Avianca confirms UK shift after court accepts exit plan
Avianca Holdings will restructure into a new company named Avianca Group International Limited (Avianca Group) incorporated in the United Kingdom… Read More »
Japan Airlines foresees end to cash burn, $1.3bn loss
As it posted a JPY151.8 billion yen (USD1.35 billion) EBIT loss for the first half of its 2021-22 financial year,… Read More »
FedEx Express to establish Dubai World hub
FedEx Express (FX, Memphis Int’l) is to build a new regional hub at Dubai South, the logistics district located close… Read More »
AHL makes mandatory offer for Air Mauritius shares
Mauritius’s state-controlled Airport Holdings Ltd (AHL) – the largest shareholder of Air Mauritius (MK, Mauritius) – has announced that, as… Read More »
Lagos court orders First Nation boss to stand trial on fraud
The Special Offences Court in Ikeja, Lagos has ordered First Nation Airways (FRN, Lagos) chairman and chief executive Kayode Odukoya… Read More »
Bangladesh’s Air Astra secures its NOC
Air Astra says it has received its no-objection certificate (NOC) from the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) on November… Read More »
ATSG to convert four owned 767-300(ER)s
Air Transport Services Group has placed an order with Boeing for the conversion of four B767-300(ER)s owned by the holding… Read More »
Kenya set to auction off 73 derelict aircraft
The Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) has announced the public auction later this month of 73 derelict aircraft abandoned at various… Read More »
Brazil’s Azul readies bid for entire LATAM group
Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras (AD, Sao Paulo Viracopos) “would buy the entire asset” of bankrupt LATAM Airlines Group, not just… Read More »
India’s Vistara eyes London-Newark flights
Having secured its US Foreign Air Carrier Permit (FACP) in late August, India’s Vistara (UK, Delhi Int’l) has now disclosed… Read More »
Etihad to switch Moscow airport after Aeroflot code-share
Etihad Airways (EY, Abu Dhabi Int’l) has announced it will move its services to Moscow from Moscow Domodedovo to Moscow… Read More »
Botswana’s Mack Air eyes Cessna SkyCourier 408s
Botswana’s Mack Air is in talks with Textron Aviation about its new twin utility turboprop, the Cessna 408 SkyCourier, currently… Read More »
Cayman Airways ends 737 Classic operations
Cayman Airways (KX, Grand Cayman Island) has transitioned to an all-B737 MAX fleet following the retirement of its last B737… Read More »
FlyWestair rebrands as FlyNamibia
FlyWestair (WV, Windhoek Eros) has rebranded to FlyNamibia effective from November 2, 2021, to “better reflect its role as a… Read More »
Ryanair on war path with Lisbon over Morocco flights
Ryanair (FR, Dublin Int’l) has accused the Portuguese Ministry of Infrastructure and the country’s civil aviation authority (Autoridade Nacional da… Read More »
Denmark’s Star Air to add five freighters including 777s
Star Air (Denmark) (SRR, Copenhagen Kastrup) will induct five additional freighters over the next three years, parent firm Maersk has… Read More »
Hawaiian Airlines puts ATR fleet up for sale
Hawaiian Airlines (HA, Honolulu) has put its now decommissioned fleet of Avions de Transport Régional turboprops up for sale after… Read More »
British Airways secures another £1bn UKEF-backed facility
British Airways (BA, London Heathrow) has reached an agreement with UK Export Finance (UKEF) and a syndicate of banks for… Read More »
Saudia disposes of its two 747-8 freighters
Saudia (SV, Jeddah) has disposed of its two B747-8(F)s following their sale to AFG Aviation Ireland, a wholly owned subsidiary… Read More »
South Africa’s Mango should be privatised
The administrator of Mango Airlines (JE, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) has proposed that the South African Airways subsidiary be sold off… Read More »
Ryanair set to delist from LSE
Ryanair Holdings is set to delist from the London Stock Exchange (LSE) citing diminishing interest in its shares from UK… Read More »
Malaysia’s AirAsia X labelled a distressed firm
AirAsia X (D7, Kuala Lumpur Int’l) risks being delisted from the Malaysian stock exchange after being categorized as a financially… Read More »