Thailand’s Nok Air extends time to file restructuring plan
Nok Air (DD, Bangkok Don Mueang) has said in a stock market filing that it has been granted an additional… Read More »
UK’s flyPOP selects A330-300s, begins certification
flyPOP (London Stansted) has secured three A330-300s on lease from Avolon, kickstarting its certification drive with the UK Civil Aviation… Read More »
Iceland’s PLAY start-up nets $35mn in funding, hires new CEO
PLAY (FPY, Reykjavik Keflavik) claims to have raised about USD35 million through a private share offering, its new investors including… Read More »
Canada’s Air Tunilik given $3.9mn in Quebec state aid
The state of Québec has granted the seaplane operator Air Tunilik CAD5 million Canadian dollars (USD3.9 million) for an expansion… Read More »
RAM suspends numerous flights after Morocco closes airspace
Royal Air Maroc (AT, Casablanca Int’l) and its regional subsidiary Royal Air Maroc Express (RXP, Casablanca Int’l) have suspended flights… Read More »
Nigeria’s Air Peace has own MRO plans
Nigeria’s Air Peace (P4, Lagos) has long-term plans to set up its own Maintenance Repair Overhaul (MRO) facility to avoid… Read More »
China Central Longhao Airlines to add widebody freighters
China Central Longhao Airlines (GI, Zhengzhou) is set to add its first widebody freighters after Cargo Facts identified the Chinese… Read More »
Ottawa takes equity in Air Canada for C$5.9bn in aid
Air Canada (AC, Montréal Trudeau) and the Canadian government have agreed on a financial aid package that gives the flag… Read More »
France unveils first short domestic flight ban legislation
France is poised to ban all domestic flights that can otherwise be done by train in less than 2.5 hours… Read More »
LATAM Airlines Brasil retires all A350s
LATAM Airlines Brasil (JJ, Sao Paulo Congonhas) has announced it will retire all of its eleven A350-900s with immediate effect… Read More »
Oslo court and creditors back Norwegian survival plan
Oslo County Court approved Norwegian’s reconstruction plan in Norway on April 12, adding to an earlier approval in Ireland. With… Read More »
Air New Zealand defers capital raise, loan facility expanded
Air New Zealand (NZ, Auckland Int’l) has opted to defer its planned equity capital raise by three months while also… Read More »
Southern Airways Express secures EAS contract at Chadron, NE
Southern Airways Express (9X, Memphis Int’l) has clinched a two-year contract from the US Department of Transportation (DOT) to provide… Read More »
Romania’s Tarom puts 14 aircraft up for sale
Tarom (RO, Bucharest Otopeni) has set in motion previously announced plans to dispose of 14 ageing aircraft deemed surplus to… Read More »
Suriname’s Fly All Ways adds Twin Otter for petro contract
Fly All Ways Airlines (8W, Paramaribo Int’l) has wet-leased a DHC-6-400 from Zimex Aviation (XM, Zurich) for a passenger charter… Read More »
UPS to buy up to 150 Beta Technologies eVTOL aircraft
United Parcel Service and its UPS Flight Forward subsidiary, a “drone airline” that in October 2019 received Part 135 certification… Read More »
Nigeria’s Cally Air takes delivery of first aircraft, a B737
Nigerian startup Cally Air (Calabar) has taken delivery of its first aircraft, a B737-300 bought from Magnetic Leasing, to be… Read More »
Kenya Airways’ stock trading suspension extended
The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) has extended the suspension from trading of Kenya Airways (KQ, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta) shares for… Read More »
Italy blasts “discrimination”, wants ITA launched by summer
As talks between Italy’s government and the European Commission stall over the launch of planned Alitalia (AZ, Rome Fiumicino) successor… Read More »
AirAsia Group sets up LCC consultancy
AirAsia Group has established a new entity within the company by the name of AirAsia Consulting, which will specialise in… Read More »
Texas’s Avelo Airlines to debut ops in mid-2Q21
Avelo Airlines (XP, Burbank) will launch commercial flight operations later this quarter using Burbank, an airport that serves Downtown Los… Read More »
Malawi Airlines faces liquidation as cash flows dwindle
Malawi Airlines (3W, Lilongwe) could be liquidated should its two shareholders, the Malawian government (51%) and Ethiopian Airlines (ET, Addis… Read More »
US’s Waltzing Mathilda unveils Connect Airlines brand
US charter operator Waltzing Matilda Aviation (New Bedford) has launched a new brand, Connect Airlines (Toronto City Centre), which will… Read More »
Boeing finds more B737 MAX issues, 16 operators affected
Several airlines around the globe have temporarily grounded their B737 MAX jets after Boeing (BOE, Chicago O’Hare) identified “a potential… Read More »
Cainiao partners Atlas Air and LATAM Airlines
LATAM Airlines Group and Atlas Air (5Y, New York JFK) have entered into a partnership agreement with China’s Cainiao Smart… Read More »
Italy’s Neos takes delivery of first B737 MAX 8s
Neos (NO, Milan Malpensa) took delivery of its first two B737-8s on March 31. EI-RZA (msn 62869) and EI-RZB (msn… Read More »