Rome urgently tenders for Sardinian PSO to replace Alitalia
The local government of Sardinia, an autonomous region in Italy, has launched an urgent tender to replace Alitalia (AZ, Rome… Read More »
Former PIA chief and other senior officials arrested
Shahnawaz Rehman, a former managing director of PIA – Pakistan International Airlines (PK, Islamabad Quaid-e-Azam Int’l), and Muhammad Amir Memon,… Read More »
Advanced Air secures EAS contract at Merced, CA
Advanced Air (AN, Hawthorne) has secured a four-year contract from the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) to provide Essential… Read More »
American Airlines to turn Seattle into Asian hub
American Airlines (AA, Dallas/Fort Worth) intends to transform Seattle Tacoma Int’l into its gateway for most of its flights to… Read More »
Norse Atlantic Airways outlines initial US plans
Norse Atlantic Airways (Oslo Gardermoen) has applied for a foreign air carrier permit (FACP) and an exemption to launch transatlantic… Read More »
LATAM clinches $750mn additional bankruptcy exit financing
LATAM Airlines Group has announced it has obtained additional financing proposals totalling USD750 million from a group of financiers composed… Read More »
Lithuania’s GetJet secures TUI Baltics charter contract
GetJet Airlines (GW, Vilnius) has signed an agreement with TUI Baltics to operate winter scheduled charters from all three Baltic… Read More »
Haiti’s Sunrise Airways to add an E120
Sunrise Airways (S6, Port au Prince) has announced via social media that it will “soon” add its first EMB-120ER. ZS-KLM… Read More »
US’s Waltzing Matilda clarifies ownership structure
Waltzing Matilda Aviation (MW, New Bedford) has clarified its US ownership structure in a host of supplementing documents filed in… Read More »
American Airlines invests $100mn in clean energy catalyst
American Airlines (AA, Dallas/Fort Worth) is investing USD100 million to become one of seven anchoring partners in Bill Gates’ non-profit… Read More »
Delta Air Lines continues B737 MAX talks
Delta Air Lines (DL, Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson) remains in talks with Boeing concerning a potential B737 MAX order although no… Read More »
Malaysia’s Raya Airways mulling IPO – report
Raya Airways (TH, Kuala Lumpur Subang) is considering an Initial Public Offering (IPO) “soon” to capitalise on a profitable period… Read More »
Vietnam Airlines pleads against stock delisting
Fearful of being delisted from the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange because its accumulated losses have exceeded its charter… Read More »
British Airways scraps Gatwick short-haul subsidiary plans
British Airways (BA, London Heathrow) will suspend short-haul international operations at London Gatwick and has also abandoned plans for a… Read More »
DOT fines United $1.9mn for tarmac delays
United Airlines (UA, Chicago O’Hare) has been fined USD1.9 million for tarmac delays by the United States Department of Transportation… Read More »
Ukraine’s Meridian to acquire B737, B767 freighters
Meridian is planning to acquire B737 and B767 freighters between 2022-2023 according to a United States Department of Transportation (DOT)… Read More »
Greece’s Aegean Airlines accelerates A320neo deliveries
Less than a year after deferring deliveries of some of its firm-ordered A320neo Family aircraft, Greece’s Aegean Airlines (A3, Athens… Read More »
CAA demands PIA’s access to Kuwait, threatens retaliation
The Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA) has warned its Kuwaiti counterpart that it will restrict Kuwait Airways’ and Jazeera Airways’… Read More »
Croatia Airlines, Aegean Airlines talks to resume soon – PM
Negotiations concerning Aegean Airlines’ potential investment in Croatia Airlines will resume in the coming months, Croatian prime minister Andrej Plenković… Read More »
South Korea’s Air Busan raises $193mn in capital increase
Air Busan (BX, Busan) has branded its capital increase a “success” as shareholders such as Asiana Airlines (OZ, Seoul Incheon),… Read More »
JD.com charters B747 for UK-China flights
Chinese e-commerce retailer JD.com has signed a charter agreement with Moldova’s Aerotranscargo (F5, Chisinau) to operate 3x weekly between Hefei… Read More »
Tanzania’s Air Excel resumes Let410 operations
Air Excel (XLL, Arusha) has announced that it has resumed using its only Let 410UVP-E20 for charter operations within Tanzania… Read More »