UK’s AirTanker set for shareholder shake-up – report
Rolls-Royce and Babcock International are reportedly planning to sell their stakes in British strategic airlift and aerial refuelling operator AirTanker… Read More »
Aer Lingus transfers its remaining A350 orders
Aer Lingus (EI, Dublin Int’l) has transferred its five remaining orders for A350-900s from Airbus to another undisclosed customer and… Read More »
Provisional thumbs down for Link PNG, PNG Air merger
A proposed Joint Operating Agreement between Papa New Guinea’s Link PNG (Port Moresby) and fellow domestic carrier PNG Air (CG,… Read More »
Volaris El Salvador debut mooted for late 3Q21
Mexican ultra-low-cost carrier Volaris (Y4, Toluca) has ambitious growth plans, including the launch of a long-planned subsidiary in El Salvador… Read More »
My Indo Airlines sues Garuda Indonesia over alleged debts
My Indo Airlines (2Y, Jakarta Halim) has sued Garuda Indonesia (GA, Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta) for allegedly failing to pay a debt… Read More »
Philippines AirAsia to revive Clark hub in 4Q21
Philippines AirAsia (Z2, Manila Ninoy Aquino Int’l) plans to strategically restore its hub at Clark International Airport, northwest of the… Read More »
Air Canada seeks new loans in $5.3bn debt refinancing
Air Canada (AC, Montréal Trudeau) has announced a USD5.35 billion refinancing of its debt, which will include obtaining two senior… Read More »
Korea’s Air Busan to raise $217mn in issue; trading resumes
Air Busan (BX, Busan) plans to conduct a large-scale capital increase in the second half of the year, selling stocks… Read More »
EC reaffirms €1.2bn TAP state aid, reviews restructuring aid
TAP Air Portugal (TP, Lisbon) will not have to repay EUR1.2 billion euros (USD1.4 billion) in emergency state rescue aid… Read More »
Saudi Arabia’s flyadeal starts A320neo deliveries
flyadeal (F3, Jeddah) took delivery of its first A320-200N on direct order from Airbus (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac) on July 15,… Read More »
Canada Jetlines in C$5mn placement; GLOBALX inks A320 leases
Canada Jetlines, formerly known as Jetlines (CJL, Vancouver Int’l), intends to undertake a non-brokered private placement to raise up to… Read More »
Malta Air takes first B737-8-200
Malta Air (AL, Malta Int’l) took delivery of its first B737-8-200 on July 14, 2021, debuting an individual branding that… Read More »
SpiceJet owner prepares $1bn for Air India bid
Ajay Singh, chairman, managing director, and majority owner of loss-making low-cost carrier SpiceJet (SG, Delhi Int’l), is putting together a… Read More »
Port Said, Egypt resumes commercial passenger operations
Port Said Airport, the aerodrome that serves the city of Port Said, Egypt, at the north end of the Suez… Read More »
Lufthansa stays mum on alleged talks over stake in TAP
Lufthansa (LH, Frankfurt Int’l) has declined to comment on Portuguese media reports, quoting Portugal’s President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, that… Read More »
South Korea’s Air Premia secures AOC
Air Premia (APZ, Seoul Incheon) received its Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC) from the Korean Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport… Read More »
FAA grounds Transair Hawaii over safety concerns
Having investigated the company’s safety practices for months, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has grounded cargo carrier Rhoades Aviation… Read More »
India’s TruJet seeks new investors as Interups drags feet
TruJet (2T, Hyderabad Int’l) is scouting the market for new investors to help it meet urgent financial obligations as US-based… Read More »
Malaysia Airlines issues RFP for sale of six A380-800s
Malaysia Airlines (MH, Kuala Lumpur Int’l) has issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) soliciting bids for the sale of six… Read More »
Alitalia successor ITA to start ops in early 4Q21
The negotiations between ITA – Italia Trasporto Aereo (AZ, Rome Fiumicino) and the European Union on replacing state-owned Alitalia (AZ,… Read More »
Wizz Air postpones base opening in Cardiff, UK, to 2022
Wizz Air UK (W9, London Luton) has confirmed to ch-aviation it has postponed the opening of its new Cardiff base… Read More »
UK’s Titan Airways to add first A330 freighter
Titan Airways (ZT, London Stansted) is poised to add its first widebody freighter, an A330-300(P2F), for CMI operations for an… Read More »
Brussels approves $346mn Swedish-Danish aid package to SAS
The European Commission has given its blessing to a Swedish and Danish aid measure of SEK3 billion kronor (USD346 million)… Read More »
Dominican Republic’s Sky Cana charters ATR72-200(F)
Sky Cana (Santo Domingo Las Américas) has chartered its first dedicated freighter, an ATR72-200(F) from fellow Dominican carrier Air Century… Read More »
New York’s Atlas Air concludes B767-200(BDSF) ops
Atlas Air (5Y, New York JFK) ended B767-200(BDSF) operations on June 11, 2021, having transferred the last of its units… Read More »
Court rules against Ryanair in Austrian Airlines aid case
The Luxembourg-based European General Court has dismissed a complaint Ryanair (FR, Dublin Int’l) brought against the European Commission’s approval of… Read More »