UK’s Hans Airways continues capital raising drive
UK start-up Hans Airways has announced the completion of its second round of equity financing, which it said, now moved… Read More »
TUI fly (Netherlands) resumes B737 MAX ops
TUI fly (Netherlands) (OR, Amsterdam Schiphol) has joined its sister carrier TUI fly (Belgium) (TB, Brussels National) and resumed scheduled… Read More »
India allows B737 MAX ferry, overflights but keeps ban
The Indian Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has relaxed, but not ended, its ban on B737-8 and B737-9 operations… Read More »
Air France-KLM mulls still more capital raising
Air France-KLM may seek new fundraising measures in the coming months to reduce its debt and strengthen its balance sheet,… Read More »
Australia’s Jetstar Airways to resume widebody ops in 2Q21
Parent Qantas Group confirmed in a market update that Jetstar Airways (JQ, Melbourne Tullamarine) will reactivate its widebody aircraft in… Read More »
Qatar Airways confirms impairment of five A380s
Qatar Airways (QR, Doha Hamad Int’l) has confirmed it has taken impairment on half of its fleet of ten A380-800s,… Read More »
Israel’s Israir halts flying on Saturdays
Israir (6H, Tel Aviv Ben Gurion) has said that under its new ownership, it would stop flying on days of… Read More »
Caribbean Airlines cuts B737-800s but reaffirms MAX plans
Caribbean Airlines (BW, Port of Spain) was offered a penalty-free way out of its contract for the dry-lease of twelve… Read More »
Russia’s Azur Air adds VIP B757
Azur Air (ZF, Krasnoyarsk Yemelyanovo) has taken delivery of its tenth B757-200, VQ-BZE (msn 26330), which will be operated in… Read More »
Russia’s smartavia adds first A320neo, eyes more
smartavia (5N, Arkhangelsk Talagi) took delivery of its first A320-200N on April 15, 2021, and plans to add a further… Read More »
Ukraine’s Constanta Airlines secures US FACP
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has tentatively granted Constanta Airlines (UZA, Zaporizhzhia) a foreign air carrier permit (FACP) and… Read More »
Esken to sell Ireland’s Stobart Air to Isle of Man firm
Aviation and energy infrastructure group Esken, formerly known as Stobart Group, has signed a deal to sell its entire shareholdings… Read More »
Spain’s Air Nostrum seeks €103mn state aid
Air Nostrum (YW, Valencia Manises) has asked the Spanish state for a loan of EUR103 million euros (USD123 million), “to… Read More »
Turkish Airlines reduces and defers 737 MAX order
Turkish Airlines (TK, Istanbul New) has announced in a stock market disclosure that it has reached an agreement with Boeing… Read More »
ExpressJet to resume ops as an independent carrier
ExpressJet Airlines (EV, Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson) has formalised its plans to resume scheduled flight operations as an independent carrier after… Read More »
New Zealand ‘s Pasifika Air shelves its planned launch
New Zealand start-up Pasifika Air (Christchurch) has shelved its debut indefinitely, saying delays in establishing a quarantine-free travel bubble between… Read More »
United Nigeria Airlines reveals expansion plans
United Nigeria Airlines (NUA, Enugu) plans to consolidate its domestic operations with two more EMB-145LRs and bigger gauge aircraft and… Read More »
Indigo Partners, IFC extend $250mn to Cebu Pacific
Cebu Pacific Air (5J, Manila Ninoy Aquino Int’l) has approved a USD250 million investment in the form of convertible bonds… Read More »
LCCs awarded seasonal slots at Milan Linate
Several low-cost carriers, including easyJet, Ryanair, and Wizz Air, have secured slots at Milan Linate airport for seasonal leisure services… Read More »
Canada’s Air Inuit clinches long term Hydro-Québec contract
Air Inuit (3H, Kuujjuaq) has clinched a long-term contract worth CAD28 million Canadian dollars (USD22.3 million) annually to operate and… Read More »
Florida’s GLOBALX takes delivery of first A321
American charter and cargo start-up Global Crossing Airlines Group, operating as GLOBALX (Miami Int’l), has taken delivery of its first… Read More »
Germany’s Green Airlines to expand with chartered E190s
Green Airlines (Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden) has announced it has chartered two E190s from German Airways (GER, Cologne/Bonn) under a long-term commitment as… Read More »
Russia suspends Zanzibar flights, restricts Turkey routes
Russia suspended all flights to Tanzania and restricted services to Turkey on April 15 until at least June 1, in… Read More »
DOJ probes American Airlines-JetBlue alliance
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) is investigating a northeastern US alliance between American Airlines (AA, Dallas/Fort Worth) and JetBlue… Read More »
Virgin Australia to dry-lease ten more B737-800s
Virgin Australia (VA, Brisbane Int’l) has announced ambitious plans to dry-lease a further ten B737-800s, as it looks to return… Read More »
Mexico’s Volaris hooks $87mn worth of payment deferrals
Volaris (Y4, Toluca) announced in a statement and stock exchange filing on April 14 that it was chasing “additional liquidity… Read More »