Kenya’s Astral Aviation eyes West African, inc’l expansion
Kenya’s Astral Aviation (8V, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta) intends to set up a hub in Lomé, Togo in line with plans… Read More »
South Africa’s Mango to enter bankruptcy protection
Mango Airlines (JE, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) – the state-owned low-cost subsidiary of South African Airways (SA, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) –… Read More »
Samoa Airways adds in-house B737-800
Samoa Airways (OL, Apia Faleolo) took delivery of its first in-house narrowbody jet, a B737-800, although it has yet to… Read More »
Sweden’s Amapola Flyg secures Irish PSO contract for Donegal
Amapola Flyg (HP, Stockholm Arlanda) has been awarded the Public Service Obligation (PSO) air services contract for the Dublin Int’l… Read More »
India’s Vistara defers Boeing 787, A320neo deliveries
Vistara (UK, Delhi Int’l) is in the process of deferring the delivery of its outstanding Airbus and Boeing commitments, Chief… Read More »
US’s GLOBALX tentatively granted charter authority
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) is set to grant GLOBALX (GXA, Miami Int’l) authority to conduct charter flights after… Read More »
Canberra criticised for one-sided support of Qantas
Trade unionists and politicians have criticised Canberra for failing to seek a stake in Qantas (QF, Sydney Kingsford Smith) in… Read More »
Australia’s Rex grounds B737s amidst lockdowns
Rex – Regional Express (ZL, Wagga Wagga) has suspended all B737-800 operations for an unspecified period following the reimposition of… Read More »
Mixed reaction to EU’s “Fit for 55” plan
The aviation industry has reacted with qualified criticism to additional cost burdens implied by the European Commission’s “Fit for 55”… Read More »
Avianca Holdings secures $1.6bn financing to exit Chapter 11
Avianca Holdings has secured a USD1.6 billion financing package from both existing and new lenders which will enable the Panamanian… Read More »
Cathay Pacific may close London pilot base
Cathay Pacific (CX, Hong Kong Int’l) has confirmed it is considering closing its London pilot base as many of its… Read More »
DOT set to okay ExpressJet Airlines restart
The United States Department of Transportation (DOT) has issued a show-cause order signalling its intention to allow ExpressJet Airlines (EV,… Read More »
Cayman Airways granted another $8.5mn gov’t lifeline
The Cayman Islands parliament has approved another KYD7 million Caymanian dollar (USD8.5 million) in rescue aid to Cayman Airways (KX,… Read More »
Nigeria’s Cally Air starts commercial operations
Nigerian start-up Cally Air (Calabar) has launched commercial operations between Lagos, Kano, Abuja and Calabar with a B737-300, 5N-BYQ (msn… Read More »
Aeroméxico set to lease twelve B737 MAX from DAE
Aeroméxico (AM, México City Int’l) has signed a letter of intent with DAE Capital to lease twelve B737 MAX with… Read More »
Malaysia’s Kargo Xpress outlines fleet growth plans
Kargo Xpress (KXP) plans to quickly expand its fleet over the coming months with its maiden B737-800 freighters due to… Read More »
Surf Air Mobility to buy, electrify 100+ Cessna C208EXs
Surf Air Mobility, the parent company of membership-based virtual charter carrier Surf Air (URF, Santa Monica), has announced an order… Read More »
Russia’s Aurora inks LOI for eight SuperJets
Aurora (HZ, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk) signed a letter of intent with Irkut for the acquisition of eight SSJ 100/95s during the ongoing… Read More »
Russia’s Vologda Air Enterprise to lease three Il-114s
Vologda Air Enterprise (VGV, Vologda) signed a letter of intent with GTLK – State Transport Leasing for the lease of… Read More »
Russia’s Azimuth confirms A220, SuperJet growth plans
Azimuth (A4, Rostov Platov) has formalised longstanding plans to expand its fleet following the signing of commitments for the A220… Read More »
Indonesia’s Super Air Jet outlines initial network plans
Super Air Jet (IU) President Director Ari Azhari has outlined the nascent budget carrier’s initial network plans which will target… Read More »
easyJet to open Berlin Brandenburg MRO base
easyJet Europe (EC, Vienna) and airport operator Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg GmbH (FBB) have signed a lease agreement to construct a… Read More »
Switzerland’s Chair Airlines adds wet-leased B737
Chair Airlines (GM, Zurich) began wet-leasing a B737-800 from its Polish parent Enter Air (E4, Warsaw Chopin) on July 21,… Read More »
Canada’s WestJet drops talks with Ottawa over COVID relief
WestJet (WS, Calgary) has confirmed it is no longer pursuing Canadian government financial support to help weather the COVID-19 crisis… Read More »
Russia’s Red Wings inks LOI for 25 SuperJets
Red Wings Airlines (WZ, Moscow Domodedovo) has signed a letter of intent for twenty-five more SuperJets from Irkut to add… Read More »
Rossiya to lease 15 high-density SuperJets
Rossiya (FV, St. Petersburg) has secured fifteen SSJ 100/95s for delivery by the end of the year after it signed… Read More »