India’s SpiceXpress eyes electric fleet by 2024
SpiceXpress – the cargo division currently being spun off by parent SpiceJet (SG, Delhi Int’l) – has confirmed it is… Read More »
AirAsia India pays all debts to airport operator
AirAsia India (I5, Bangalore Int’l) has paid its debts for air navigation, landing and parking fees, and other tariffs to… Read More »
Qantas returns A380 to service ahead of schedule
Qantas (QF, Sydney Kingsford Smith) will fast-track the return of its A380-800 service from January 11 to relieve B787-9 pilots… Read More »
Regulator gives tentative nod to Asiana-Korean Air deal
South Korea’s Fair Trade Commission (FTC) has tentatively given its conditional approval to the proposed merger between Asiana Airlines (OZ,… Read More »
US’s National Airlines considers options for fleet growth
National Airlines (N8, Orlando Sanford) is planning to significantly increase its fleet in the coming years, mainly targeting dedicated freighters,… Read More »
Party proposes Air Europa become Balearics’ “public airline”
Més per Mallorca, part of the ruling coalition in the Balearic Islands, would like to see the Spanish government in… Read More »
US threatens to ban Russia from importing aircraft parts
The United States has included the possibility of banning Russia from importing aircraft parts should it invade Ukraine, a Biden… Read More »
TUI to base an A320 in Friedrichshafen in 2022
German tour operator TUI has announced it will base an A320-200, chartered from European Air Charter (H6, Sofia) (formerly Bulgarian… Read More »
Norse Atlantic Airways takes first 787-9
Norse Atlantic Airways (Oslo Gardermoen) took delivery of its first B787-9 ahead of its revised April 2022 debut, three months… Read More »
Etihad Airways eyes Zhengzhou cargo hub
Etihad Airways (EY, Abu Dhabi Int’l) is to extend its cargo footprint in China with plans for regular freighter operations… Read More »
Viet Nam’s Bamboo Airways chooses Oz for inc’l debut
Bamboo Airways (QH, Hanoi) will make its intercontinental debut with the launch of scheduled flights between Ho Chi Minh City… Read More »
Royal Jordanian seeks $282mn state aid as fleet choice nears
Royal Jordanian (RJ, Amman Queen Alia) will need JOD200 million dinars (USD282 million) in state funding during 2022 or it… Read More »
Air India acquisition delay, Tata mulls LCC merger
Tata Sons is still working on how to operate its two low-cost carriers, with a merger of AirAsia India (I5,… Read More »
Indonesia ungrounds the 737 MAX
The Indonesian civil aviation authority (Direktorat Jenderal Perhubungan Udara – DJPU) has outlined its requirements for the resumption of B737… Read More »
VietJetAir adds first widebody jet, an A330
VietJetAir (VJ, Hanoi) has taken delivery of its first widebody aircraft in preparation for international growth. A330-300 VP-CJW (msn 974)… Read More »
NFL franchise Arizona Cardinals buys a 777
The Arizona Cardinals, a National Football League (NFL) franchise, has acquired an ex-Delta Air Lines B777-200(ER) for team travel. N867DA… Read More »
Nairobi drops plans to renationalise Kenya Airways
The Kenyan government has scrapped its plan to renationalise Kenya Airways (KQ, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta) but instead will protect its… Read More »
Indonesia’s TransNusa to be ARJ21’s int’l launch operator
TransNusa (8B, Kupang) is set to become the ARJ21-700’s international launch operator after B-099Y (msn 186) was tracked doing circuits… Read More »
Australia extends regional airline aid, outlines strategy
The Australian government has outlined its Aviation Recovery Framework strategy, which aims to help the country’s aviation sector recover from… Read More »
Japan’s Skymark Airlines borrows JP¥1bn
Skymark Airlines (BC, Tokyo Haneda) has borrowed JPY1 billion yen (USD8.7 million) as a subordinated equity loan from Shoko Chukin… Read More »
Japan’s Oriental Air Bridge goes with ATR for fleet renewal
Oriental Air Bridge (OC, Nagasaki) has chosen Avions de Transport Régional to renew its current fleet of three DHC-8-Q200s which… Read More »
Chinese gov’t halts all flights to Xi’an over COVID spike
The Chinese government has imposed a strict lockdown on the city of Xi’an due to a spike in the number… Read More »
Air India paid $5.8mn “avoidable penalty” to Boeing – report
Air India (AI, Mumbai Int’l) made the “avoidable payment of a penalty” of INR438.5 million rupees (USD5.83 million) to Boeing… Read More »
Iceland’s PLAY to debut US routes in early 2Q22
PLAY (OG, Reykjavik Keflavik) has announced plans to start hub operations at Reykjavik Keflavik with the start of flights to… Read More »
South Africa’s Comair returns only 737 MAX
Comair (South Africa) (MN, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) has withdrawn its only B737-8 after having been in storage since the type’s… Read More »
Alitalia begins handling, MRO unit tenders
Now in the process of being wound down after being succeeded by ITA Airways (AZ, Rome Fiumicino) in October, Alitalia… Read More »