Bourse limits trading in Vietnam Airlines due to losses
Shares in Vietnam Airlines (VN, Hanoi) will only be traded in afternoon sessions from November 3, as the Ho Chi… Read More »
Norse Atlantic Airways taps Fort Lauderdale for US HQ
Norwegian startup Norse Atlantic Airways (Oslo Gardermoen) has announced the establishment of its US head office at Fort Lauderdale Executive… Read More »
Khartoum, Sudan reopens following military coup
Khartoum airport reopened on Wednesday afternoon (October 27) after Sudan’s Civil Aviation Authority cancelled an earlier NOTAM according to which… Read More »
Anglesey, UK only scheduled route under review
The Welsh government is reviewing a subsidised service between RAF Valley, the Royal Air Force (RAF) station on the island… Read More »
US court postpones decision on Avianca’s restructuring plan
A court decision on the bankruptcy exit plan of Avianca Holdings has been postponed pending the receipt of additional documentation,… Read More »
Air Tanzania told to repay illegal state bailout
Air Tanzania (TC, Dar es Salaam) will have to repay TZS896 billion shillings (USD388.8 million) illegally received from government coffers… Read More »
Italy’s Blue Panorama suspends flight operations
Blue Panorama Airlines (BV, Rome Fiumicino) suspended flight operations on October 26, a joint note from the Uiltrasporti, Filt Cgil,… Read More »
Flybe names CEO ahead of launch, may face cash claims
Flybe. (2021) has appointed Dave Pflieger as its new chief executive, to “lead our new airline as it gets ready… Read More »
Suva okays $51mn top-up loans, ups Fiji Airways ownership
Fiji’s Parliament has approved an FJD106.4 million Fiji dollar (USD51.3 million) increase of existing government guarantees on Fiji Airways (FJ,… Read More »
GLOBALX-affiliated vehicle files for $200mn IPO
Talon 1 Acquisition, a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC), or “blank check company,” created earlier this year by AVi8 Air… Read More »
Southwest Airlines orders 16 Boeing 737-7 MAXs
Southwest Airlines has firmed a total of sixteen Boeing 737-7 MAX options in two batches of eight units, one in… Read More »
Bahrain’s MENA Cargo Airlines completes certification
MENA Cargo Airlines (Bahrain Int’l) has been awarded an Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC) by the Bahraini Ministry of Transportation and… Read More »
US’s Avelo Airlines changes legal name
Avelo Airlines (XP, Burbank) says it is in the process of changing its legal name – TEM Enterprises, Inc. –… Read More »
Colombia’s Avianca Airlines chooses Boeing 787s over Airbus A330s
Avianca Holdings has selected B787-8s as its only widebody aircraft type going forward as it prepares to emerge from Chapter… Read More »
Air Calédonie flights suspended over COVID health pass
Air Calédonie (TY, Nouméa Magenta) has suspended all commercial scheduled flights until November 7, 2021, as ordered by a government… Read More »
Estonia to separate Nordica, Xfly under new holdco
Nordica (ND, Tallinn Lennart Meri) and two affiliates Transpordi Varahaldus, a lessor and maintenance company, and Regional Jet, an ACMI… Read More »
interCaribbean Airways adds maiden ATR42-500
interCaribbean Airways (JY, Providenciales) has taken delivery of its maiden ATR42-500 as it seeks to expand its regional network. VQ-THM… Read More »
Romania’s Carpatair to induct maiden A319 in 4Q21
Carpatair (V3, Timisoara) plans to induct its recently acquired A319-100 into service by the end of 2021, Romania’s BoardingPass.ro has… Read More »
Tata enters into share purchase agreement for Air India
A little over two weeks after the government of India chose conglomerate Tata Group to acquire Air India (AI, Mumbai… Read More »
Romania’s Blue Air suffers UK listing setback
Blue Air (Romania)’s efforts to go public on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) have suffered a blow after it failed… Read More »
Creditors of China’s HNA Group approve restructuring plan
A working group of creditors, investors, and administrators of HNA Group and its related companies have voted to approve the… Read More »
AirAsia renames airline group to set it apart from digital
AirAsia Group has renamed its airline companies’ holdco as AirAsia Aviation Limited as part of a reorganisation designed to create… Read More »