Caribbean Airlines pitches voluntary retirements
After instituting furloughs and wage reductions, Caribbean Airlines (BW, Port of Spain) (CAL) now wants to reduce staff through voluntary… Read More »
Viet Nam proposes airfare cap removal
The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam has proposed removing a cap for airfares on domestic routes operated by the country’s… Read More »
Malta’s Freebird Airlines Europe opens Cologne-Bonn base
Freebird Airlines Europe (FHM, Malta Int’l) has stationed a single A320-200 at a new base at Cologne/Bonn, from where it… Read More »
North Carolina’s 21 Air adds first B767-200(BDSF) for DHL
21 Air (2I, Greensboro) has added its first B767-200(BDSF) under a CMI deal with DHL Express, Cargo Facts has reported…. Read More »
Canada’s Air Transat reacts to Péladeau’s withdrawal
Tour operator Transat AT has been caught off-guard by the public announcement on May 14 of media mogul Pierre Karl… Read More »
Cargojet mulls job shift to US over new Canadian rest rules
Most pilots at Canada’s Cargojet Airways (W8, Hamilton, ON) have voted against the carrier’s bid for an exemption from new… Read More »
India’s Vistara receives further $63.5mn boost to finances
In the fourth capital injection in Vistara (UK, Delhi Int’l) since April 2020 to bolster its finances amid the Covid-19… Read More »
British energy firm sues Air India to enforce $1.2bn award
In the latest twist in a long-running corporate tax case between the Indian government and Cairn Energy over a USD1.2… Read More »
Korea’s Eastar Jet stalks new investor, launches auction
Eastar Jet (ESR, Seoul Gimpo) announced on Monday, May 17, that it had launched an open auction to find an… Read More »
Florida’s Amerijet International eyes Boeing 757s, more 767s
Amerijet International (M6, Fort Lauderdale Int’l) is planning to significantly expand its fleet by the end of 2022 through the… Read More »
Mokulele Airlines to deploy B1900s on Hawaii island service
Mokulele Airlines (MHO, Kona) – through its parent company Southern Airways Express (9X, Memphis Int’l) – has announced it will… Read More »
France’s CMA CGM Air Cargo expands into Asian markets
CMA CGM Air Cargo has announced it will add three more destinations to its scheduled cargo network from Liège, for… Read More »
US’s Allegiant earns $335mn in share issue
Allegiant Air (G4, Las Vegas McCarran) parent Allegiant Travel has entered into an underwriting agreement with Barclays Capital and Morgan… Read More »
SmartLynx Malta to add five A330s
SmartLynx Airlines Malta (LYX, Malta Int’l) has announced it will add three A330-300 makeshift freighters, converted from passenger aircraft through… Read More »
Wizz Air opens Rome Fiumicino base in late 2Q21
Wizz Air (W6, Budapest) is stepping up its expansion in Italy by stationing four A321-200NXs at Rome Fiumicino from July… Read More »
US’s Breeze Airways secures AOC, preps for launch
Breeze Airways (MXY, Salt Lake City) is close to finalising its regulatory proceedings after the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)… Read More »
FAA greenlights B737 MAX electrical fix
Boeing (BOE, Chicago O’Hare) has won approval from US regulators for a fix of an electrical grounding issue that affected… Read More »
Corruption and mismanagement at SAA under the spotlight
A total of 84 South African Airways (SA, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) contracts and 44 of its aircraft leases involving millions… Read More »
India’s GoAir rebrands, shifts to ULCC model
As it prepares for its Initial Public Offering (IPO), GoAir (G8, Mumbai Int’l) has taken the step of shifting to… Read More »
Alaska Airlines increases E175, B737 MAX orders
Alaska Airlines (AS, Seattle Tacoma Int’l) has ordered seventeen incremental E175s and, at the same time, has firmed options for… Read More »
Canada’s Air North adds first ATR freighter
Air North (4N, Whitehorse Int’l) has added its first non-quick-change (QC) dedicated freighter in the form of an ATR42-300(F). C-FVGY… Read More »
Pipeline crisis forces American Airlines to adopt tech stops
American Airlines (AA, Dallas/Fort Worth) long-haul flights affected by a cyber attack-caused fuel supply shortage are to return to normal… Read More »
US’s Eastern Airlines drops transatlantic plans
Eastern Airlines (2D, Miami Int’l) has suspended its transatlantic ambitions after it dropped Sarajevo from its Summer 2021 schedule, ch-aviation… Read More »
Gov’t finalises deal with Air Namibia lessors
The Namibian government is finalising a deal with Castlelake over NAD2.5 billion Namibian dollars (USD176 million) owed to it by… Read More »
Ireland’s Aer Lingus has “too many resources”, meets unions
Aer Lingus (EI, Dublin Int’l) is meeting unions this week to discuss the likely impact on jobs of the airline’s… Read More »
Nigeria’s Azman Air resumes flight operations
Azman Air (AZM, Kano) has announced it will resume flight operations from May 16, 2021, with daily rotations to four… Read More »