India’s Alliance Air finalises Arunachal Pradesh Do228 plans
Alliance Air (India) (9I, Mumbai Int’l) has finalised plans to lease two Do228s from Hindustan Aeronautics (Bangalore HAL) following the… Read More »
China’s MA700 in jeopardy as Canada blocks PW150C exports
Xian Aircraft Company (Xi’an Yanliang) is facing a potentially insurmountable obstacle with the development of its new clean-sheet turboprop variant,… Read More »
SAA and Kenya Airways moot pan-African airline group
South African Airways (SA, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) and Kenya Airways have announced their intention to form a pan-African airline group… Read More »
Ravn Alaska begins Dash 8-300 ops to Dutch Harbor
Just over a month after taking delivery of its first DHC-8-300, Ravn Alaska (7H, Anchorage Ted Stevens) has now deployed… Read More »
Israeli airlines plead for end to gov’t travel restrictions
In a joint letter to Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett, El Al Israel Airlines, Arkia Israeli Airlines, and Israir have… Read More »
Under new ownership, US’s 21 Air plots cargo sector growth
Following a change in overall ownership, 21 Air (2I, Greensboro) has asked the US Department of Transportation (DOT) to lift… Read More »
Dominican Republic’s flycana to rebrand as Arajet, add MAX
flycana (DW, Santo Domingo Las Américas) will rebrand as Arajet (DW, Santo Domingo Las Américas), the Dominican Republic’s civil aviation… Read More »
Philippines’ Cebu Pacific vows to keep full fleet
Cebu Pacific Air (5J, Manila Ninoy Aquino Int’l) is not planning to retire any of the 73 aircraft operated by… Read More »
Oman Air to seek Oneworld membership
Oman Air (WY, Muscat) has announced plans to join the Oneworld alliance and has approached Qatar Airways to sponsor its… Read More »
Air Europa to furlough 60% of staff, IAG deal in jeopardy
With the Spanish government’s ERTE job retention scheme set to expire in its present form on September 30, Air Europa… Read More »
India’s SpiceJet “wipes out most debts” with cargo sale
SpiceJet (SG, Delhi Int’l) shareholders have approved the transfer of its cargo and logistics business, SpiceXpress and Logistics Private Ltd,… Read More »
FedEx Express expands partnerships with FedEx, DHL Express
FedEx Express (FX, Memphis Int’l) has entered into a long-term agreement with Atlas Air (5Y, New York JFK) to wet-lease… Read More »
Afghan carriers resume flights; foreign operators cautious
The Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA) has given Kam Air (RQ, Kabul) the greenlight to start commercial flights to Islamabad… Read More »
La Palma, Spain partially reopens amid volcanic eruption
Santa Cruz de La Palma Airport has partially reopened to traffic amid the ongoing eruption of the Cumbre Vieja volcano… Read More »
Volaris El Salvador begins commercial flight operations
Volaris El Salvador (VOS, San Salvador Int’l) launched commercial flight operations on September 15, 2021, using its first A320-200N transferred… Read More »
Bangladesh’s Fly Dhaka, Air Astra begin certification
Fly Dhaka, a Bangladeshi start-up, applied for a no-objection certificate (NOC) from the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh as it… Read More »
Cambodia’s Sky Angkor readies to resume int’l flights
Sky Angkor Airlines (ZA, Phnom Penh) is ready to transport South Korean and Chinese tourists to the Kingdom once the… Read More »
Czechia’s Smartwings to open Canary Islands base
Smartwings (Czechia) (QS, Prague Václav Havel) has secured charter contracts for the Winter 2021/22 season for services connecting Las Palmas… Read More »
Haji-Ioannou snubs easyJet rights issue
The biggest shareholder of easyJet (U2, London Luton), the family of founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou, has decided not to participate in… Read More »
El Al fires back at gov’t, demands $100mn compensation
El Al Israel Airlines (LY, Tel Aviv Ben Gurion) has responded to the letter Israel’s Ministry of Finance sent to… Read More »
Pakistan CAA threatens PIA over $758mn in unpaid debts
The Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA) has issued a notice to flag carrier PIA – Pakistan International Airlines (PK, Islamabad… Read More »
Thai Lion Air resurrects A330neo operational plans
Thai Lion Air (SL, Bangkok Don Mueang) has again taken delivery of an A330-900, indicating its plan to resume the… Read More »