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 »
Biman Bangladesh issues Summer 2022 widebody ACMI RFP
Biman Bangladesh Airlines (BG, Dhaka) has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for the wet-lease of up to two widebody… Read More »
Indonesia Air Transport to start commercial flight ops
Indonesia Air Transport – IAT (IDA, Jakarta Halim) is set to venture into the commercial flight operations niche after being… Read More »
Cathay Pacific cancels longhaul cargo flights for seven days
Cathay Pacific (CX, Hong Kong Int’l) has confirmed it has suspended all long-haul cargo flights for seven days until January… Read More »
Pilot shortage forces United to suspend 15 regional routes
United Airlines (UA, Chicago O’Hare) is temporarily dropping 15 regional routes and shifting some services to New York Newark from… Read More »
Norse Atlantic Airways secures its Norwegian AOC
Norse Atlantic Airways (Oslo Gardermoen) secured its Norwegian Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC) – NO.AOC.093 – on December 29, 2021, bringing… Read More »
Austrian Airlines repays €60mn of COVID aid by year-end
Austrian Airlines (OS, Vienna) will have repaid EUR60 million euros (USD68 million) or 20% of its EUR300 million (USD340 million)… Read More »
Wizz Air outlines Gatwick plans having secured 15 more slots
Wizz Air Holdings has outlined its plans for the 15 daily London Gatwick slot pairs it acquired from Norwegian Group… Read More »
Bahrain’s Texel Air takes delivery of first 737-800(BCF)
Texel Air (XLR, Bahrain Int’l) took delivery of its first B737-800(BCF) on December 19, 2021. N851BC (msn 29985) is a… Read More »
AirAsia Group completes $233mn rights issue
AirAsia Group will complete its renounceable rights issue to shareholders on December 31, raising MYR974.5 million ringgit (USD233.3 million) and… Read More »
World’s last A320ceo Family jet delivered – to Delta
Delta Air Lines (DL, Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson) took delivery of the world’s last new-build A321-200 – its 127th of the… Read More »
Colombo must privatise SriLankan Airlines
Sri Lanka’s State-owned Enterprise Restructuring Board has advised the government to suspend state assistance and restructure SriLankan Airlines (UL, Colombo… Read More »
Tigerair Taiwan applies for stock exchange listing
Tigerair Taiwan (IT, Taipei Taoyuan) has applied to the Taiwan Stock Exchange to list its shares on the main board… Read More »
Pakistan’s AirSial secures int’l traffic rights
AirSial (PF, Karachi Int’l) launched its first international charter passenger flight from Lahore Int’l, Pakistan to Dubai Int’l in the… Read More »
US carriers in uproar over Icelandair US-Cuba charter plans
Icelandair (FI, Reykjavik Keflavik) has applied to the US Department of Transportation (DOT) for authority to operate 170 round-trip charter… Read More »
Air Serbia plots turboprop fleet renewal in 2022
Air Serbia (JU, Belgrade) is planning to resume its turboprop fleet renewal programme in 2022 but remains ready to adapt… Read More »
Argentina to bring back fare bands for domestic flights
The Argentine government has declared that within 180 days it will set maximum fare prices and a system of fare… Read More »