LATAM requests further $500mn from DIP loan facility
LATAM Airlines Group has requested a second disbursement of USD500 million from the DIP credit agreement it maintains with its… Read More »
Spain’s World2Fly takes first A350-900
World2Fly (Spain) (WFL, Palma de Mallorca) has taken delivery of the first of its two A350-900s on dry-lease from Air… Read More »
UK gov’t invites bids for London-US slots starting in S22
The Mazars law firm, acting as a monitoring trustee on behalf of the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), has… Read More »
FedEx Express retires world’s last MD-10-10(F)
FedEx Express (FX, Memphis Int’l) retired its last, and also the world’s last, MD-10-10(F) on June 4, 2021. N562FE (msn… Read More »
EU court orders re-evaluation of aid for Germany’s Condor
The General Court of the European Union annulled, on June 9, the European Commission’s approval of EUR550 million euro (USD670… Read More »
Kenya Airways turns to consultants again
Kenya Airways (KQ, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta) has appointed Steer Group to guide it on the most viable turnaround strategy in… Read More »
Qantas workforce infiltrated by organised crime
Qantas (QF, Sydney Kingsford Smith) has labelled as “disturbing” an Australian news report claiming the airline has been infiltrated by… Read More »
Southwest Airlines bumps B737 MAX 7 order book
Southwest Airlines (WN, Dallas Love Field) has firmed thirty-four B737-7 options, with deliveries scheduled for 2022. The low-cost carrier said… Read More »
Brazil’s Azul proposes bond issue of up to $500mn
Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras (AD, Sao Paulo Viracopos) is planning to issue up to USD500 million worth of five-year to… Read More »
Luxaviation, Lilium plan commercial electrical jetliner ops
Luxembourg-based Luxaviation (LXA, Luxembourg) is to support German electrical jet builder Lilium GmbH in establishing commercial electrical vertical take-off-and-landing operations… Read More »
Lufthansa Consulting to advise Sudan Airways
Lufthansa Consulting has confirmed it is in talks with the Sudanese government over a role in restructuring state-owned Sudan Airways… Read More »
Ryanair may delay B737 MAX induction
Ryanair (FR, Dublin Int’l) is considering deferring the delivery of its B737-8-200s until after the Summer 2021 season to avoid… Read More »
Denmark’s Star Air to add freighter capacity
Maersk-owned cargo carrier Star Air (Denmark) (SRR, Copenhagen Kastrup) is looking to expand its capacity by one or two aircraft,… Read More »
United Airlines to debut B737 MAX 8 ops in early 3Q21
United Airlines (UA, Chicago O’Hare) has scheduled its B737-8 commercial debut for July 15, 2021, although it has yet to… Read More »
American to deploy A321neo(XLR)s on transatlantic routes
American Airlines (AA, Dallas/Fort Worth) intends to deploy incoming A321-200NX(XLR)s on transatlantic routes from Philadelphia Int’l, and possibly also from… Read More »
Ryanair to appeal if Italy channels state funding to ITA
Ryanair (FR, Dublin Int’l) will lodge an appeal in the European courts against the EUR3 billion euros (USD3.65 billion) in… Read More »
Garuda Indonesia early terminates B737 leases
Garuda Indonesia (GA, Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta) will return two of its B737-800s to one of its lessors before the period of… Read More »
Hong Kong Airlines mulls job cuts, A330-only fleet
Following reports earlier in the week that it would do so, Hong Kong Airlines (HX, Hong Kong Int’l) told employees… Read More »
Cathay Pacific given extra year to tap $1bn gov’t loan
Hong Kong’s government has agreed to give Cathay Pacific (CX, Hong Kong Int’l) an extension on the drawdown period for… Read More »
ASEAN, EU agree on first bloc-to-bloc air transport accord
Unlimited flying between Southeast Asia and Europe will become possible following the conclusion of negotiations on the world’s first bloc-to-bloc… Read More »
Berlin may participate in Lufthansa capital increase
The German government is considering participating in a planned EUR3 billion euro (USD3.6 billion) capital increase at Lufthansa (LH, Frankfurt… Read More »
Russia releases Ariana Afghan’s B737 after 100 days
An Ariana Afghan Airlines (FG, Kabul) B737-400, impounded for 100 days at Moscow Sheremetyevo, has returned to Kabul after it… Read More »
Regulator extends Korean Air-Asiana merger approval deadline
Asiana Airlines (OZ, Seoul Incheon) and Korean Air (KE, Seoul Incheon) have already said they will fully unite later than… Read More »
London confirms revocation of flybe’s operating licence
United Kingdom Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has confirmed an earlier decision of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) revoking flybe.’s operating… Read More »
Mongolia reopens for international flights
Mongolia, which has been closed for more than a year due to COVID-19, has reopened for approved scheduled international flights… Read More »
Spain’s Volotea opens Lyon, France base
Volotea (V7, Asturias) has stationed an A319-100 at its new Lyon St. Exupéry base, its sixth in France. By the second half of 2021, the airline… Read More »