Mammoth Freighters launches B777 conversion programmes
Mammoth Freighters, a company backed by Fortress Investment Group, has officially launched conversion programmes for the B777-200(LR) and the B777-300(ER)… Read More »
Garuda Indonesia loses London case, may get $231m from state
Garuda Indonesia (GA, Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta) is negotiating to receive IDR3.3 trillion rupiah (USD232 million) in state funds in 2022 to… Read More »
Owner of Mexico’s Interjet arrested on fraud charges
Alejandro del Valle, the main shareholder of troubled carrier Interjet (AIJ, Toluca), was detained at the Club de Industriales, an… Read More »
China’s Hainan Airlines choses Liaoning Fangda as investor
Hainan Airlines (HU, Haikou) says it has chosen Liaoning Fangda Group as its proposed strategic equity partner but that only… Read More »
Avianca Holdings warns stock may be made worthless
Avianca Holdings’ share price halved in the space of a week from September 1, the date when the Panamanian holding… Read More »
US’s Spirit Airlines orders ten incremental A321neo
Spirit Airlines (NK, Fort Lauderdale Int’l) has placed an order for ten incremental A321-200Ns with Air Lease Corporation with delivery… Read More »
Defunct Air Namibia owes N$3.5bn to creditors
The liquidators of Air Namibia (SW, Windhoek Int’l) say the defunct state-owned airline’s liabilities total NAD3.5 billion Namibian dollars (USD247.3… Read More »
US’s Frontier Airlines retires last A319
Frontier Airlines (F9, Denver Int’l) retired its last A319-100 on September 8, 2021, thereby transitioning its entire fleet to larger… Read More »
Ariana Afghan Airlines set to resume int’l flights
Ariana Afghan Airlines’s new Taliban-appointed chief executive has told Turkey’s Anadolu news agency that the carrier is striving to restart… Read More »
Viet Nam mulls traffic-light system for domestic resumption
The Civil Aviation Authority of Viet Nam (CAAV) has submitted a draft proposal to the country’s Ministry of Transport classifying… Read More »
Jet Airways relaunch in jeopardy; B777 sold for $9mn
The attempt to rescue and relaunch Jet Airways (JAI, Mumbai Int’l) is likely to be prolonged, or even jeopardised, as… Read More »
Abu Dhabi Aviation submits offer for Falcon Aviation
The Board of Abu Dhabi Aviation (Abu Dhabi Int’l) has decided to send a formal acquisition offer to Falcon Aviation… Read More »
Nok Air resets court hearing as creditors fail to agree
Nok Air (DD, Bangkok Don Mueang) has revealed that the Central Bankruptcy Court in Bangkok held a hearing to consider… Read More »
Hong Kong’s Greater Bay Airlines likely to be delayed
Greater Bay Airlines (HGB, Hong Kong Int’l) is likely to miss its planned 2021 launch as its certification process continues… Read More »
UK’s easyJet spurns Wizz Air offer; to raise $2bn+
easyJet (U2, London Luton) is planning to raise around GBP1.49 billion pounds (USD2.05 billion) in fresh capital after rejecting a… Read More »
Canada’s Cascadia Air expands in British Columbia
Small Canadian commuter startup Cascadia Air (CBF, Penticton) has announced non-stop scheduled flights between Vancouver Int’l and Penticton as it… Read More »
Cairn accepts $1bn offer to drop cases against Air India
With the government of India reportedly sticking to September 15 as its deadline for bids to buy Air India (AI,… Read More »
Suriname’s Gum Air orders one Cessna SkyCourier
Gum Air (GUM, Paramaribo Zorg en Hoop) has ordered a single Cessna 408 SkyCourier from Cessna Aircraft Company/Textron Aviation with… Read More »
Bahamasair allocated another $30mn in state aid
Bahamasair (UP, Nassau Int’l) has been granted USD30 million in state aid for the 2021/2022 fiscal year of which USD20… Read More »
Ryanair calls off Boeing talks over B737 MAX 10 order
Ryanair Holdings has announced it has ended negotiations with Boeing over a potential B737-10 order due to a lack of… Read More »
Air Arabia Group to form a JV in Pakistan, eyes 2022 launch
Air Arabia Group has entered into a joint venture agreement with Pakistani conglomerate Lakson Group to launch a new low-cost… Read More »
Singapore clears B737 MAX ops and Ethiopian reaches settlement
Boeing (BOE, Chicago O’Hare) is two steps closer to putting the B737 MAX grounding saga behind it as the Civil… Read More »
Oman’s SalamAir outlines A321neo deployment plans
SalamAir (OV, Muscat) has outlined its proposed A321-200NX network plans ahead of the upcoming delivery of its first aircraft of… Read More »
Sudan, South Sudan re-open land borders
After a decade of closure, Sudan and South Sudan will re-open their shared land borders from October 1 following an… Read More »
SAS defers remaining A350 deliveries to 2024
SAS Scandinavian Airlines (SK, Copenhagen Kastrup) has deferred the deliveries of its last two A350-900s, originally due in 2022 and… Read More »
Ireland’s Emerald Airlines completes certification
Emerald Airlines (Ireland) – which recently clinched the new Aer Lingus Regional franchise – has announced it has been granted… Read More »