Ryanair to open Newcastle, UK base in late 1Q22
Ryanair (FR, Dublin Int’l) has announced it will position two aircraft at a new base in Newcastle, GB for Summer… Read More »
Hawaii’s Wing Spirit faces fraud lawsuits as it liquidates
Hawaiian business charter specialist Wing Spirit (Honolulu) has been sued for allegedly defrauding “tens of millions of dollars” from the… Read More »
easyJet undergoes capital restructure review
easyJet (U2, London Luton) is undergoing a capital restructure review amid growing market speculation that it is planning a GBP500m… Read More »
US’s Connect Airlines secures first Dash 8-400s
US start-up Waltzing Matilda Aviation (New Bedford), the production carrier for the Connect Airlines brand, has announced it has leased… Read More »
Austrian axes another 500 jobs after €95mn mid-year loss
Austrian Airlines (OS, Vienna) will axe another 500 jobs, downsizing by 20%, following a mid-year loss of EUR95 million euros… Read More »
Florida’s GLOBALX completes certification drive, to launch
The US Department of Transportation issued a certificate of public convenience and necessity for interstate charter flights to Florida’s GLOBALX… Read More »
Creditors approve Nok Air’s rehabilitation plan
A committee of creditors has approved Nok Air’s proposed rehabilitation plan and decided not to appoint its own administrators but… Read More »
India’s Akasa Air to start ops by YE21 after ministry nod
Akasa Air, the Indian low-cost carrier planned by billionaire investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala and a number of executives from other Indian… Read More »
Canada’s OWG plots international growth
Quebec-based OWG (Montréal Trudeau) has been granted licenses to operate large gauge scheduled international services between Canada and the Dominican… Read More »
Antigua’s Wadadli Cargo rebrands as Island Cargo
Wadadli Cargo (Antigua) has rebranded as Island Cargo ahead of its launch as it now wants to connect not just… Read More »
Filipino carriers restrict Manila capacity due to lockdown
Philippine Airlines (PR, Manila Ninoy Aquino Int’l), Cebu Pacific Air (5J, Manila Ninoy Aquino Int’l), and Philippines AirAsia (Z2, Manila… Read More »
Lithuania’s Heston Airlines signs for three A330s
Heston Airlines (HST, Vilnius) has signed an agreement with Avolon for the lease of three A330-200s, with the first unit… Read More »
Brazil’s GOL bumps B737 MAX order by 28 units
GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes (G3, Sao Paulo Congonhas) has announced an order for an incremental twenty-eight B737-8s with deliveries due… Read More »
DHL Express orders 12 electric freighters from Eviation
DHL Express has announced an order for twelve fully electric Alice eCargo aircraft manufactured by Israeli-American start-up Eviation, due for… Read More »
Sterling Airways, Alaska Seaplanes form JV to serve Unalaska
Wexford Capital, the parent of Sterling Airways (Jacksonville Craig, FL), has announced that it will form a joint venture with… Read More »
Qantas temporarily stands-down 2,500 employees
Although no job losses are expected, about 2,500 Qantas and Jetstar Airways frontline employees will be temporarily stood down without… Read More »
Air Transat resumes commercial flights after Canada re-opens
Air Transat (TS, Montréal Trudeau) has resumed domestic and international commercial flights following a six-month hiatus due to COVID-19 travel… Read More »
Competition watchdog again rejects PNG Air, Link PNG merger
Papua New Guinea’s competition watchdog has put a stop to a proposed merger between fellow domestic carriers Link PNG (Port… Read More »
Aer Lingus, Emerald Airlines announce regional partnership
Aer Lingus (EI, Dublin Int’l) has announced it has entered into a franchise agreement with Emerald Airlines (Ireland), which will… Read More »
Garuda Indonesia agrees early return of nine B737s to lessor
AerCap has terminated its bankruptcy lawsuit against Garuda Indonesia (GA, Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta), following the signing of a global side letter… Read More »
Indonesia’s Lion Air to furlough 8,000 employees
Indonesia’s Lion Air Group will furlough between 25% and 35% of its 23,000 employees because of continued disruption to travel… Read More »
South African Airways resecures its AOC ahead of restart
The South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) has confirmed it has re-issued an Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC) to South African… Read More »
RoyalJet Bermuda receives AOC
RoyalJet Bermuda (Bermuda), a subsidiary of United Arab Emirates’ business charter specialist Royal Jet (ROJ, Abu Dhabi Int’l), has obtained… Read More »
Air Tanzania wants fleet ownership change, debt clearing
Air Tanzania (TC, Dar es Salaam) managing director Ladislaus Matindi has spoken out about the state-owned airline’s fleet ownership structure,… Read More »
Brazil’s Azul joins the eVTOL bandwagon with Lilium deal
Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras (AD, Sao Paulo Viracopos) has signed a tentative order for 220 Lilium electric vertical-take-off-and-landing (eVTOL) aircraft… Read More »
Aer Lingus, Emerald Airlines to announce regional contract
Aer Lingus and Emerald Airlines (Ireland) are in the final stages of negotiations that should see the start-up appointed as… Read More »