Austrian Airlines ends A319 operations
Austrian Airlines (OS, Vienna) ended A319-100 operations on January 1, 2022, with all seven of the type now set to… Read More »
Central Africa’s Simb Airlines takes first E145
Simb Airlines (Bangui) took delivery of the first of two E145s on January 4, 2022, as it seeks to expand… Read More »
India’s Ventura AirConnect re-attempts interstate services
Ventura AirConnect (Ahmedabad) has relaunched intra-state flights from Surat to four other cities under a Gujarat government subsidy scheme aimed… Read More »
US telecoms agree to delay 5G launch over airlines’ concerns
US telecom companies AT&T and Verizon have agreed to defer the roll out of new 5G wireless services for two… Read More »
US’s Allegiant Air orders 50+50 Boeing 737 MAX
Allegiant Air (G4, Las Vegas Harry Reid) has placed an order with Boeing (BOE, Chicago O’Hare) for fifty B737 MAX… Read More »
Argentina’s Flybondi resumes international flights
Flybondi (FO, Córdoba Int’l) restarted international flights on December 17, 2021, flying outside Argentina for the first time since late… Read More »
Korea’s Asiana Airlines to resume A380 ops from late 1Q22
As travel demand slowly picks up, Asiana Airlines (OZ, Seoul Incheon) will join the ranks of airlines reactivating their A380-800s… Read More »
India’s IndiGo Airlines likely to see dispute resolution
IndiGo Airlines (6E, Delhi Int’l) shareholders have approved a special resolution removing a clause from the articles of association that… Read More »
Israir heads for IPO as owner completes acquisition
Israir (6H, Tel Aviv Ben Gurion) will commence trading on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange once its controlling shareholder, BGI… Read More »
El Al agrees on more state aid of about $50mn
El Al Israel Airlines (LY, Tel Aviv Ben Gurion) has reached agreement with Israel’s Ministry of Finance for the state… Read More »
AirAsia Group plans name change to Capital A
AirAsia Group has filed a notice to the Bursa Malaysia stock exchange saying it is considering a change in its… Read More »
Kuwait Airways nixes Sri Lanka flights over forex
Kuwait Airways (KU, Kuwait) has pulled its flights to Sri Lanka after general sales agents (GSAs) and local airline offices… Read More »
Portugal’s Hi Fly transfers last A340 to Maltese AOC
Hi Fly (5K, Beja) transferred its last A340-300 to sister carrier Hi Fly Malta (HFM, Malta Int’l) on December 21,… Read More »
US’s AirBahn defers launch due to COVID-19
AirBahn (ARB, Ontario) has petitioned the US Department of Transportation to extend the validity of its certificate of public convenience… Read More »
Philippines AirAsia reopens Clark hub, ups frequencies
Philippines AirAsia (Z2, Manila Ninoy Aquino Int’l) reopened its Clark hub on January 2 with thrice-weekly flights to Caticlan, the… Read More »
Philippine Airlines exits Chapter 11
Philippine Airlines (PR, Manila Ninoy Aquino Int’l) has emerged from voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings with a strengthened balance sheet,… Read More »
German Airways repossesses E190 from EGO Airways
German Airways (ZQ, Cologne/Bonn) has decided to terminate the sub-dry-lease of its E190 to Italy’s EGO Airways (E3, Milan Malpensa)… Read More »
Omicron temporarily downs Canada’s Pacific Coastal Airlines
Pacific Coastal Airlines (8P, Vancouver Int’l) has suspended all scheduled flights for two days until January 4, 2022, amid an… Read More »
Ariana Afghan Airlines issues widebody ACMI RFP
Ariana Afghan Airlines (FG, Kabul) has issued a request for proposals to ACMI operators for the wet-lease of a single… Read More »
Canada’s Jetlines takes delivery of maiden A320
Jetlines (CJL, Vancouver Int’l) has taken delivery of its first aircraft, an A320-200, as part of previously reported plans to… Read More »
Russia’s iFly undergoes shareholder change, eyes US charters
JSC Yunoks Company, one of several shareholders in Moscow Vnukovo operator Vnukovo International Airport JSC, has taken a minority stake… Read More »
New offer for Aeroméxico pending
A third party – Alinfra S.C. – is to make a voluntary public offer for 49% of Grupo Aeroméxico before… Read More »