Brazil’s GOL resumes US flights in mid-2Q22
GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes (G3, Sao Paulo Congonhas) is to resume flights to the United States in May 2022. Departing… Read More »
Lufthansa joins 777X freighter talks
Lufthansa (LH, Frankfurt Int’l) has confirmed it is in talks with Boeing concerning the as-yet unconfirmed B777X freighter, fueling speculation… Read More »
EgyptAir puts all nine E170s up for sale
EgyptAir Holding has put all nine of its mothballed ERJ 170-100LRs up for sale via public auction with bids due… Read More »
Viet Nam’s Bamboo Airways to list in Hanoi and US in 2022
Bamboo Airways (QH, Hanoi) is working on a plan to list on the Unlisted Public Company Market (UPCoM) on the… Read More »
Delhi court upholds Air India PSS tender decision
The High Court of Delhi has dismissed an appeal from Sabre Airline Solutions to set aside a decision at Air… Read More »
Tour operator parent pumps $26mn into Vietravel Airlines
The parent company of Vietravel Airlines (VU, Hue Phu Bai Int’l), Vietnam Travel & Marketing Transports JSC, has approved ploughing… Read More »
Israel hands El Al another $30m, loans to Arkia, Israir
Israel’s government approved on November 21 additional financial aid for its beleaguered airlines not exceeding USD44 million. The state will… Read More »
Virgin Atlantic in talks over £400mn fundraising
Virgin Atlantic (VS, London Heathrow) is in talks with shareholders about a new capital injection of around GBP400 million pounds… Read More »
Air Canada cancels state aid as financial position improves
Air Canada (AC, Montréal Trudeau) has withdrawn from further government financial support citing improved liquidity of CAD14.4 billion Canadian dollars… Read More »
Uzbekistan Airways acquires PC-12s
Uzbekistan Airways (HY, Tashkent Islam Karimov) says it has acquired its first PC-12 as part of plans to enter the… Read More »
Caribbean Airlines takes first 737 MAX 8
Caribbean Airlines (BW, Port of Spain) took delivery of its first B737-8 on November 17, 2021, and plans to induct… Read More »
South Sudan bans Let 410 UVPs, restricts Antonov ops
The South Sudanese Civil Aviation Authority (SSCAA) has ordered the grounding of all An-24s, An-26s, An-30s, BAe 748s, and Let… Read More »
US’s Northern Aviation Services eyes 737 Classic renewal
Northern Aviation Services, the owner of Alaska’s Northern Air Cargo (NC, Anchorage Ted Stevens), Hawaii’s Aloha Air Cargo (KH, Honolulu),… Read More »
UK’s flyPOP subleases first A330 to Hi Fly Malta for cargo
flyPOP (London Stansted) has subleased its first aircraft, a makeshift A330-300 freighter, to Hi Fly Malta (HFM, Malta Int’l) which… Read More »
Panama’s Copa Airlines accelerates 737 MAX deliveries
Copa Airlines (CM, Panamá City Tocumen Int’l) has announced in its quarterly earnings report that it has agreed with Boeing… Read More »
US’s iAero Airways looks to remove fleet cap and eyes 767s
iAero Airways (SWQ, Greensboro) has revealed plans to induct widebody jets as part of a petition to the US Department… Read More »
France’s CMA CGM confirms AOC application, orders A350Fs
CMA CGM, the France-based shipping giant, has confirmed its CMA CGM Air Cargo subsidiary is currently pursuing an air operator’s… Read More »
Croatia’s ETF Airways on war path with Bremen Airport
ETF Airways (LI, Zagreb) is threatening to sue Bremen Hans Koschnick Airport over EUR1 million euros (USD1.1 million) worth of… Read More »
Qatar Airways mulls Boeing 777X offer, hopes for 2023 deliveries
Qatar Airways (QR, Doha Hamad Int’l) expects to take delivery of its first B777-9 in the second half of 2023… Read More »
US’s Atlas Air, Southern Air complete move to a single AOC
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings has announced it has completed the integration of Atlas Air (5Y, New York JFK) and Southern… Read More »
Lufthansa leases flight training fleet and school to United
United Aviate Academy, the wholly-owned flight training school of United Airlines (UA, Chicago O’Hare), is to lease a training fleet… Read More »
India’s Air Mauryan selected for Goa-based seaplane ops
Another seaplane project is in the pipeline in India, this time driven by the Goa Tourism Development Corporation, which has… Read More »