Romania’s Tarom retires 737 Classics
Tarom (RO, Bucharest Otopeni) no longer operates any B737 Classic aircraft following the retirement of its remaining active B737-300s. The… Read More »
US’s Silver Airways launches ATR72-500(F)s for Amazon ops
Silver Airways (3M, Fort Lauderdale Int’l) took delivery of its first five dedicated freighters, all ATR72-500(F)s, and began operations on… Read More »
Kenya’s Astral Aviation secures 757 freighters
Astral Aviation (8V, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta) has signed operating leases with US-based Aquila Air Capital for three B757-200(PCF)s, with delivery… Read More »
Tata Sons must take over Air India ops in mid-1Q22 latest
Indian conglomerate Tata Sons must take control and start operating Air India (AI, Mumbai Int’l) at the latest by January… Read More »
Lebanon’s MEA eyes A321neo(XLR) flights to Africa
MEA – Middle East Airlines (ME, Beirut) plans to use its forthcoming A321-200NX(XLR)s on existing and new routes to Africa,… Read More »
Lufthansa raises €1.5bn in third bond sale of 2021
Lufthansa (LH, Frankfurt Int’l) has raised EUR1.5 billion euros (USD1.74 billion) in its third bond sale this year, taking advantage… Read More »
LATAM looks to settle decade-long Colombian Q300 dispute
LATAM Airlines Group has asked the US Bankruptcy Court in New York to approve a USD9.55 million settlement agreement between… Read More »
Air Canada partially reverses A220 order cancellation
Air Canada (AC, Montréal Trudeau) has announced it has reversed its 2020 decision to cancel an order for two A220-300s… Read More »
Ljubljana solicits, rejects offers for new Slovene carrier
Slovenia’s Ministry of Economic Development and Technology received proposals from six airlines to establish a new flag carrier – or… Read More »
Norway’s Flyr to raise $29mn more funding after 3Q21 loss
Flyr (FS, Oslo Gardermoen) earned “significantly lower than expected” revenue during the third quarter and now intends to conduct an… Read More »
Canada’s Pivot Airlines outlines scheduled ops in 1Q22
Pivot Airlines (GGN, Toronto Pearson) will launch scheduled services from Kitchener to Ottawa Int’l and Montréal Trudeau early next year,… Read More »
Malaysia’s SKS Airways to launch in 4Q21
SKS Airways (SJB, Johor Bahru) has said it will launch scheduled operations “sometime in December 2021”, two years later than… Read More »
Viet Nam set to phase in international travel
Viet Nam is to implement a phased resumption of international commercial flights with ten countries greenlighted in the current quarter… Read More »
Bahrain’s MENA Cargo Airlines eyes 737-800 freighters
MENA Cargo Airlines (Bahrain Int’l) plans to add at least three B737-800 freighters over the coming months with the first… Read More »
Nigerian MPs sue Azman Air for $12mn over delayed flight
Azman Air (AZM, Kano) is reportedly in trouble with authorities again after lawmakers filed a NGN5 billion naira (USD12.1 million)… Read More »
British Airways secures union nod for Gatwick subsidiary
British Airways (BA, London Heathrow) will go ahead with plans to set up a London Gatwick-based subsidiary to operate short-haul… Read More »
AirAsia charters 737-800(BCF), eyes A321neo freighters
AirAsia Group has chartered in its first dedicated freighter, a B737-800(BCF) operated by Thailand’s K-Mile Asia (8K, Bangkok Suvarnabhumi), for… Read More »
easyJet to resume German domestic ops in late 4Q21
easyJet Europe (EC, Vienna) is set to re-enter the German domestic market on December 1, 2021, when it will launch… Read More »
Australia’s Pacific Air Express retires only aircraft
Pacific Air Express (Australia) (PE, Brisbane Int’l) has retired its only active aircraft, B757-200(PCF) VH-PQA (msn 22611), and effectively suspended… Read More »
Lufthansa considering A220s, E2s
Lufthansa (LH, Frankfurt Int’l) is looking at the A220 and E2 families as it evaluates options for the renewal of… Read More »
US’s Ravn Alaska changes legal name
Ravn Alaska (7H, Anchorage Ted Stevens) has changed its corporate name from Corvus Airlines, Inc. to Northern Pacific Airways, Inc…. Read More »
Norwegian to lease 13 more 737s, eyes Airbus
As it continues to report “a steady increase in passenger numbers,” Norwegian (DY, Oslo Gardermoen) has resolved to “selectively add… Read More »