Korea’s Eastar Jet sold to property and golf course manager
Eastar Jet (ESR, Seoul Gimpo), whose revenue once reached KRW500 billion won (USD440 million), is expected to be sold to… Read More »
Vietnam Airlines on verge of bankruptcy, ministry warns
Vietnam Airlines (VN, Hanoi) is on the verge of bankruptcy, the country’s Ministry of Planning and Investment has warned, as… Read More »
Ryanair adds first B737 MAX 8-200
Ryanair Holdings has taken delivery of its first, and the world’s first, B737-8-200. The first of 210 of the type… Read More »
US DOT fines Air Canada $25mn for “extreme” refund delays
The United States Department of Transportation (DOT) has filed a formal complaint with an unspecified administrative law judge to enforce… Read More »
Wizz Air to open seasonal Naples, Italy base in late 3Q21
Wizz Air (W6, Budapest) will open a base at Naples Capodichino Airport later this summer, deploying two A321-200Ns to the… Read More »
Ryanair opens Turin, Italy base
Ryanair (FR, Dublin Int’l) has opened a base at Turin Caselle Airport with two B737-800s deployed to the northwestern Italian… Read More »
Italy’s AlisCargo eyes launch with B777 makeshift freighters
AlisCargo is preparing to launch as a cargo specialist based out of Milan Malpensa and will initially deploy two B777-200(ER)s… Read More »
Iberia to expand Barcelona MRO base
Iberia Maintenance, a subsidiary of Iberia, has announced it will expand its maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) facilities at Barcelona… Read More »
Post Stobart Air, Estonia’s Nordica eyes Irish PSO routes
Nordica (ND, Tallinn Lennart Meri) has approached the Irish Department of Transport over the potential takeover of a public service… Read More »
Switzerland’s Helvetic Airways to open Basel base in 3Q21
Helvetic Airways (2L, Zurich) will station two of its Embraer E-Jets at Basel/Mulhouse/Freiburg, CH from July 10, 2021, for new… Read More »
EU, US agree to end Airbus/Boeing subsidy dispute
Nearly 17 years after Washington DC filed the first complaint with the World Trade Organisation (WTO), the United States and… Read More »
Missouri’s GoJet Airlines to open Richmond, VA base
GoJet Airlines (G7, St. Louis Lambert Int’l) has announced it will expand its US East Coast operations by adding a… Read More »
Mayotte’s EWA Air resumes flights to the Comoros
EWA Air (ZD, Dzaoudzi) has resumed flights between Mayotte and other islands in the Comorian archipelago following the re-opening of… Read More »
Kenya reopens airspace to Somalia
Ending a month-long feud, Kenya has re-opened its airspace for flights to/from Somalia in what Uhuru Kenyatta’s government has termed… Read More »
PIA postpones scenic mountain flights due to bad weather
PIA – Pakistan International Airlines (PK, Islamabad Quaid-e-Azam Int’l) has postponed the launch of scenic flights over the mountainous northern… Read More »
Denmark’s Global Reach Aviation adds first CRJ900
Global Reach Aviation (Billund) has secured its first CRJ900, an aircraft nearly double the capacity of the virtual business charter… Read More »
Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe to see maiden inc’l ops in 1Q22
Victoria Falls International Airport, located in northwestern Zimbabwe, will see its first scheduled intercontinental passenger flights next year after EW… Read More »
Air Canada recalls 2,600 staff
Air Canada (AC, Montréal Trudeau) is recalling more than 2,600 employees as it prepares for an increase in scheduled flights,… Read More »
Philippine Airlines mulls $505mn survival plan – report
PAL – Philippine Airlines (PR, Manila Ninoy Aquino Int’l) has confirmed to Forbes Asia that it is working on a… Read More »
Eurowings to open Prague base in 4Q21
Eurowings (EW, Düsseldorf Int’l) is continuing its strategy of expanding beyond its core German-speaking markets and will open a base… Read More »
Jet2 to raise another £537mn as UK travel ban persists
Jet2 (LS, Leeds/Bradford) parent Jet2 plc has moved to bolster its balance sheet by GBP537.4 million pounds (USD756 million) as… Read More »
Ex-CEO of Russia’s VIM Airlines sentenced but released
Alexander Kochnev, a former chief executive of VIM Airlines (NN, Moscow Domodedovo), has been sentenced at a court in Moscow… Read More »
Vertical Aviation gains eVTOL orders from American, Avolon
Electric Vertical Take-off and Landing (eVTOL) start-up Vertical Aviation (MDB, San Antonio Int’l) has secured two major, albeit tentative, orders;… Read More »
Air New Zealand opens Brisbane base for Norfolk Island ops
Air New Zealand (NZ, Auckland Int’l) will establish a temporary pilot and crew base in Brisbane Int’l, Australia until November… Read More »
Air Canada outlines freighter network plans
Air Canada (AC, Montréal Trudeau) has outlined initial network plans for its forthcoming B767-300(ERBDSF)s, its first dedicated freighters due to… Read More »
Ravn Alaska, Airflow ink deal for 50 eSTOL aircraft
Ravn Alaska (7H, Anchorage Ted Stevens) has signed a letter of intent to purchase 50 electric-powered short take-off and landing… Read More »