US’s Eastern Airlines takes first 777-300(ER)
Eastern Airlines (2D, Miami Int’l) has taken delivery of its first Boeing 777-300(ER) in the form of N776KW (msn 32650),… Read More »
Icelandair ends Covid-era gov’t-guaranteed facility
Icelandair Group has given formal notice to terminate the government-guaranteed credit facility that has been in place since September 2020… Read More »
India’s Jet Freight Logistics eyes own cargo airline
Indian freight-forwarding specialist Jet Freight Logistics is planning to establish its own in-house cargo airline to help ramp up capacity… Read More »
FedEx Express eyes new-generation widebody freighters
FedEx Express (FX, Memphis Int’l) is planning to order new-generation widebody freighters – either A350(F)s or B777X(F)s – but only… Read More »
American Airlines confirms $200mn investment in Brazil’s GOL
GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes (G3, Sao Paulo Congonhas) and American Airlines (AA, Dallas/Fort Worth) have signed a definitive investment agreement… Read More »
Investor dumps $3.4mn Wizz Air stake over staff rights
AkademikerPension, a Danish pension fund that foregrounds “responsible investments,” has announced it is selling a stake in Wizz Air Holdings… Read More »
Icelandair to launch 757 renewal campaign in 2022
Icelandair Group plans to initiate a competitive selection procedure to replace its Boeing 757s within the next twelve months and… Read More »
Canada’s Calm Air adds first ATR72-500(F)
Calm Air (MO, Thompson) took delivery of its first ATR72-500(F) – C-GREJ (msn 709) – on February 2, 2022. The… Read More »
United Airlines may sell stake in MileagePlus
United Airlines Holdings is considering selling a minority stake in its wholly-owned frequent flyer unit MileagePlus, sources close to the… Read More »
Norse Atlantic revises maiden flight to 2Q22
Norse Atlantic Airways (Oslo Gardermoen) will launch ticket sales by the end of March ahead of its maiden commercial flight… Read More »
Germany’s Avanti Air adds first Dash 8-Q400
Avanti Air (ATV, Paderborn/Lippstadt) has taken delivery of its first DHC-8-Q400 as it kicks off its previously announced transition to… Read More »
Russia’s Komiaviatrans rejigs debt, removes bankruptcy risk
Komiaviatrans (KO, Syktyvkar) is implementing a financial recovery plan that has already eliminated the risk of bankruptcy at the airline,… Read More »
Libya’s Berniq Airways starts int’l flight operations
Berniq Airways (NB, Benghazi) has commenced international flight operations following its inaugural 2x weekly Benghazi-Tunis service on February 4. This… Read More »
Israeli carriers may suspend Dubai ops over security issues
Israeli carriers may be forced to suspend flights to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) following a disagreement between Israel’s internal… Read More »
Morocco’s Dlimi Airlines eyes two E2s for summer launch
Moroccan startup Dlimi Airlines (Dakhla) has applied for an Operating License from the country’s civil aviation regulators (Direction Générale de… Read More »
Cyprus seeks EU sanctions on migrant-flow carriers
The government of Cyprus has called on the European Union (EU) to sanction airlines that aid illegal migrants in entering… Read More »
Yemenia resumes A330 operations
Yemenia (IY, Aden) took delivery of A330-200 7O-AFE (msn 883) on February 4, marking the carrier’s resumption of both widebody… Read More »
India’s Jet Airways applies for AOC amidst uncertain funding
Jet Airways (JAI, Mumbai Int’l) applied for the restoration of its Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC) in the last week of… Read More »
Niger Airlines eyes ATR72s, E190s to expand regionally
Niger Airlines (6N, Niamey) is looking to acquire ATR72 turboprops and a pair of E190s, according to Chief Executive Officer… Read More »
Viet Nam’s Bamboo Airways schedules European and Australian flights
Bamboo Airways (QH, Hanoi) has scheduled its intercontinental debut for later this month, with Melbourne Tullamarine planned for February 19,… Read More »
American Airlines increases Boeing 737 MAX orders, defers 787s
American Airlines (AA, Dallas/Fort Worth) firmed twenty-three B737 MAX options into B737-8s on January 31, 2022, and plans to convert… Read More »
Nairobi enlists Seabury to restructure Kenya Airways debt
The Kenyan Government has tasked Seabury Consulting, part of Accenture, to help Kenya Airways (KQ, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta) evaluate options… Read More »