France’s CMA CGM confirms AOC application, orders A350Fs
CMA CGM, the France-based shipping giant, has confirmed its CMA CGM Air Cargo subsidiary is currently pursuing an air operator’s… Read More »
Croatia’s ETF Airways on war path with Bremen Airport
ETF Airways (LI, Zagreb) is threatening to sue Bremen Hans Koschnick Airport over EUR1 million euros (USD1.1 million) worth of… Read More »
US’s Atlas Air, Southern Air complete move to a single AOC
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings has announced it has completed the integration of Atlas Air (5Y, New York JFK) and Southern… Read More »
Qatar Airways mulls Boeing 777X offer, hopes for 2023 deliveries
Qatar Airways (QR, Doha Hamad Int’l) expects to take delivery of its first B777-9 in the second half of 2023… Read More »
Lufthansa leases flight training fleet and school to United
United Aviate Academy, the wholly-owned flight training school of United Airlines (UA, Chicago O’Hare), is to lease a training fleet… Read More »
India’s Air Mauryan selected for Goa-based seaplane ops
Another seaplane project is in the pipeline in India, this time driven by the Goa Tourism Development Corporation, which has… Read More »
Tata to merge 100%-owned AirAsia India, Air India Express
With Tata Sons likely to take control of and start operating Air India (AI, Mumbai Int’l) by January, the Indian… Read More »
UK’s flybe announces Dash 8-400 fleet, Birmingham base
flybe. (2021) has chosen Birmingham Int’l as its new headquarters and first new crew base ahead of its planned restart… Read More »
Germany’s Condor resumes Vienna ops in early 2Q22
Condor (DE, Frankfurt Int’l) has announced it will resume operating out of Vienna, Austria, in the summer of 2022 with… Read More »
Greece’s Aegean Airlines secures three ATR72-600s
Aegean Airlines (A3, Athens Int’l) has acquired three second-hand ATR72-600s from Avation ahead of its planned launch of the type’s… Read More »
Pionair Australia puts only E190 up for sale
Pionair Australia (PH, Bankstown) has appointed C&L Aviation Group to remarket its only E190 as it plans to focus on… Read More »
UAE’s flydubai in talks over new fleet order
All-Boeing operator flydubai (FZ, Dubai Int’l) has held initial talks with both Boeing and Airbus (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac) about its… Read More »
FedEx to close Hong Kong crew base due to quarantine rule
FedEx Express (FX, Memphis Int’l) is closing its crew base at Hong Kong Int’l and relocating its pilots but will… Read More »
Dutch authority fines Transavia after personal data hack
Transavia Airlines (HV, Amsterdam Schiphol) will have to pay a fine of EUR400,000 euros (USD452,000) for failing to properly protect… Read More »
SpiceJet, Boeing settle MAX claims, may involve freighters
SpiceJet (SG, Delhi Int’l) announced on November 17 that it had agreed with Boeing (BOE, Chicago O’Hare) to settle outstanding… Read More »
Canada’s Cargojet orders 2+4 777 Mammoth freighters
Cargojet Airways (W8, Hamilton, ON) has ordered two B777-200(LR)(MF) converted freighters from Mammoth Freighters, with options for a further two… Read More »
Canada’s Enerjet rebrands as Lynx Air, eyes 2Q22 debut
Canadian budget startup Lynx Air is to debut early next year with a fleet of three new B737 MAX on… Read More »
Kenya Airways looks to gov’t to absorb $250mn debt mountain
Kenya Airways (KQ, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta) is in discussion with the country’s treasury over the settlement of the airline’s USD250… Read More »
UK’s Virgin Atlantic keen to return to Gatwick
Virgin Atlantic (VS, London Heathrow) would be keen to return to London Gatwick as travel demand returns after having suspended… Read More »
ASL Aviation Holdings to explore hydrogen-powered ATRs
ASL Aviation Holdings has signed an agreement with start-up ZeroAvia (Hollister) to explore the conversion of ASL’s Avions de Transport… Read More »
Spain’s Canarian Airways resumes ops after name change
Lattitude Hub (OX, Tenerife Sur) has reinforced its connections between Tenerife Sur and both Madrid Barajas and Bilbao for the… Read More »
Malé, Maldives slot changes disrupt airline schedules
Malé Velana International Airport, the main international airport in the Maldives, has extended the minimum time between landings for international… Read More »
Emirates mulls IPO for itself or one of its units
Emirates (EK, Dubai Int’l) or one of its subsidiaries could soon be listed on the Dubai Financial Market stock exchange,… Read More »
Tigerair Taiwan to resume operations in late 4Q21
Tigerair Taiwan (IT, Taipei Taoyuan) has announced the resumption of commercial in-house operations on December 25, 2021, with an initial… Read More »
Gabon’s Afrijet orders three ATR72-600s
Afrijet Business Service (J7, Libreville) has finalised a purchase agreement with Avions de Transport Régional covering three ATR72-600s. A statement… Read More »
Japan’s Toki Air inks LOI for STOL-capable ATR42-600S
Toki Air (Niigata) has signed a letter of intent with Avions de Transport Régional over the possibility of acquiring the… Read More »