Unions hold off final liquidation of South African Express
The final liquidation of South African Express (EXY, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) has been postponed for another three months on the… Read More »
JetSMART Peru starts certification drive
JetSMART Peru (Lima Int’l) has formally applied for an Operating Licence (OL) and Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC) in Peru to… Read More »
Air Austral’s A220s delayed pending financial guarantees
The delivery of Air Austral’s first two A220-300s has been postponed pending the finalisation of financial guarantees, the airline says…. Read More »
Eurowings eyes more bases outside DACH countries
Gearing up for pan-European expansion, Eurowings (EW, Düsseldorf Int’l) is in talks with numerous airports and local authorities over plans… Read More »
Azerbaijan’s Silk Way West orders five 777 freighters
Silk Way West Airlines (7L, Baku) has placed an order for five B777-200Fs from Boeing with deliveries scheduled between 2023… Read More »
Undisclosed customer orders 30 E195-E2s
Embraer (EMB, Sao Jose dos Campos) says it has secured an order for thirty E195-E2s from an undisclosed customer. The… Read More »
Nigeria’s Chanchangi Airlines eyes relaunch, granted new ATL
Chanchangi Airlines (NCH, Kaduna Int’l) appears to be making another attempt to return to commercial operations, having been re-issued with… Read More »
India’s Vistara plans to launch US ops in late 3Q21
Vistara (UK, Delhi Int’l) has applied for a Foreign Air Carrier Permit (FACP) and an exemption to launch commercial services… Read More »
Shareholders of Mexico’s Interjet approve bankruptcy
Shareholders in Interjet (AIJ, Toluca) have reached an agreement for the company to enter commercial bankruptcy under Mexican law with… Read More »
Pakistan gov’t greenlights radical restructuring at PIA
The Cabinet of Pakistan has tentatively approved a restructuring plan for PIA – Pakistan International Airlines (PK, Islamabad Quaid-e-Azam Int’l)… Read More »
Togo’s ASKY Airlines holds out for financial assistance
West Africa’s ASKY Airlines (KP, Lomé) is still holding out for financial injections from lenders and shareholders but remains confident… Read More »
Mexico’s Mas Air to add two A330-200(P2F)s
Mas Air (M7, México City Int’l) has announced it signed an agreement with Altavair to dry-lease two P2F-converted A330-200s with… Read More »
Colorado’s Global SuperTanker Services ceases operations
Global SuperTanker Services (GST, Colorado Springs) has ceased operating of the world’s only firefighting B747-400(BCF), which is also the company’s… Read More »
Kenya Airways, Skyports team up for drone ops development
Kenya Airways (KQ, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta) and UK-based advanced air mobility (AAM) company Skyports have signed a Memorandum of Understanding… Read More »
Founder of South Korea’s Eastar Jet arrested
Eastar Jet (ESR, Seoul Gimpo) founder Lee Sang-jik has been arrested on charges of embezzlement and breach of trust, after… Read More »
Airports Company SA pulls plug on Mango
Mango Airlines (JE, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) was grounded on Wednesday, April 28, 2021, after the Airports Company South Africa (ACSA)… Read More »
Finnair ups savings target to €170mn on €149mn 1Q21 loss
As it posted another steep quarterly operating loss, EUR149.1 million euros (USD180.1 million) for the first quarter of 2021, Finnair… Read More »
Utah’s Breeze Airways boosts A220 order book – report
Breeze Airways (MXY, Salt Lake City) has reportedly ordered twenty incremental A220-300s increasing its total order for the type to… Read More »
Egypt’s Air Cairo takes delivery of maiden A320neo
Air Cairo (SM, Cairo Int’l) took delivery of its first A320-200N on April 26, 2021, the first of three it… Read More »
American Airlines joins Summer 2021 leisure wave
American Airlines (AA, Dallas/Fort Worth) has followed its rivals in announcing a panoply of new domestic leisure routes to cater… Read More »
Alitalia and successor ITA face “tragic” situation – CEO
Alitalia (AZ, Rome Fiumicino) faces a “tragic” situation as it cannot pay salaries to its employees for April until emergency… Read More »
Kyrgyzstan’s Air Manas takes delivery of first A220
Air Manas (MBB, Bishkek) took delivery of its first A220-300 on April 26, 2021, with plans to add another later… Read More »
Wizz Air eyes India, Africa expansion after pandemic
Wizz Air Holdings is considering an expansion into India and Africa as pandemic-related travel restrictions continue in Europe, its chief… Read More »
Link PNG renews plans to acquire stake in PNG Air
Link PNG (Port Moresby) has renewed plans to acquire a minority shareholding in fellow Papuan domestic carrier PNG Air (CG,… Read More »
Russia’s Skol Aviakompania faces bankruptcy lawsuits
Skol Aviakompania (CDV, Krasnoyarsk Cheremshanka) continues to owe billions of rubles to GTLK – State Transport Leasing through a number… Read More »
India’s SpiceJet targets five more B737 freighters
SpiceJet (SG, Delhi Int’l) is planning to expand its dedicated freighter fleet with a further five B737 freighters, the chief… Read More »