Viet Nam to allow domestic flights to resume
After months of lockdown, Vietnamese airlines will resume domestic services from a number of cities on October 10 in line… Read More »
UK’s Jet2 orders 15 incremental A321neo
Jet2 plc, the parent holding of Jet2 (LS, Leeds/Bradford), has ordered fifteen incremental A321-200Ns, increasing its total order for the… Read More »
Norwegian reopens bases in Norway, to increase fleet
Norwegian (DY, Oslo Gardermoen) has declared that Norway is “opening up” with the government’s recent removal of pandemic control measures… Read More »
Qantas resumes intercontinental flights in mid 4Q21
Qantas (QF, Sydney Kingsford Smith) is bringing forward the restart of its international flights to November 14, 2021, following the… Read More »
Korean Air-Asiana merger may harm competition
Korea’s fair trade chief, Joh Sung-wook, has cast doubt on the planned merger between Korean Air (KE, Seoul Incheon) and… Read More »
AirAsia eyes all-A321neo fleet with order conversion
AirAsia Group has converted its thirteen remaining A320-200N orders into A321-200Ns as it looks to exclusively operate the latter type… Read More »
India’s Jet Airways volte-faces on B777 plans
Contrary to earlier indications that it would abandon the type, Jet Airways (JAI, Mumbai Int’l) is now contemplating reactivating some… Read More »
British Airways to second B777 pilots to Qatar Airways
British Airways (BA, London Heathrow) has notified its B777-rated pilots of a secondment opportunity at Qatar Airways (QR, Doha Hamad… Read More »
Tata to unite Air India, AirAsia India, Vistara – report
Budget airline AirAsia India (I5, Bangalore Int’l) would be united with Air India (AI, Mumbai Int’l) as a single entity… Read More »
Denmark’s DAT set to end all McDonnell Douglas ops
DAT (DX, Kolding) has announced it will retire its last MD-83 by the end of the year, with a farewell… Read More »
Iraq’s Fly Baghdad adds first B737-900
Fly Baghdad (IF, Baghdad) has taken delivery of its first B737-900(ER) following the arrival of OK-FTP (msn 35711) in Baghdad… Read More »
TUI Group ends B757 operations
TUI Airways (BY, London Luton) operated its last commercial B757 flight on October 3, 2021, and will henceforth focus on… Read More »
Qantas issues narrowbody fleet renewal RFP
Qantas Group says it has entered the final stages of a formal tender process with aircraft and engine manufacturers for… Read More »
US-Bangla Airlines to retire all Q400s
US-Bangla Airlines (BS, Dhaka) is planning to retire all three of its DHC-8-Q400s and has appointed ACC Aviation to remarket… Read More »
British Airways, pilots back in talks over Gatwick
British Airways (BA, London Heathrow) may reverse its decision to scrap short-haul flights from London Gatwick, following renewed “constructive” talks… Read More »
Air Seychelles goes into administration
Air Seychelles (HM, Mahé) has announced it is being restructured within the confines of the Indian Ocean archipelago’s bankruptcy protection… Read More »
US-China tensions hit COMAC, Boeing
COMAC (Shanghai Pudong) is struggling to stick to its planned certification timeline for the C919 due to American restrictions on… Read More »
Pakistan’s PIA moves to sell six non-runner A320s
PIA – Pakistan International Airlines (PK, Islamabad Quaid-e-Azam Int’l) has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for the valuation of… Read More »
Spain to acquire three Iberia A330s for MRTT conversion
The Spanish Council of Ministers has authorised the Ministry of Defence to proceed with the purchase of three A330-200s from… Read More »
Korean Air-Asiana merger delayed over competition review
An ongoing review of Korean Air’s proposed merger with Asiana Airlines by competition authorities in South Korea and eight other… Read More »
Thai court okays Nok Air restructuring plan
The Central Bankruptcy Court has approved Nok Air’s restructuring plan as adopted by the majority of its creditors in early… Read More »
Alibaba’s Cainiao buys 15% stake in Air China Cargo
Cainiao, the cash-rich parcel tracking platform of Alibaba Group, has acquired a 15% stake in Air China Cargo (CA, Beijing… Read More »
China’s HNA Group admits to ¥1.1tn debt pile
HNA Group owes CNY1.1 trillion yuan (USD171 billion) to creditors, its court-appointed restructuring chief Gu Gang told a gathering of… Read More »
Finnair raises $400mn through A350 sales/lease-backs
Finnair (AY, Helsinki Vantaa) has raised over USD400 million through a sale-and-leaseback transaction covering four A350-900s. The airline said it… Read More »
Virgin Australia rules out reactivating B777s
Virgin Australia International (VA, Brisbane Int’l) has no plans to reactivate the last two B777-300(ER)s still owned by VB LeaseCo,… Read More »
Tui fly, Ryanair Klagenfurt suits denied, Ryanair to appeal
TUI fly (Germany) (X3, Hanover) and Ryanair (FR, Dublin Int’l) have had respective cases at the European Court of Justice… Read More »