Qatar Airways considers leases to fill A350 gap
Qatar Airways (QR, Doha Hamad Int’l) is considering leasing in additional capacity in 2022 given the ongoing grounding of twenty… Read More »
British Airways sues Chicago O’Hare over aircraft damage
British Airways (BA, London Heathrow) has filed a USD3.2 million lawsuit against the City of Chicago after three of its… Read More »
Canada’s Pacific Coastal eyes US transborder link
Canadian regional carrier Pacific Coastal Airlines (8P, Vancouver Int’l) plans to launch transborder services to the United States under the… Read More »
Malaysia’s Kargo Xpress takes first 737-800(BCF) freighter
Kargo Xpress (KXP, Kuala Lumpur Int’l) took delivery of its first B737-800(BCF) – N248GE (msn 34267) – on November 19,… Read More »
China inches towards 737 MAX ungrounding
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has issued an airworthiness directive outlining the modifications that must be made to… Read More »
Malaysia’s Hornbill Skyways to set up Sarawak state airline
State-owned charter carrier Hornbill Skyways (Kuching) is to set up a boutique airline in the Malaysian state of Sarawak, located… Read More »
US’s Dash Air Shuttle delays debut to early 2022
Dash Air Shuttle (Port Angeles) has postponed the debut of its scheduled passenger services from Port Angeles to Seattle Tacoma… Read More »
Nigeria’s NG Eagle faces delays over AMCON debt burden
The certification of NG Eagle (XLE, Lagos) may be delayed over debts of NGN235 billion naira (USD572 million) owed by… Read More »
Avianca Holdings exits Chapter 11 proceedings
Avianca Holdings has exited bankruptcy protection after successfully completing its financial restructuring process to emerge with significantly reduced debt, USD1.7… Read More »
Objections may delay Aeroméxico’s bankruptcy exit plan
Grupo Aeroméxico has asked the US bankruptcy court in New York to extend until December 30 the exclusivity period during… Read More »
easyJet adds 19 A320neo orders, eyes ACMI for Gatwick growth
easyJet (U2, London Luton) has announced that it has firmed up seven A320-200N options and twelve purchase rights with deliveries… Read More »
EU sanctions Belavia, Cham Wings
The permanent representatives of all EU member states have agreed on a fifth round of sanctions on Belarus, including on… Read More »
ITA Airways firms order for A220, A320neo, A330neo
ITA Airways (AZ, Rome Fiumicino) has firmed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Airbus for seven A220 regional jets, eleven… Read More »
Etihad sells off its tourism subsidiary
The Etihad Aviation Group is selling off its tourism unit, Etihad Holidays, to the Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company (ADNEC),… Read More »
British Airways resumes flights to South Africa
British Airways (BA, London Heathrow) has confirmed it has resumed flights to South Africa despite the country remaining on the… Read More »
TUI fly Nordic retires last 737-800
TUI fly Nordic (6B, Stockholm Arlanda) has retired its last B737-800, thereby becoming an all-MAX operator in the narrowbody segment…. Read More »
Seychelles’ IDC ends Do228 operations
Islands Development (IDC, Mahé) has disposed of its only Do228-200 following the sale of S7-MAC (msn 8056) to Kenya’s AirTraffic… Read More »
US’s Allegiant Air, Mexico’s VivaAerobus to form alliance
Allegiant Air (G4, Las Vegas McCarran) and VivaAerobus (VB, Monterrey General Mariano Escobedo) have entered into a commercial alliance agreement… Read More »
Taiwan’s China Airlines takes first A321neo
China Airlines (CI, Taipei Taoyuan) took delivery of its first of twenty-five A321-200NXs on November 29, 2021, although it has… Read More »
India postponing reopening of international travel
India has postponed the planned resumption of international scheduled flights in light of the evolving global scenario concerning the emergence… Read More »
More airlines complain of A350 paint issues
As Qatar Airways (QR, Doha Hamad Int’l) continues to park over a third of its A350s over fuselage paint quality… Read More »
Nigeria’s K-Impex eyes cargo, pax ops in 2022
Another Nigerian startup – K-impex Airline (Abuja) – is planning to enter the local scheduled passenger, charter, and cargo market… Read More »
Privatisation of South African Airways nudges forward, Mango amends plan
The partial privatisation of South African Airways (SA, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) is progressing with the news that the Takatso Consortium… Read More »
Zambia Airways adds first aircraft, a damp-leased Dash 8-400
Zambia Airways (ZN, Lusaka) has taken delivery of its first aircraft, a Dash 8-400 on damp lease from equity partner… Read More »
Germany’s flyv eyes airline JVs for underserved city pairs
German start-up flyv aims to connect underserved markets globally using a joint venture model that will see airlines pool their… Read More »
Loftleidir takes Cabo Verde to court
The renationalisation of Cabo Verde Airlines (VR, Sal Amilcar Cabral Int’l) is being challenged in the ICC International Court of… Read More »