Viet Nam reopens for limited international travel
Viet Nam will re-open for international commercial air travel in stages from December 15 for travellers from a number of… Read More »
Belarus touts retaliatory sanctions against EU, UK airlines
The Government of Belarus will impose retaliatory sanctions on airlines from the European Union and the United Kingdom in retaliation… Read More »
Philippines AirAsia resumes international flights
Philippines AirAsia (Z2, Manila Ninoy Aquino Int’l) has resumed international flights with an inaugural service to Singapore Changi following a… Read More »
Garuda Indonesia granted creditor protection
Garuda Indonesia (GA, Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta) has been granted protection from creditor claims, with the Central Jakarta Commercial Court giving the… Read More »
US’s Ultimate Air Shuttle suspends flight operations
Ultimate Air Shuttle (UE, Cincinnati Lunken) will suspend scheduled flights from its bases at Cincinnati Lunken and Cleveland Burke Lakefront… Read More »
Air France-KLM mulls shelving planned cap increase
Another tide of government travel restrictions to curb the spread of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, along with potential… Read More »
Gov’t warns Air Tanzania board to stay compliant
The Tanzanian government has warned the new board of Air Tanzania (TC, Dar es Salaam) that it will be monitoring… Read More »
Proflight Zambia adds first CRJ200LR for regional expansion
Proflight Zambia (P0, Lusaka) is doubling its regional capacity with the addition of its first CRJ200LR in mid-December, with operations… Read More »
Ecuador’s Equair adds first aircraft 737-700
Equair (Quito Int’l) took delivery of its first aircraft, a B737-700, on December 4, two weeks ahead of its first… Read More »
Serious drag on Korean Air-Asiana merger, LCCs anxious
The planned merger of Korean Air (KE, Seoul Incheon) and Asiana Airlines (OZ, Seoul Incheon) is likely to take longer… Read More »
Australia’s Bonza will lease eight 737 MAX in first year
Australian low-fare start-up Bonza has announced it will operate up to eight 186-seater B737-8s in its first year of operation,… Read More »
China’s HNA cedes control of Hainan Airlines group to Fangda
Bankrupt Chinese conglomerate HNA Group announced on its WeChat social media channel on December 8 that it had officially handed… Read More »
Acquiring shares in India’s IndiGo Airlines likely to ease
IndiGo Airlines (6E, Delhi Int’l) parent InterGlobe Aviation has summoned its shareholders for an extraordinary general meeting on December 30… Read More »
Greece’s Olympic Air takes first ATR72-600
Olympic Air (OA, Athens Int’l) took delivery of its first ATR72-600 on December 1 as it moves ahead with plans… Read More »
Australia’s Sydney Seaplanes orders 50 eVTOL aircraft
Sydney Seaplanes (Sydney Rose Bay) has placed an order for 50 electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft from Embraer… Read More »
Air Canada takes delivery of first 767 dedicated freighter
Air Canada (AC, Montréal Trudeau) has taken redelivery of C-FPCA (msn 24306), its first B767-300(ER) to have been converted into… Read More »
French Polynesia’s FLY CORALway eyeing A321neo(LR)s
FLY CORALway (Papeete) has changed its fleet plans as it looks towards a postponement of its debut to mid-2022, according… Read More »
Malaysia to boost MASwing’s rural services
The Malaysian Aviation Commission (MAVCOM) is to review the public services obligation agreement (PSO) to improve the current services provided… Read More »
Georgia’s CAMEX Airlines eyes 2H22 cargo market debut
CAMEX Airlines (Tbilisi) has applied to the Georgian Civil Aviation Agency (GCAA) for an air operator’s certificate (AOC) after securing… Read More »
Court allows winding-up order against India’s SpiceJet
Madras High Court has issued a winding up order for SpiceJet (SG, Delhi Int’l) and has appointed an official liquidator… Read More »
Ariana Afghan Airlines issues RFP for a 737-500
Ariana Afghan Airlines (FG, Kabul) has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the purchase of a single B737-500 for… Read More »
Delhi to clear Air India debt, expat CEO to be appointed
Air India (AI, Mumbai Int’l) will repay all of the debt it owes to lessors, airports, fuel suppliers, and banks… Read More »