PW4000-powered B777-200s unlikely to fly before 2022
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is unlikely to recertify Pratt & Whitney PW4000-powered B777s for revenue operations before early… Read More »
SAA privatisation deal at an advanced stage
A deal that will see the South African government give up majority shareholding in South African Airways (SA, Johannesburg O.R…. Read More »
Thailand resumes domestic flights
The Thai Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration has announced that interprovincial travel in the country, including to and from the… Read More »
Kenya Airways to call for yet another gov’t bailout
Kenya Airways (KQ, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta) needs continued government support as it remains in a “precarious financial position” with recovery… Read More »
Australia’s Rex defers B737-800 deliveries due to lockdowns
Rex – Regional Express (ZL, Wagga Wagga) is no longer planning to add a further four B737-800s in 2021 but… Read More »
Nigeria’s Cally Air at risk of grounding
Virtual startup Cally Air (Calabar) is at risk of being grounded barely a month after it started operating with its… Read More »
UK’s Jet2 orders 36+24 A321neo
Jet2 plc has entered into an agreement with Airbus (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac) for the purchase of thirty-six A321-200Ns with options… Read More »
Gov’t reassures Air Seychelles ahead of liquidation hearing
The Seychellois government has given its assurances that it will support flag carrier Air Seychelles (HM, Mahé) which is facing… Read More »
India’s Vistara gets thumbs-up for US flights
Vistara (UK, Delhi Int’l) has been granted a Foreign Air Carrier Permit (FACP) by the US Department of Transportation (DOT)… Read More »
Zhangjiajie Hehua, China reopens to traffic after lockdown
Dayong Zhangjiajie Hehua International Airport, the second largest airfield in South Central China’s Hunan Province after Changsha Huanghua, has reopened… Read More »
Malaysia’s Firefly to resume B737 ops in 1Q22
Firefly (FY, Penang) is planning to restart B737-800 operations in early 2022 as its parent holding Malaysia Aviation Group anticipates… Read More »
FlyArmenia Airways rebrands as Hayways
FlyArmenia Airways (FBB, Yerevan) has rebranded as Hayways (Yerevan) to reflect its “new strategy and development policies”, the carrier said…. Read More »
Nepal Airlines finalises sale of last Boeing 757
Nepal Airlines (RA, Kathmandu) has concluded the sale of its only B757-200(C) to US-based CSDS Asset Management after over 18… Read More »
Namibia pays $109mn for early termination of A330 leases
Namibia has disclosed it paid NAD1.6 billion Namibian dollars (USD109.5 million) to Castlelake to terminate the lease contracts of two… Read More »
Lithuania pushes for EU ban on Belavia leases
The Government of Lithuania is lobbying in the European Union to ban bloc-based lessors from dealing with Belavia (B2, Minsk… Read More »
Indian regulator gives GoAir greenlight for IPO
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has given Go Airlines (India) Private Limited t/a Go First (G8, Mumbai… Read More »
Tropical storm Ida grounds dozens of flights at US airports
Flights at several airports on the US Gulf Coast were cancelled or disrupted over the weekend with many remaining cancelled… Read More »
EU court to hear Ryanair action on aid to Aegean Airlines
The Court of Justice of the European Union’s Luxembourg-based General Court has said it will hear a review, initiated by… Read More »
Nigeria’s Azman Air begins commercial A340 operations
Azman Air (AZM, Kano) has deployed its sole widebody aircraft, an A340-600, into commercial service after completing its type certification… Read More »
Ryanair accuses TAP of blocking Lisbon slots
Ryanair (FR, Dublin Int’l) continues its campaign against state protection of TAP Air Portugal (TP, Lisbon) with group chief executive… Read More »
UK’s Bristow Group eyes 50 eSTOL aircraft
Helicopter specialist Bristow Group has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with start-up Electra.aero to jointly develop and potentially induct up… Read More »
Uzbekistan Airways unveils new budget carrier brand
Uzbekistan Airways (HY, Tashkent Islam Karimov) has detailed further plans for its new low-cost division, known as Uzbekistan Express (HY,… Read More »
Flight caterer sues India’s SpiceJet over alleged debt
SpiceJet (SG, Delhi Int’l) is facing yet another court case over alleged unpaid debts, this time as SkyGourmet, one of… Read More »
Vietnam Airlines seeks investors for Pacific Airlines unit
Vietnam Airlines (VN, Hanoi) has begun hunting for investors for its Pacific Airlines (BL, Ho Chi Minh City) subsidiary, as… Read More »
Virgin Australia secures eight more B737NGs on lease
Virgin Australia (VA, Brisbane Int’l) has signed lease commitments for a further nine B737-800s with deliveries due between October 2021… Read More »
British Airways touts LCC unit for Gatwick shorthaul ops
British Airways (BA, London Heathrow) has mooted the establishment of a new subsidiary to operate short-haul flights from London Gatwick from the summer of… Read More »