Alaska’s Servant Air loses interstate certification again
For the second time in as many years, the United States Department of Transport (DoT) has revoked Alaska’s Servant Air… Read More »
Malawi Airlines to resume full operations after bail-out
Malawi Airlines (3W, Lilongwe) has announced the resumption of full network operations effective mid-June 2021 after its shareholders – the… Read More »
Philippine Airlines seeking to raise $500mn – report
As speculation intensifies that PAL Holdings may be about to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States,… Read More »
Wizz Air challenges Romanian state aid to Tarom, Blue Air
Wizz Air (W6, Budapest) has filed a complaint at the General Court of the European Union against the European Commission… Read More »
Mexico’s Mas Air to lease A330-300(P2F)s
Mas Air (M7, México City Int’l) is set to diversify its fleet further, having signed a commitment for two A330-300(P2F)s… Read More »
AirAsia X makes staff cuts, eyes late 3Q21 resumption
As it posted a ballooning loss for the first quarter of 2021 on May 20, AirAsia X (D7, Kuala Lumpur… Read More »
Iberojet Portugal takes first A330-900
Iberojet Portugal, formerly known as Orbest (Portugal) (6O, Lisbon), began the commercial operation of its first A330-900 on May 23,… Read More »
Garuda Indonesia considers halving fleet
Garuda Indonesia (GA, Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta) is contemplating a significant fleet reduction as a cornerstone of its post-COVID restructuring strategy, which… Read More »
Norwegian raises new capital in “oversubscribed” measures
Norwegian (DY, Oslo Gardermoen) expects to exit its restructuring process this week once it completes the raising of NOK6 billion… Read More »
US supersonic jet project Aerion closes shop
Boeing-backed supersonic aircraft manufacturer Aerion (Reno/Tahoe) has ceased operations after failing to secure new capital in the current economic environment,… Read More »
EU set to ban Belarus carriers after forced diversion
Following a meeting on May 24, 2021, the European Council has resolved to ban all Belarus airlines from landing in… Read More »
Russia’s Atran to double B737-800(BCF) fleet
Atran (V8, Moscow Vnukovo) has dry-leased two more B737-800(BCF)s from GECAS, adding the pair already delivered to the Russian cargo… Read More »
Abuja moots Nigeria Air debut in late 1Q22
The launch of Nigeria Air (Lagos), the nation’s new national carrier, has been postponed to the first quarter of 2022… Read More »
South Sudan CAA grounds An-26s after incident
The South Sudan Civil Aviation Authority (SSCAA) has grounded all privately-owned An-26s in South Sudan until further notice after one… Read More »
US’s Breeze Airways details launch network
Breeze Airways (MXY, Salt Lake City) has outlined its initial route network ahead of its now fixed May 27 debut…. Read More »
China Southern Air Cargo set to secure OL
China Southern Air Cargo (CZ, Guangzhou) is set to be granted an operator’s licence by the Civil Aviation Administration of… Read More »
China’s AJ Group enters race for HNA Group assets
Shanghai-based wealth and asset management firm AJ Group has been revealed as one of the investors in a consortium that… Read More »
Sri Lanka closes int’l airports for inbound flights
Sri Lanka closed its international airports for passenger arrivals for ten days from midnight on May 21 to control the… Read More »
Japan Airlines mulls $92mn bond sale in late 2Q21
JAL – Japan Airlines (JL, Tokyo Haneda) is planning a yen bond sale next month, unnamed sources told Bloomberg News…. Read More »
Largest private shareholder halves stake in Lufthansa
KB Holding GmbH, the investment vehicle for the Thiele family, said it sold over a half of its shares in… Read More »
Ryanair seeks €1.2bn in Eurobonds, looks to retire A320s
Ryanair Holdings has issued five-year Eurobonds seeking to raise EUR1.2 billion euros (USD1.45 billion) as it gears up for the… Read More »
Bahrain’s Gulf Air pushes back Airbus, Boeing deliveries
Gulf Air (GF, Bahrain Int’l) has agreed with both Airbus and Boeing to defer deliveries of unspecified aircraft originally due… Read More »
Kuwait’s Jazeera shareholders okay $66.4mn capital increase
Shareholders of Kuwait’s Jazeera Airways (J9, Kuwait) have approved a 10% capital increase from KWD20 million dinars (USD66.4 million) to… Read More »
Bulgaria’s Electra Airways returns last B737-400
Electra Airways (EAF, Sofia) has returned its only, and long inactive, B737-400, Skyliner Aviation has reported. LZ-EBA (msn 28723) was… Read More »
Florida’s GLOBALX signs for five A321(P2F)s
GLOBALX (GXA, Miami Int’l) has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with ST Engineering and its in-house leasing arm Aviation… Read More »
European court rules rescue of Spain’s Air Europa was legal
The General Court of the European Union has ruled that the EUR475 million euros (USD578.8 million) in Spanish government loans… Read More »