Australia’s Bonza will lease eight 737 MAX in first year
Australian low-fare start-up Bonza has announced it will operate up to eight 186-seater B737-8s in its first year of operation,… Read More »
China’s HNA cedes control of Hainan Airlines group to Fangda
Bankrupt Chinese conglomerate HNA Group announced on its WeChat social media channel on December 8 that it had officially handed… Read More »
Acquiring shares in India’s IndiGo Airlines likely to ease
IndiGo Airlines (6E, Delhi Int’l) parent InterGlobe Aviation has summoned its shareholders for an extraordinary general meeting on December 30… Read More »
Greece’s Olympic Air takes first ATR72-600
Olympic Air (OA, Athens Int’l) took delivery of its first ATR72-600 on December 1 as it moves ahead with plans… Read More »
Australia’s Sydney Seaplanes orders 50 eVTOL aircraft
Sydney Seaplanes (Sydney Rose Bay) has placed an order for 50 electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft from Embraer… Read More »
Air Canada takes delivery of first 767 dedicated freighter
Air Canada (AC, Montréal Trudeau) has taken redelivery of C-FPCA (msn 24306), its first B767-300(ER) to have been converted into… Read More »
French Polynesia’s FLY CORALway eyeing A321neo(LR)s
FLY CORALway (Papeete) has changed its fleet plans as it looks towards a postponement of its debut to mid-2022, according… Read More »
Malaysia to boost MASwing’s rural services
The Malaysian Aviation Commission (MAVCOM) is to review the public services obligation agreement (PSO) to improve the current services provided… Read More »
Georgia’s CAMEX Airlines eyes 2H22 cargo market debut
CAMEX Airlines (Tbilisi) has applied to the Georgian Civil Aviation Agency (GCAA) for an air operator’s certificate (AOC) after securing… Read More »
Court allows winding-up order against India’s SpiceJet
Madras High Court has issued a winding up order for SpiceJet (SG, Delhi Int’l) and has appointed an official liquidator… Read More »
Ariana Afghan Airlines issues RFP for a 737-500
Ariana Afghan Airlines (FG, Kabul) has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the purchase of a single B737-500 for… Read More »
Delhi to clear Air India debt, expat CEO to be appointed
Air India (AI, Mumbai Int’l) will repay all of the debt it owes to lessors, airports, fuel suppliers, and banks… Read More »
Oman’s SalamAir eyes European routes after EU Open Skies
SalamAir (OV, Muscat) plans to expand its network to include destinations in the European Union after the bloc signed a… Read More »
Qatar Airways adds two ex-Cathay Pacific 777-300s
Qatar Airways (QR, Doha Hamad Int’l) has dry-leased two B777-300(ER)s, previously operated by Cathay Pacific (CX, Hong Kong Int’l), for… Read More »
US’s Breeze Airways eyes South American growth
Breeze Airways (MX, Salt Lake City) sees potential to serve Brazil from its bases in Florida using its forthcoming A220-300s,… Read More »
Air Zimbabwe to get new aircraft, expand routes next year
The Zimbabwean government has allocated ZWL1.5 billion Zimbabwean dollars (USD4.1 million at RBZ rate) for the recapitalisation of Air Zimbabwe… Read More »
Qantas to convert two A330-200s into freighters
Qantas (QF, Sydney Kingsford Smith) has announced it will convert two of its A330-200s into A330-200(P2F)s to increase its international… Read More »
China Eastern Airlines co-founds new logistics giant
China Eastern Airlines (MU, Shanghai Hongqiao) has taken part in formally establishing a new state-owned logistics giant to bolster domestic… Read More »
Mexico’s Interjet to seek $750mn, eyes A320s, Let 410s
Interjet (AIJ, Toluca) is planning to raise up to USD750 million from new investors to fund an initial fleet of… Read More »
Armenia’s FlyArna to debut in 2Q22
FlyArna (Yerevan) will start flight operations in April/May 2022, the head of the Armenian National Interests Fund (ANIF), David Papazian,… Read More »
VietJetAir to launch European flights in early 3Q22
VietJetAir (VJ, Hanoi) has announced it will launch services to Russia from three Vietnamese airports on July 3, 2022, marking… Read More »
Boeing working to fix 787 snags
Boeing (BOE, Chicago O’Hare) says it will take all the time it needs to sort out snags in its B787… Read More »
Thai AirAsia X seeks investors, to restructure in 2022
Thai AirAsia X (XJ, Bangkok Don Mueang) plans to enter formal restructuring in 2022 and seek new investors to finance… Read More »
China’s Hainan Airlines to raise $7.5bn to offset debts
Hainan Airlines Holding has revealed a CNY50 billion yuan (USD7.5 billion) plan to reduce its debts as part of its… Read More »
South African Airways seeks EOIs for LCC unit, Mango
South Africa’s stricken state-owned budget carrier Mango Airlines (JE, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) is to secure a new investor by the… Read More »
SAS to launch Connect, Link brands in 1Q22
SAS Scandinavian Airlines (SK, Copenhagen Kastrup) plans to launch its two new brands, SAS Connect and SAS Link, in the… Read More »