Israel hands El Al another $30m, loans to Arkia, Israir
Israel’s government approved on November 21 additional financial aid for its beleaguered airlines not exceeding USD44 million. The state will… Read More »
Virgin Atlantic in talks over £400mn fundraising
Virgin Atlantic (VS, London Heathrow) is in talks with shareholders about a new capital injection of around GBP400 million pounds… Read More »
Air Canada cancels state aid as financial position improves
Air Canada (AC, Montréal Trudeau) has withdrawn from further government financial support citing improved liquidity of CAD14.4 billion Canadian dollars… Read More »
Uzbekistan Airways acquires PC-12s
Uzbekistan Airways (HY, Tashkent Islam Karimov) says it has acquired its first PC-12 as part of plans to enter the… Read More »
Caribbean Airlines takes first 737 MAX 8
Caribbean Airlines (BW, Port of Spain) took delivery of its first B737-8 on November 17, 2021, and plans to induct… Read More »
South Sudan bans Let 410 UVPs, restricts Antonov ops
The South Sudanese Civil Aviation Authority (SSCAA) has ordered the grounding of all An-24s, An-26s, An-30s, BAe 748s, and Let… Read More »
US’s Northern Aviation Services eyes 737 Classic renewal
Northern Aviation Services, the owner of Alaska’s Northern Air Cargo (NC, Anchorage Ted Stevens), Hawaii’s Aloha Air Cargo (KH, Honolulu),… Read More »
UK’s flyPOP subleases first A330 to Hi Fly Malta for cargo
flyPOP (London Stansted) has subleased its first aircraft, a makeshift A330-300 freighter, to Hi Fly Malta (HFM, Malta Int’l) which… Read More »
Panama’s Copa Airlines accelerates 737 MAX deliveries
Copa Airlines (CM, Panamá City Tocumen Int’l) has announced in its quarterly earnings report that it has agreed with Boeing… Read More »
US’s iAero Airways looks to remove fleet cap and eyes 767s
iAero Airways (SWQ, Greensboro) has revealed plans to induct widebody jets as part of a petition to the US Department… Read More »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »