways nixes Sri Lanka flights over forex
Kuwait Airways (KU, Kuwait) has pulled its flights to Sri Lanka after general sales agents (GSAs) and local airline offices… Read More »
Portugal’s Hi Fly transfers last A340 to Maltese AOC
Hi Fly (5K, Beja) transferred its last A340-300 to sister carrier Hi Fly Malta (HFM, Malta Int’l) on December 21,… Read More »
US’s AirBahn defers launch due to COVID-19
AirBahn (ARB, Ontario) has petitioned the US Department of Transportation to extend the validity of its certificate of public convenience… Read More »
Philippines AirAsia reopens Clark hub, ups frequencies
Philippines AirAsia (Z2, Manila Ninoy Aquino Int’l) reopened its Clark hub on January 2 with thrice-weekly flights to Caticlan, the… Read More »
Philippine Airlines exits Chapter 11
Philippine Airlines (PR, Manila Ninoy Aquino Int’l) has emerged from voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings with a strengthened balance sheet,… Read More »
German Airways repossesses E190 from EGO Airways
German Airways (ZQ, Cologne/Bonn) has decided to terminate the sub-dry-lease of its E190 to Italy’s EGO Airways (E3, Milan Malpensa)… Read More »
Omicron temporarily downs Canada’s Pacific Coastal Airlines
Pacific Coastal Airlines (8P, Vancouver Int’l) has suspended all scheduled flights for two days until January 4, 2022, amid an… Read More »
Ariana Afghan Airlines issues widebody ACMI RFP
Ariana Afghan Airlines (FG, Kabul) has issued a request for proposals to ACMI operators for the wet-lease of a single… Read More »
Canada’s Jetlines takes delivery of maiden A320
Jetlines (CJL, Vancouver Int’l) has taken delivery of its first aircraft, an A320-200, as part of previously reported plans to… Read More »
Russia’s iFly undergoes shareholder change, eyes US charters
JSC Yunoks Company, one of several shareholders in Moscow Vnukovo operator Vnukovo International Airport JSC, has taken a minority stake… Read More »
New offer for Aeroméxico pending
A third party – Alinfra S.C. – is to make a voluntary public offer for 49% of Grupo Aeroméxico before… Read More »