Bolivia’s Amaszonas sold to US-based NELLA Airlines Inc.
NELLA Airlines Inc., the American parent of Brazilian start-up NELLA Linhas Aéreas (Brasilia), has acquired a 100% stake in Amaszonas… Read More »
Zambia Airways announces late 3Q21 debut
The new Zambia Airways (ZN, Lusaka) is to launch commercial operations on September 30, 2021, according to an announcement by… Read More »
Ravn Alaska adds first Dash 8-300
Ravn Alaska (7H, Anchorage Ted Stevens) has taken delivery of its first DHC-8-300, N151RA (msn 395), as it grows its… Read More »
CNMI’s Marianas Pacific Airlines targets B757s
Start-up Marianas Pacific Airlines (Saipan) plans to launch operations connecting Saipan, the largest island in the Northern Mariana Islands –… Read More »
Nigeria’s Green Africa Airways secures AOC, launches
Nigerian startup Green Africa Airways (Q9, Lagos) has received its Air Operator Certificate (AOC) from the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority… Read More »
Judge unlocks remaining €34mn of Spain’s aid to Plus Ultra
Madrid’s Criminal Court Number 15 (Juzgado de Instrucción Nº 15) investigating the EUR53 million euro (USD62.5 million) Spanish government rescue… Read More »
Utah’s SkyWest Airlines to order 16 new E175s for Delta
SkyWest Airlines (OO, Salt Lake City) has announced that it entered into an agreement with Delta Air Lines (DL, Atlanta… Read More »
Nairobi court dismisses $1bn suit against Bluebird owners
The Kenya High Court in Nairobi has dismissed charges filed by a minority shareholder of Bluebird Aviation (Kenya) (BBZ, Nairobi… Read More »
SA court places Mango in immediate bankruptcy protection
The South African High Court in Johannesburg has issued an urgent order placing state-owned low-cost carrier Mango Airlines (JE, Johannesburg… Read More »
Faroese salmon specialist hunts freighter for new airline
Bakkafrost, the biggest salmon farmer in the Faroe Islands and one of the world’s largest salmon producers, has declared its… Read More »
Titan Airways Malta applies for US traffic rights
Titan Airways Malta (Malta Int’l) is looking to operate in the transatlantic cargo market, its application to the US Department… Read More »
Hong Kong’s Greater Bay Airlines on course for 4Q21 debut
Greater Bay Airlines (HGB, Hong Kong Int’l) hopes to operate its first commercial flight, a charter service from Hong Kong… Read More »
LATAM Airlines Group orders 28 A320neo, cancels A350s
LATAM Airlines Group has placed a tentative order for twenty-eight A320neo Family aircraft directly from Airbus, while at the same… Read More »
easyJet trademark owner settles suit with Colombia’s Easyfly
easyGroup Holdings, the owner of the easyJet and other “Easy” trademarks, has opted to settle an infringement lawsuit it filed… Read More »
Ryanair to close London Southend base in mid-4Q21
Ryanair (FR, Dublin Int’l) will close its base at London Southend with effect from November 1, 2021, the airport’s owner… Read More »
French Bee moves Canadian stopover to Toronto
French Bee (BF, Paris Orly) has announced that all of its flights between Paris Orly and Papeete will operate with… Read More »
AirAsia nets $56.8mn from Fly Leasing-Carlyle merger
AirAsia Group has earned gross proceeds of USD56.83 million from a merger between Irish lessor FLY Leasing and Florida-based aviation… Read More »
Canada’s OWG to add a B737-800 in 2022
OWG (Montréal Trudeau) has taken delivery of its first B737-800 as it prepares for the reopening of international travel from… Read More »
US’s Frontier Airlines to add ten A321s
Frontier Airlines (F9, Denver Int’l) has said in its quarterly financial report that it recently signed commitments with two lessors… Read More »
UK’s Virgin Atlantic looking to go public
Virgin Atlantic (VS, London Heathrow) is planning to go public after its institutional investors responded positively to the management’s overtures…. Read More »
Brussels gives Portugal a month to defend TAP aid
The European Commission (EC) has given Portugal one month to respond to its preliminary findings that the proposed EUR3.2 billion… Read More »
India’s SpiceJet defaults on daily airport fees
SpiceJet (SG, Delhi Int’l) has defaulted on its “cash-and-carry” payments to the Airports Authority of India for at least four… Read More »
Court reserves judgement on Mango bankruptcy protection
A South African High Court judge on Friday, August 6, 2021, reserved judgement in a case in which three labour… Read More »
Hainan Airlines & Co. given to mid-4Q21 to submit draft plan
Six months after they collectively applied for creditor protection, the Hainan High People’s Court has given Hainan Airlines (HU, Haikou)… Read More »
Iraqi Airways suspends flights to Minsk amid migrant crisis
The Ambassador of the European Union to Iraq, Martin Huth, told the Lithuanian newspaper 15min and the news agency Baltic… Read More »
Filipino carriers call for airport fee waiver
Philippine carriers want to meet with the government’s transport agencies next week to seek an extension of the waiver of… Read More »