ALC agrees lease, delivery changes for Vietnam Airlines
Air Lease Corporation (ALC) has signed an agreement to cut leasing costs and alter aircraft deliveries for Vietnam Airlines (VN,… Read More »
Romanian CAA grounds Rom Cargo Airlines
The Romanian civil aviation authority (Autoritatea Aeronautică Civilă Română – AACR) suspended the Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC) of Rom Cargo… Read More »
Latvia’s airBaltic to open Tampere, Finland base in 2Q22
airBaltic (BT, Riga) will open a base at Tampere in southern Finland on May 1, 2022, its first outside its… Read More »
Qantas selects A220, A320neo for narrowbody fleet renewal
Qantas (QF, Sydney Kingsford Smith) has placed a tentative order for twenty A220-300s and twenty A321-200NX(XLR)s, with a further 94… Read More »
Canada’s Flair Airlines to lease 14 more 737 MAX
Flair Airlines (F8, Kelowna) has announced a significant fleet expansion that will see the Canadian ultra-low-cost carrier lease fourteen additional… Read More »
US DOJ pushes for American, Jetblue anti-trust suit
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has told a judge to reject a bid by American Airlines (AA, Dallas/Fort… Read More »
CNMI’s Star Marianas Air resumes shuttle flights
Star Marianas Air (Tinian) has reportedly resumed on-demand and air taxi operations between Saipan, Tinian, and Rota Int’l in the… Read More »
Hawaiian Airlines concedes 787 delays may impact recovery
Hawaiian Airlines (HA, Honolulu) has admitted that the suspension of B787 deliveries due to recently discovered manufacturing issues may impact… Read More »
British Airways to debut BA Euroflyer ops from 2Q22
British Airways (BA, London Heathrow) has started selling seats for BA Euroflyer (BA, London Gatwick), its new London Gatwick-based short-haul… Read More »
IAG, Globalia confirm talks to halt Air Europa acquisition
IAG International Airlines Group is in advanced talks with Air Europa (UX, Palma de Mallorca) parent Globalia to halt the… Read More »
Switzerland’s Chair Airlines adds first A320
Chair Airlines (GM, Zurich) took delivery of its first A320-200, its largest type yet, on December 12, 2021, after HB-JOK… Read More »
Singapore Airlines inks LOI for 7+5 A350 freighters
Singapore Airlines (SQ, Singapore Changi) has signed a Letter of Intent with Airbus (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac) for the purchase of… Read More »
United Airlines moots hydrogen-powered CRJ550s
United Airlines (UA, Chicago O’Hare) has taken a USD35 million equity stake in hydrogen-electric engine developer ZeroAvia (Hollister) and has… Read More »
Air New Zealand receives another $338mn state loan
Air New Zealand (NZ, Auckland Int’l) has been given access to another NZD500 million New Zealand dollars (USD338 million) in… Read More »
UAE backs down in slot row with Nigeria
In what appears to be a reconciliatory move to resolve a diplomatic dispute between Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates… Read More »
Aer Lingus (UK) begins narrowbody transatlantic operations
Aer Lingus (United Kingdom) (Belfast City) took delivery of its first narrowbody aircraft, an A321-200NX(XLR), last month and inducted it… Read More »
Delta rejigs LATAM Airlines Group, Aeromexico ownership
Delta Air Lines (DL, Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson) is re-organising its shareholding in Grupo Aeroméxico and the LATAM Airlines Group along… Read More »
US’s Southern Airways Express orders 20 Regent Seagliders
Southern Airways Express (9X, Memphis Int’l) has signed a USD250 million deal for twenty all-electric Regent Craft Seagliders, a new… Read More »
Virgin Atlantic receives $528mn boost from shareholders
Virgin Atlantic (VS, London Heathrow) is to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic with a bolstered balance sheet following a fresh… Read More »
Taiwan’s Mandarin Airlines set to end E190 operations
Mandarin Airlines (AE, Taichung Ching Chuan Kang) has accelerated the planned retirement of its E190 fleet and will conclude the… Read More »
St. Maarten’s Winair secures added $1.5mn Dutch gov’t loan
The Dutch government has decided to grant another USD1.5 million loan to help struggling Winair (WM, St. Maarten) survive but… Read More »
Ukraine Int’l Airlines to damp-lease a 767 for longhaul ops
Ukraine International Airlines (PS, Kyiv Boryspil) has announced it will damp-lease a B767-300(ER) from Portugal’s euroAtlantic Airways (YU, Lisbon) to… Read More »
American Airlines trims 2022 network due to 787 delays
American Airlines (AA, Dallas/Fort Worth) has announced a series of network cuts owing to B787 production line issues at Boeing… Read More »
Cathay Pacific to move pilots to US to avoid quarantine
Cathay Pacific (CX, Hong Kong Int’l) is trialling the temporary placement in Los Angeles Int’l, US of its B777 pilots… Read More »
Malta’s Corendon Airlines Europe eyes US charters
Corendon Airlines Europe (XR, Malta Int’l) plans to launch charter flights to the United States, its application for a US… Read More »
Japan mulls $616mn aid to airlines next fiscal year
Japanese airlines could receive further state aid totalling JPY70 billion yen (USD616 million) during the 2022 fiscal year starting in… Read More »