Ex-Estonian Air flight crew drop Nordica lawsuit
A five-year legal dispute between Estonian flag carrier Nordica (ND, Tallinn Lennart Meri) and a group of former employees at… Read More »
Another company hunts Air India assets to seize
Three shareholders in Bangalore-based tech firm Devas Multimedia Pvt Ltd are looking for ways to seize Air India (AI, Mumbai… Read More »
Chengdu Tianfu, China opens to commercial traffic
China’s latest mega airport, the long-awaited Chengdu Tianfu in Sichuan Province, has officially opened for domestic commercial operations and is… Read More »
Brussels Airlines to add A320neo in 2023
Brussels Airlines (SN, Brussels National) has announced the addition of three A320-200Ns in 2023 to replace some of its A319-100s… Read More »
UK’s Loganair returns to international market
Loganair (LM, Glasgow Int’l) has announced its return to the international flying with scheduled services between Aberdeen Dyce and Dublin… Read More »
Pretoria sticks to its guns in spat with US over Delta
The South African government is sticking to its guns in denying Delta Air Lines (DL, Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson) co-terminalisation rights… Read More »
India’s SpiceJet explores fresh capital raise
SpiceJet (SG, Delhi Int’l) is exploring ways to raise more capital through the issuance of shares or a debt instrument,… Read More »
Air Berlin administrator to sue Deutsche Börse over €498mn
The insolvency administrator for Air Berlin (AB, Berlin Tegel) is preparing to sue Clearstream Banking AG, a Luxembourg-based subsidiary of… Read More »
New Zealand permits B737 MAX operations once more
The Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand has re-certified two of five Fiji Airways’ B737-8s, paving the way for the… Read More »
FAA slows B777X certification is now set for 1Q 2024
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has formally denied Boeing (BOE, Chicago O’Hare) permission to move forward in certifying its… Read More »
US’s Kalitta Air secures two more B777-300 freighters
Kalitta Air (K4, Detroit Willow Run) has agreed to lease two more B777-300(ER)(SF)s from GECAS bringing its overall backlog for… Read More »
Royal Brunei Airlines converts A320neo into a preighter
Royal Brunei Airlines (BI, Bandar Seri Begawan) has announced it has converted one of its seven A320-200Ns into a makeshift… Read More »
Amaszonas calls on Bolivian airlines to unite
Sergio de Urioste, founder and president of Amaszonas (Z8, La Paz El Alto), has urged the Bolivian government to work… Read More »
Suriname’s Fly All Ways eyes US charters
Fly All Ways Airlines (8W, Paramaribo Int’l) has applied for an exemption and a foreign air carrier permit (FACP) to… Read More »
United Airlines orders 200 B737 MAX, 70 A321neo
United Airlines (UA, Chicago O’Hare) has placed its largest-ever single order for narrowbody aircraft, signing up for a total of… Read More »
Russia’s Nordwind Airlines adds first A330-300
Nordwind Airlines (N4, Moscow Sheremetyevo) took delivery of its first A330-300 on June 22, 2021, and deployed it into revenue… Read More »
Gov’t passes law that releases funds for Mango
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed off a new law that is to release urgently-needed state funds for its… Read More »
Kenya Airways urges government to fast-track nationalisation
The Board of Kenya Airways (KQ, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta) has urged the country’s National Assembly to fast track the nationalisation… Read More »
Most HK Airlines staff laid off or take severe pay cuts
Hong Kong Airlines (HX, Hong Kong Int’l) has laid off almost two-thirds of its workforce in the wake of severe… Read More »
Ottawa grants Sunwing C$100mn loan for COVID refunds
The Canadian federal government will lend CAD100 million Canadian dollars (USD81.2 million) to Sunwing Airlines (WG, Toronto Pearson) parent Sunwing… Read More »
Air France-KLM raises €800mn in bond issue
Air France-KLM has managed to raise EUR800 million euros (USD954 million) in additional capital through the issuance of new bonds…. Read More »
Iceland’s PLAY raises $274mn in IPO
Icelandic budget start-up PLAY (OG, Reykjavik Keflavik) has raised ISK33.8 billion krónur (USD274 million) in fresh capital from about 4,600… Read More »
US’s Envoy Air takes first E170
Envoy Air (MQ, Dallas/Fort Worth) has taken delivery of its first E170, N761RW (msn 17000296), although the aircraft remains in… Read More »
CAL to restructure ops in Trinidad & Tobago, Jamaica
The announced restructuring of Caribbean Airlines (BW, Port of Spain) will affect its operations in both Trinidad & Tobago, and… Read More »
Czechia’s Smartwings files MAX lawsuit against Boeing
Smartwings (Czechia) (QS, Prague Václav Havel) has filed a lawsuit against Boeing (BOE, Chicago O’Hare) for the damage done to… Read More »
Australia’s Maroomba Airlines to add maiden Q300
Maroomba Airlines (Perth Int’l) is set to add its first DHC-8-Q300, ch-aviation research has revealed. At 18.7 years old, OY-CJY… Read More »