Korean Air to float “green” bonds to fund B787 purchase
Korean Air (KE, Seoul Incheon) will issue “green” bonds as part of its KRW200 billion won (USD176 million) corporate debenture… Read More »
FedEx firms up twenty B767 freighter options
FedEx Express (FX, Memphis Int’l) firmed up twenty B767-300F options with Boeing (BOE, Chicago O’Hare) on June 22 bringing its… Read More »
Ryanair acquires easyJet’s winter slots at Stansted
Ryanair (FR, Dublin Int’l) has acquired 296 weekly slots at London Stansted from easyJet (U2, London Luton) for the Winter… Read More »
Indonesia’s Super Air Jet secures AOC
Super Air Jet (IU) has completed its AOC certification drive, the Indonesian civil aviation authority (Direktur Jenderal Perhubungan Udara –… Read More »
Lufthansa to reactivate A340-600s due to premium demand
Lufthansa (LH, Frankfurt Int’l) has announced it will reactivate part of its mothballed A340-600 fleet in 2022 due to a… Read More »
Bain Capital to acquire 16% stake in Icelandair
Bain Capital is to acquire a 16% stake in the Icelandair Group by buying new shares for ISKL8 billion krona… Read More »
Greece’s SKY Express starts Heraklion hub operations
SKY Express (Greece) (GQ, Heraklion) has started hub operations at its Heraklion base with the addition of new direct flights… Read More »
Air Chathams continues Norfolk Island service despite curb
Newly relaunched Air Chathams flights between New Zealand and Norfolk Island, a tiny Australian external territory in the South Pacific… Read More »
Bahrain’s Gulf Air targets more 5th freedom flying
Gulf Air (GF, Bahrain Int’l) has begun targetting more foreign point-to-point flights in a departure from its hub-and-spoke strategy and… Read More »
Austrian Airlines ends makeshift freighter operations
Austrian Airlines (OS, Vienna) has announced that after 15 months of makeshift freighter operations, it will have returned its two… Read More »
Switzerland’s Helvetic Airways secures first E195-E2
Helvetic Airways (2L, Zurich) took delivery of its first brand new E195-E2 from Embraer with the aircraft arriving in Zurich… Read More »
Pressure mounts on UK to lift travel curbs
Legal action against the UK government’s COVID-19 travel curbs is gaining momentum with the country’s biggest tour operator, TUI Group… Read More »
Finnair, Juneyao Air finalise JBA talks
Finnair (AY, Helsinki Vantaa) and Juneyao Air (HO, Shanghai Hongqiao) have entered into a joint business agreement covering services between… Read More »
Court extends Aeroméxico recovery plan deadline to late 3Q21
The US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York has allowed Grupo Aeroméxico an extension of 75 more… Read More »
Belarus shuts airspace to flights from Ukrainian territory
Belarus’ president, Alexander Lukashenko, has denounced Ukraine for joining the European Union in closing its airspace to Belarussian aircraft and… Read More »
Washington retaliates against SAA over Delta ruling
In a retaliatory move, the US Department of Transportation (DOT) has tentatively denied South African Airways (SA, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo)… Read More »
Air India has until early 3Q21 to challenge Cairn
Air India (AI, Mumbai Int’l) has until mid-July to challenge a lawsuit filed by British oil and gas exploration and… Read More »
Aer Lingus needs millions in extra liquidity says new boss
Aer Lingus (EI, Dublin Int’l) needs several hundred million euros in additional liquidity due to continuous disruptions caused by the… Read More »
Canada’s WestJet to start B737 freighter ops in 2Q22
WestJet (WS, Calgary) is set to venture into the freighter segment with the induction of its first B737-800(BCF) set for… Read More »
UK’s ZFG Air eyes cargo flights from Newcastle
ZFG Air plans to establish an air cargo hub at Newcastle, GB airport in the north of England, initially using… Read More »
Indian court approves Jet Airways resolution plan
The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), on June 22, 2021, approved the resolution plan for the revival of Jet Airways… Read More »
Falcon Air to serve remote Zimbabwean tourist spots
State-owned charter carrier Falcon Air (Zimbabwe) (Harare Charles Prince) has introduced flights to Hwange National Park, located in northwestern Zimbabwe,… Read More »
Caribbean Air to cut fleet, network in streamlining strategy
Caribbean Airlines (BW, Port of Spain) will reduce its fleet and route network over the course of the year as… Read More »
Laotian carriers resume domestic flights
Lao Airlines (QV, Vientiane) has announced it will resume domestic flights under strict Covid-19 safety measures from June 25, 2021…. Read More »
Indian Air Force confirms plans to acquire Air India A320s
The Indian Air Force (IFC, Delhi Int’l) plans to significantly expand its airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) capabilities through… Read More »
British Airways reviewing London Gatwick operations
British Airways (BA, London Heathrow) says it will continue to operate most of its short-haul flights from London Heathrow until… Read More »