Zimbabwe’s Fly City Air targets 3Q21 launch
Zimbabwean startup Fly City Air (Harare Int’l) is set to introduce its first scheduled flight on September 9, 2021, between… Read More »
South Korea’s Jin Air plans $157.5mn recapitalisation
Jin Air (LJ, Jeju) will strengthen its capital by an additional KRW183.4 billion won (USD157.5 million) by issuing both new… Read More »
Denmark’s Star Air settles on B767 freighter for growth
Star Air (Denmark) (SRR, Copenhagen Kastrup) has secured a B767-200 freighter from Air Transport Services Group with service-entry set for… Read More »
American invests in hubs, hires thousands as travel rebounds
American Airlines (AA, Dallas/Fort Worth) continues to invest in its hubs and plans to bring back thousands of employees and… Read More »
India’s SpiceJet to pursue separate AOC for cargo unit
India’s Minister of Civil Aviation VK Singh has said that SpiceXpress & Logistics, the cargo division of SpiceJet (SG, Delhi… Read More »
Avianca files restructuring plan with US bankruptcy court
Avianca Holdings has announced that its board of directors approved the filing of its restructuring plan at the Bankruptcy Court… Read More »
Commercial flights to Afghanistan suspended
Foreign airlines have suspended commercial flights to Afghanistan following a take-over by Taliban forces. A NATO official at Kabul, the… Read More »
Allegiant to open new bases in Michigan and Wisconsin
Allegiant Air (G4, Las Vegas McCarran) will establish two new aircraft and crew bases in Michigan and Wisconsin during the… Read More »
Australia’s Rex to stand-down workers
Rex – Regional Express (ZL, Wagga Wagga) has announced it will be forced to temporarily stand down employees because the… Read More »
Kenya Airways partners with Embraer on eVTOL air taxi
Fahari Aviation, a subsidiary of Kenya Airways (KQ, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta), signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Eve Urban Air… Read More »
Tata, Singapore Airlines pump $100mn into India’s Vistara
For the fifth time in the space of 16 months, Vistara (UK, Delhi Int’l) has received fresh equity from its… Read More »
Hungary’s Wizz Air to shutter bases in Dortmund and Riga
Wizz Air (W6, Budapest) has informed its staff in Dortmund in an email seen by local media, and has confirmed… Read More »
Canada’s Treq receives C$3.5mn state loan for launch
Nascent low-cost carrier Treq has received a new shot in the arm with a CAD3.5 million Canadian dollar (USD2.7 million)… Read More »
SAA welcomes back A320s, unions fight Mango court ruling
South African Airways (SA, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) welcomed back two of its A320-200s which arrived at Johannesburg O.R. Tambo on… Read More »
UK’s Oryx Jet demands £5mn compensation from Icelandair
British virtual VIP charter specialist Oryx Jet (London Luton) has demanded that Icelandair (FI, Reykjavik Keflavik) pay GBP5 million pounds… Read More »
Alaska’s Hageland Aviation Services to be sold
US supply chain solutions provider Ascent Global Logistics is trying to sell its holding of defunct Alaskan regional carrier Hageland… Read More »
US’s Mesa Airlines eyes 2022 debut for EU subsidiary
Mesa Air Group is planning to launch its European Union-based subsidiary, a joint venture with UK-based Gramercy Associates, in 2022… Read More »
Canada’s Iskwew Air launches scheduled services
Iskwew Air (Vancouver Int’l) – Canada’s only indigenous female-founded airline – launches its first scheduled service on August 16 with… Read More »
Republic of Gambia sells VIP Il-62M to Belarus
The Republic of Gambia (Banjul) has sold its only Il-62M, formerly used for government flights, to Belarus’s Rada Airlines (RDA,… Read More »
Vietravel Airlines asks for $44mn state loan
Nguyễn Quốc Kỳ, chairman of Vietravel Airlines (VU, Hue Phu Bai Int’l) and president of its tour operator parent Vietravel,… Read More »
Gov’t seeks foreign JV partner to rescue Maldivian
The Government of the Maldives is seeking a foreign partner to form a joint venture with state-owned Maldivian (Q2, Malé)… Read More »
Canada’s Cargojet Airways acquires 25% stake in 21 Air
Cargojet Airways (W8, Hamilton, ON) has announced the acquisition of a 25% stake in North Carolina’s 21 Air (2I, Greensboro)… Read More »
India’s Akasa Air eyes up to 100 B737 Max
Akasa Air has received its no-objection certificate from India’s Ministry of Civil Aviation, has hired more veterans from defunct carrier… Read More »
Norse Atlantic Airways unveils more plans, destinations
Norse Atlantic Airways anticipates that all 15 of its leased B787s (twelve B787-9s and three B787-8s) will be in operation… Read More »
Contour Airlines pitched for AEAS contract at Greenville, MS
Contour Airlines (LF, Tupelo) has been put forward to replace Boutique Air (4B, San Francisco, CA) as the essential air… Read More »
US brokerage sues Italy’s EGO Airways for $250k
Aircraft broker and asset manager Air Exchange says it is seeking damages in excess of USD250,000 against Italy’s EGO Airways… Read More »