Singapore’s Scoot launches 5th-freedom London route
Scoot (TR, Singapore Changi) has announced it will begin operating a fifth-freedom route between Bangkok Suvarnabhumi and London Gatwick, initially… Read More »
easyJet Switzerland adds first A320neo
easyJet Switzerland (DS, Geneva) took delivery of its first A320-200N on November 9, 2021, and began its commercial operations on… Read More »
Canada’s Jetlines to launch in late 1Q22
Jetlines (CJL, Vancouver Int’l) has announced it will launch operations in March 2022, albeit initially as a virtual carrier chartering… Read More »
Singapore Airlines to debut 737 MAX 8 ops in 4Q21
Singapore Airlines (SQ, Singapore Changi) plans to begin revenue operations of its six B737-8s, taken over from merged subsidiary SilkAir,… Read More »
India’s Akasa Air orders 72 Boeing 737 MAX
Akasa Air has placed an order with Boeing (BOE, Chicago O’Hare) for seventy-two B737 MAX jets during the ongoing 2021… Read More »
Nigeria’s Ibom Air orders ten A220s
Ibom Air (QI, Uyo) has placed an order for ten A220s with Airbus (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac) during the 2021 Dubai… Read More »
Air Tanzania confirms Boeing 737 MAX, 787, 767 freighter plans
The Tanzanian government has reached an agreement with Boeing (BOE, Chicago O’Hare) for the purchase of four aircraft including one… Read More »
Embraer, Widerøe to partner on electric urban mobility
Eve Urban Mobility Solutions owned by Embraer and Widerøe Zero, a unit of Widerøe, signed a Memorandum of Understanding to… Read More »
Kuwait’s Jazeera Airways inks MOU for 33 A320neo Family jets
Jazeera Airways (J9, Kuwait) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Airbus (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac) for up to 33… Read More »
South Africa’s Mango to be mothballed until investor found
Mango Airlines (JE, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) will be mothballed for a lengthy period while it seeks a new investor after… Read More »
Lufthansa repays all of German gov’t bailout funds
Lufthansa (LH, Frankfurt Int’l) has announced it repaid “much earlier than originally planned” the last of its EUR9 billion euro… Read More »
Aeromexico’s new plan includes Apollo debt-to-equity option
In what is described as a key milestone in its restructuring process, Grupo Aeroméxico has received a new proposal to… Read More »
Saudia eyes large widebody order in 2022
Saudia (SV, Jeddah) is planning to place a large widebody order in 2022 and is in advanced talks with both… Read More »
Sri Lanka’s Fly Lankan Asia eyes regional cargo, pax ops
Fly Lankan Asia (Colombo Int’l) is planning to target the short-haul cargo and passenger services niche and has already secured… Read More »
Nigeria’s Overland Airways orders three E175s
Overland Airways (OF, Lagos) has ordered three E175s from Embraer (EMB, Sao Jose dos Campos) with options for three more…. Read More »
Emirates to add six Boeing 777 freighters
Emirates (EK, Dubai Int’l) has ordered two B777-Fs from Boeing and four B777-300(ER)(SF)s from Israel Aerospace Industries. Neither Emirates nor… Read More »
IAG row over Heathrow charges continues
IAG International Airlines Group Chief Executive Officer Luis Gallego has warned the British Airways (BA, London Heathrow) parent may cut… Read More »
Qatar Airways, China Southern forge closer commercial ties
Qatar Airways (QR, Doha Hamad Int’l) and China Southern Airlines (CZ, Guangzhou) are to codeshare on all flights between their… Read More »
British Airways sets up BA EuroFlyer for Gatwick ops
British Airways’ new London Gatwick-based short-haul subsidiary is called BA Euroflyer (BA, London Gatwick), according to UK documents of incorporation…. Read More »
Oman Air to seek more government, market funding
Oman Air (WY, Muscat) requires more funding due to the lasting impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and will both ask… Read More »
DHL orders nine 767-300(BCF) freighters
DHL Express has ordered nine additional B767-300(ERBCF)s from Boeing (BOE, Chicago O’Hare). A statement issued during the ongoing Dubai Air… Read More »
Canada’s Air Inuit takes first Dash 8-300F with LCD
Air Inuit (3H, Kuujjuaq) has completed the conversion of its third DHC-8-300(F), which is also the world’s first unit of… Read More »
US’s Western Global Airlines secures fleet growth consent
Western Global Airlines (KD, Fort Myers Southwest Florida) is set to proceed with its fleet growth plans after the US… Read More »
Technically bankrupt” Garuda Indonesia to close 97 routes
Garuda Indonesia (GA, Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta) plans to close its route tally from 237 to 140, its president and chief… Read More »
AirAsia in $246mn fundraise, creditors back AAX restructure
AirAsia Group shareholders voted on November 11 in favour of a cash call to raise up to MYR1,024,058,370 ringgit (USD245.9… Read More »
LATAM Airlines Group draws $200mn from new lenders
The LATAM Airlines Group has announced a new disbursement of USD200 million under its Debtor-in-Possession (DIP) Credit Agreement. According to… Read More »