Etihad to switch Moscow airport after Aeroflot code-share
Etihad Airways (EY, Abu Dhabi Int’l) has announced it will move its services to Moscow from Moscow Domodedovo to Moscow… Read More »
Botswana’s Mack Air eyes Cessna SkyCourier 408s
Botswana’s Mack Air is in talks with Textron Aviation about its new twin utility turboprop, the Cessna 408 SkyCourier, currently… Read More »
Cayman Airways ends 737 Classic operations
Cayman Airways (KX, Grand Cayman Island) has transitioned to an all-B737 MAX fleet following the retirement of its last B737… Read More »
FlyWestair rebrands as FlyNamibia
FlyWestair (WV, Windhoek Eros) has rebranded to FlyNamibia effective from November 2, 2021, to “better reflect its role as a… Read More »
Ryanair on war path with Lisbon over Morocco flights
Ryanair (FR, Dublin Int’l) has accused the Portuguese Ministry of Infrastructure and the country’s civil aviation authority (Autoridade Nacional da… Read More »
Denmark’s Star Air to add five freighters including 777s
Star Air (Denmark) (SRR, Copenhagen Kastrup) will induct five additional freighters over the next three years, parent firm Maersk has… Read More »
Hawaiian Airlines puts ATR fleet up for sale
Hawaiian Airlines (HA, Honolulu) has put its now decommissioned fleet of Avions de Transport Régional turboprops up for sale after… Read More »
British Airways secures another £1bn UKEF-backed facility
British Airways (BA, London Heathrow) has reached an agreement with UK Export Finance (UKEF) and a syndicate of banks for… Read More »
Saudia disposes of its two 747-8 freighters
Saudia (SV, Jeddah) has disposed of its two B747-8(F)s following their sale to AFG Aviation Ireland, a wholly owned subsidiary… Read More »
South Africa’s Mango should be privatised
The administrator of Mango Airlines (JE, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) has proposed that the South African Airways subsidiary be sold off… Read More »
Ryanair set to delist from LSE
Ryanair Holdings is set to delist from the London Stock Exchange (LSE) citing diminishing interest in its shares from UK… Read More »
Malaysia’s AirAsia X labelled a distressed firm
AirAsia X (D7, Kuala Lumpur Int’l) risks being delisted from the Malaysian stock exchange after being categorized as a financially… Read More »
Portugal’s euroAtlantic partners Bahrain’s MENA Cargo
euroAtlantic Airways (YU, Lisbon) has signed a strategic partnership agreement with MENA Cargo Airlines (Bahrain Int’l) parent firm MENA Cargo… Read More »
Senegal’s Transair wet-leasing a 737
Transair (Senegal) (R2, Dakar Blaise Diagne Int’l) has wet-leased a B737-500 from Blue Air (Romania) (0B, Bucharest Otopeni), the Senegalese… Read More »
UK to halve domestic APD in 2023, add ultra-longhaul rate
The United Kingdom plans to amend its much criticised Air Passenger Duty tax starting in April 2023 by cutting rates… Read More »
Italy’s ITA Airways accedes to SkyTeam alliance
ITA Airways (AZ, Milan Linate) has acceded to Oneworld replacing the now defunct Alitalia (AZ, Rome Fiumicino) which ceased operations… Read More »
Air Congo to debut with 10 aircraft in late 4Q21
Air Congo – the new joint venture between Ethiopian Airlines and the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)… Read More »
Japan’s ANA Holdings to cut 9,000 staff on weak recovery
ANA Holdings has unveiled plans to cut its workforce by about 9,000 employees through March 2026 after it was forced… Read More »
India’s Alliance Air seeks two ATR42-600s for dry lease
Alliance Air (India) (9I, Mumbai Int’l) has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the dry lease of two new… Read More »
Lucio Tan injects $505mn into Philippine Airlines
Buona Sorte Holdings Inc. (BSHI), an investment holding company owned by billionaire Lucio Tan, has acquired 10.2 billion new shares… Read More »
Court accepts LATAM rescue-plan extension to mid-4Q21
LATAM Airlines Group has reported that the extension it requested until November 26 to present its restructuring plan to the… Read More »
Chinese court greenlights HNA Group’s restructuring plan
Hainan Airlines Holding is set to proceed with its restructuring and creditor repayment plan after the Hainan Provincial Higher People’s… Read More »
SAS in talks with unions amid “fight for survival”
In his first interview with Danish media since becoming chief executive of SAS Scandinavian Airlines (SK, Copenhagen Kastrup) this summer,… Read More »
Malta’s Airhub Airlines inducts first A340
Four months after taking delivery of its first A340-300, Airhub Airlines (GJM, Malta Int’l) has completed the conversion of the… Read More »
IAG offers concessions for Air Europa, Brussels dallies
Brussels has further extended its “in-depth investigation” of IAG International Airlines Group’s EUR500 million euro (USD583 million) bid to buy… Read More »
South Korea’s Air Incheon retires last 737 Classic
Air Incheon (KJ, Seoul Incheon) has transitioned to an all-B737NG fleet following the retirement of its last B737-400(SF) in late… Read More »