US court approves Aeroméxico’s reduced B737 MAX order
Judge Shelley C. Chapman, of the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, has approved Aeroméxico’s plan… Read More »
DOT affirms Cape Air EAS selection at Bar Harbor, Maine
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has affirmed the selection of Cape Air (9K, Hyannis) to provide state-subsidised essential air… Read More »
Singapore Airlines raises $1.5bn through sale/lease-backs
Singapore Airlines (SQ, Singapore Changi) has announced the conclusion of sale/lease-back transactions with four lessors, covering seven A350-900s and four… Read More »
Nigeria’s Ibom Air, Dana Air eye interline partnership
In a first for the Nigerian domestic market, Ibom Air (QI, Uyo) and Dana Air (9J, Lagos) have reached an… Read More »
Bahrain’s DHL International Aviation to grow B767 fleet
DHL International Aviation Middle East (ES, Bahrain Int’l) will take deliveries of a further six P2F-converted B767-300(ER) freighters by the… Read More »
US’s Waltzing Matilda reveals initial network plans
Waltzing Matilda Aviation (New Bedford) has announced the city pairs it plans to serve from the US North-East from October… Read More »
Indonesia’s Super Air Jet eyes LCC model with A320s
Super Air Jet is an Indonesian start-up planning to launch in “the near future” with a fleet of 180-seat A320-200s… Read More »
China’s Juneyao Air targets HNA Group assets – report
Juneyao Air (HO, Shanghai Hongqiao) is establishing an investment company together with strategic investors as a means of investing in… Read More »
India’s SpiceJet defers up to 50% of April wages
SpiceJet (SG, Delhi Int’l) has deferred payment of between 10% and 50% of its employees’ salaries for April, blaming it… Read More »
Kenyan carriers resume scheduled domestic flights
Kenyan airlines have resumed domestic flights following the lifting of COVID-19 travel restrictions to/from the capital Nairobi. From May 2,… Read More »
Kampala sends Uganda Airlines’ execs on leave
Members of the Uganda Airlines (UR, Entebbe/Kampala) management team, including Chief Executive Officer Cornwell Muleya, have been placed “on leave”… Read More »
Canada’s Jazz Air adds first E175
Jazz Air (QK, Halifax) has added the first seven of twenty-five E175s transferred from Sky Regional Airlines (KV, Montréal Trudeau)… Read More »
JetBlue Airways takes first A321neo(LR)
JetBlue Airways (B6, New York JFK) took delivery of the first of its A321-200NX(LR) on April 29, 2021, after N4022J… Read More »
India restricts airlines to 80% capacity until end mid-2Q21
India’s domestic airlines may continue to operate 80% of their 2020 summer domestic schedules until May 31, 2021, according to… Read More »
Botswana’s Mack Air debuts scheduled int’l pax ops
Botswana’s first private airline, Mack Air (MKB, Maun), is putting its regional scheduled plans into action with the launch on… Read More »
Wisconsin’s Midwest Express sees renewed investor interest
Midwest Express Airlines (Milwaukee General Mitchell) is moving forward with its planned relaunch after COVID-19 had forced it to put… Read More »
US greenlights flights by Taiwan’s Starlux Airlines
Plans by Taiwan’s Starlux Airlines (JX, Taipei Taoyuan) for long-haul flights to Los Angeles Int’l have been given the thumbs… Read More »
Mexico’s VivaAerobus obtains $150mn loan from US investor
VivaAerobus (VB, Monterrey General Mariano Escobedo) has announced that “as part of its growth and expansion plans” it has signed… Read More »
A350s back on SriLankan Airlines’ radar post-COVID
SriLankan Airlines (UL, Colombo Int’l) is planning to take advantage of depressed lease rates to renew its ageing widebody fleet… Read More »
Viet Nam’s Bamboo Airways raises charter capital – again
Bamboo Airways (QH, Hanoi) continues to increase its registered charter capital, announcing on April 29 a rise to VND16 trillion… Read More »
UK’s flybe. secures Heathrow slots
flybe. (BE, Exeter) is edging towards its relaunch under new ownership and a certificate issued to shell company Thyme Opco,… Read More »
Air Seychelles to be 100% Seychellois in Etihad deal
Seychelles will take full ownership of its flag carrier, having reached an agreement with Etihad Airways (EY, Abu Dhabi Int’l)… Read More »
SAA exits bankruptcy protection with equity deal in sight
South African Airways (SA, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) has exited bankruptcy protection with its administrators declaring it “both solvent and liquid”… Read More »
Transat AT secures C$700mn in Canadian gov’t funding
Air Transat (TS, Montréal Trudeau) parent Transat AT will borrow up to CAD700 million Canadian dollars (USD570 million) from the… Read More »
Canada’s West Wind, Transwest Air complete merger
West Wind Aviation (WEW, Saskatoon) and Transwest Air (4T, Prince Albert) have announced their rebranding as Rise Air (4T, Saskatoon),… Read More »
Ryanair to open Riga, Latvia base in 4Q21
Ryanair (FR, Dublin Int’l) will base two aircraft in Riga from October 2021, resulting in 16 new international routes across… Read More »