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 »
Malaysia’s My Jet Xpress eyes 737NG, widebody freighters
My Jet Xpress Airlines (N7, Kuala Lumpur Int’l) will acquire two B737-800 freighters and even a widebody transport as it… Read More »
Japan’s ZIPAIR confirms North American debut for late 4Q21
ZIPAIR Tokyo (ZG, Tokyo Narita) will make its intercontinental debut this Christmas (December 25) with 3x weekly flights between Tokyo… Read More »
US’s Indigo Partners orders 255 A321neo Family jets
US-based private equity firm Indigo Partners has placed an order with Airbus (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac) for 255 additional A321-200neo Family… Read More »
Spain’s Binter Canarias orders 4+1 ATR72-600s
Binter Canarias (NT, Las Palmas) has ordered four ATR72-600s from Avions de Transport Régional with an option for a fifth… Read More »
Air Alderney secures AOC, plots 2022 launch
Air Alderney has been granted an Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC) and is planning to launch charter and scheduled services out… Read More »
Pakistan’s Kashmir Air awarded TPRI licence
To promote tourism to the country, the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA) has granted a Tourism, Promotion, and Regional Integration… Read More »
Israir, Arkia secure wet-leased 737 capacity
Smartwings (Czechia) (QS, Prague Václav Havel) has reached agreements wherein it will wet-lease a total of six B737-800s to Israir… Read More »
Future of South Africa’s Mango hangs in balance
The future of stricken state-owned Mango Airlines (JE, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) will be decided at a creditors’ meeting on Monday… Read More »
Canada’s Chrono Jet adds first 737-800
Chrono Jet (MBK, Québec) registered its first B737-800 in the form of C-GCAI (msn 30478) on November 2, 2021, ch-aviation… Read More »
Malta dusts off air taxi service plans to Gozo
The Maltese government is to upgrade an unused heliport on Gozo island in order to facilitate the establishment of an… Read More »
Latvia’s Union Aviation launches business charter operations
Union Aviation (Riga) has been granted an Air Transport Licence (ATL) in Latvia as a new business charter operator, the… Read More »
Samoa Airways needs $2.3mn to certify 737-800
Samoa Airways (OL, Apia Faleolo) needs a further WST6 million tala (USD2.3 million) to complete the necessary airworthiness certification of… Read More »
De Havilland resumes Dash 8-400 completion works
Following a three-month suspension, De Havilland Aircraft of Canada (DHC, Toronto Downsview) has resumed the completion of its remaining DHC-8-Q400s… Read More »
Korea’s Jeju Air targets SE Asia in winter schedules
Having raised about KRW206.6 billion won (USD175 million) in funding through a recent rights issue, Jeju Air (7C, Jeju) is… Read More »
India’s Go First forced to bypass Pakistan on Srinagar route
Go First (G8, Mumbai Int’l) has been forced to add around 30 minutes to the flight time of its operations… Read More »
Italy’s Blue Panorama granted creditor protection
Blue Panorama Airlines (BV, Rome Fiumicino) has been granted protection from creditor claims pending the drafting of an acceptable restructuring… Read More »