Latvia’s airBaltic secures approval for €90mn more state aid
Another EUR90 million euros (USD105 million) of Latvian public money has been promised to airBaltic (BT, Riga) to help keep… Read More »
Hong Kong’s Greater Bay Airlines outlines initial network
Greater Bay Airlines (HGB, Hong Kong Int’l) has said on its website that it plans to begin international operations to… Read More »
Denmark’s Alsie Express to launch international flights
Alsie Express (6I, Sønderborg) is set to foray into the international market with plans to launch seasonal scheduled services between… Read More »
Philippines AirAsia to resume international flights by 1Q22
Philippines AirAsia (Z2, Manila Ninoy Aquino Int’l) intends to restart international flights by the first quarter of 2022 after resuming… Read More »
US penalises Chinese carriers in tit-for-tat politics
In tit-for-tat politics, the US Department of Transportation (DOT) is restricting passenger loads on a number of US-bound flights of… Read More »
US’s Spirit Airlines counts the cost of flight cancellations
The cancellation of more than 2,826 flights over an 11-day stretch between July 30 and August 9, 2021, has cost… Read More »
Interpol issues warrant for founder of Mexico’s Interjet
Following the arrest warrant issued in Mexico last month for Interjet (AIJ, Toluca) co-founder Miguel Alemán Magnani, Interpol has now… Read More »
Italy’s ITA secures its OL, AOC
The Italian civil aviation authority (Ente Nazionale per l’Aviazione Civile – ENAC) has granted ITA – Italia Trasporto Aereo (AZ,… Read More »
Switzerland’s Chair Airlines to add first A320 in 4Q21
Chair Airlines (GM, Zurich) has announced it has reached a deal to add its first in-house A320-200 in November 2021… Read More »
UK’s Project Fresson gains momentum
A UK initiative to develop a commercially viable retrofittable green propulsion system for the BN-2 Islander using hydrogen fuel cell… Read More »
China’s Loong Air takes first A321neo
Loong Air (GJ, Hangzhou) took delivery of its first A321-200NX, B-323U (msn 10428), on August 13, 2021. On lease from… Read More »
Aeroméxico to launch transatlantic ops from regions
Starting later this year, Aeroméxico (AM, México City Int’l) will launch its first two transatlantic routes from airports other than… Read More »
Kabul, Afghanistan reopens to limited traffic
Kabul Hamid Karzai International Airport has reopened to limited commercial and military traffic despite being besieged by thousands of Afghans… Read More »
Korea’s Jeju Air to raise $180mn via stock offering
Jeju Air (7C, Jeju) will sell stocks to raise KRW210 billion won (USD180 million), it announced in a stock exchange… Read More »
Uganda Airlines bosses face criminal prosecution
Uganda Airlines (UR, Entebbe/Kampala) former directors and executives have until this week to explain why they should not be prosecuted on allegations… Read More »
Alaska’s Southeast Aviation suspends ops after crash
Three days after the crash of its DHC-2 Beaver in the Alaskan mountains on August 5, 2021, Southeast Aviation (Ketchikan… Read More »
Bulgaria’s GullivAir launches scheduled domestic flights
GullivAir (G2, Sofia) launched its first scheduled route on August 15, 2021, flying daily between Sofia and Burgas. Flightradar24 ADS-B… Read More »
Panama’s Wingo secures AOC but silent about launch
Wingo (Panama) (Panamá City Tocumen Int’l) received its Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC) from the Panamanian civil aviation authority (Autoridad Aeronáutica… Read More »
US’s Avelo Airlines begins B737-700 operations
Avelo Airlines (XP, Burbank) began B737-700 operations on August 11, 2021, following the arrival of its first aircraft of the… Read More »
Condor battles against EW Leisure transatlantic codeshares
Condor (DE, Frankfurt Int’l) is continuing its battle in the United States against an application by Lufthansa Group leisure subsidiary… Read More »
Japan’s ANA reactivates A380s
ANA – All Nippon Airways (NH, Tokyo Haneda) has returned its A380-800s to commercial service after being parked for nearly… Read More »
Air Austral, Corsair moot joint venture in light of Covid
Air Austral (UU, St. Denis de la Réunion) and Corsair International (SS, Paris Orly) have initiated discussions on a joint… Read More »
Virgin Australia stands down staff until early 4Q21
Virgin Australia (VA, Brisbane Int’l) has confirmed it has begun temporarily standing down a varying number of frontline employees until… Read More »
New gov’t may reconsider Samoa Airways’ B737 plans
The newly confirmed government of Samoa is not convinced that adding an in-house B737-800 for Samoa Airways (OL, Apia Faleolo),… Read More »
Air New Zealand again defers capital raise
Air New Zealand (NZ, Auckland Int’l) has again deferred its plans to raise capital, this time until the first quarter… Read More »
Berlin to cut stake in Lufthansa from 20% to 15%
Germany’s Finance Agency (Bundesrepublik Deutschland Finanzagentur – BDF) revealed on August 16 that the stabilisation fund assembled to keep Lufthansa… Read More »