Austrian Airlines accelerates fleet, manpower cuts
As travel restrictions and a slower-than-hoped-for recovery continue to affect European airlines, Austrian Airlines (OS, Vienna) has announced that it… Read More »
UK’s Titan Airways to operate A321neo for the government
Titan Airways (ZT, London Stansted) is set to operate its first A321-200NX(LR) on behalf of the British government. The Airbus… Read More »
Malaysian court to hear AirAsia X vs BOC in late 2Q21
Following its intention expressed in a corporate filing on January 3 for the case to be judged in the Malaysian… Read More »
UAE’s Abu Dhabi Aviation to pursue mergers, acquisitions
Abu Dhabi Aviation (Abu Dhabi Int’l) will pursue a growth strategy based on acquisitions and mergers, a stock exchange disclosure… Read More »
Ryanair to open three new bases in Greece in S21
Ryanair (FR, Dublin Int’l) has announced that it will open two entirely new bases in Greece, at Kerkyra and Rhodes… Read More »
SkyWorks Leasing to auction A321s, A350s, and B787s
SkyWorks Leasing is planning to sell seventeen ex-LATAM Airlines Group aircraft, including eleven A321-200s, four B787-9s, and two A350-900s, in… Read More »
American Airlines pays gov’t loan with new $10bn financing
American Airlines (AA, Dallas/Fort Worth) parent American Airlines Group has secured USD10 billion in fresh financing backed by its AAdvantage… Read More »
Aer Lingus to launch UK-US flights in early 3Q21
Aer Lingus (United Kingdom) (Belfast City) has filed schedules indicating that it plans to begin commercial transatlantic services on July… Read More »
Finnair inks LOI for up to twenty ES-19s
Finnair (AY, Helsinki Vantaa) has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Heart Aerospace (Gothenburg City) for up to twenty… Read More »
LOT Polish Airlines, Turkish Airlines resume 737 MAX ops
LOT Polish Airlines (LO, Warsaw Chopin) and Enter Air (E4, Warsaw Chopin) resumed B737-8 operations on March 24 and 25,… Read More »
Kenya Airways panhandles for $91mn more state aid
On the same day that Kenya Airways (KQ, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta) announced a pre-tax loss of KES36.57 billion shillings (USD333… Read More »
Colorado’s Frontier Airlines hopes to raise $276mn in IPO
Having filed a registration statement outlining its intention to pursue an Initial Public Offering (IPO), Frontier Airlines (F9, Denver Int’l)… Read More »
Volotea, Air Nostrum ask for €42mn to fund electric aircraft
Volotea (V7, Asturias) has elaborated that one of the three projects it has applied for to obtain around EUR70 million… Read More »
Shareholders back capital raise at Greece’s Aegean Airlines
Aegean Airlines (A3, Athens Int’l) has confirmed the terms of its upcoming private investor share capital increase of at least… Read More »
Thai disputes $7.3bn in lessor, Rolls-Royce claims
Thai Airways International (TG, Bangkok Suvarnabhumi) has challenged THB225 billion baht (USD7.26 billion) in claims filed by a total of… Read More »
Korean LCC debt soars; Asiana hands funding to LCC units
Asiana Airlines (OZ, Seoul Incheon) has provided funding to its low-cost subsidiaries Air Busan (BX, Busan) and Air Seoul (RS,… Read More »
ConocoPhillips Aviation ends Bartlesville, OK operations
ConocoPhillips Aviation (Houston Intc’l) terminated its corporate shuttle that connects Bartlesville, OK, with Houston Intc’l, Midland Int’l, TX, Carlsbad, NM,… Read More »
Tata, SpiceJet owner shortlisted for Air India sale – report
India’s government has reportedly shortlisted the Tata Sons conglomerate and the owner of SpiceJet (SG, Delhi Int’l) for its long-planned… Read More »
Vietravel Airlines mulls in-house freighters
Vietravel Airlines (VU, Hue Phu Bai Int’l) is considering entering the cargo market with in-house dedicated freighters, building on the… Read More »
Nepal Airlines continues to pursue B757 sale
Nepal Airlines (RA, Kathmandu) remains determined to complete the sale of its only B757-200(C) despite many procedural setbacks caused by… Read More »
Suriname’s Fly All Ways to launch Guyana 5th Freedom flights
Fly All Ways Airlines (8W, Paramaribo Int’l) has been approved to launch a number of routes from Georgetown Cheddi Jagan in Guyana, not just… Read More »
Iraq’s UR Airlines adds first B737-300
UR Airlines (UD, Baghdad) has doubled its B737 fleet with the addition of its first B737-300, YI-BAU (msn 25608). The… Read More »
American Airlines to launch E170 regional ops in mid-2Q21
American Airlines (AA, Dallas/Fort Worth) has scheduled the launch of E170 operations under the American Eagle brand for early May… Read More »
Viet Nam’s Bamboo Airways targets early 3Q21 for IPO
Bamboo Airways (QH, Hanoi) intends to debut on either the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange or the Hanoi Stock… Read More »
JetBlue considers moving HQ to Florida
JetBlue Airways (B6, New York JFK) is considering relocating its corporate headquarters from New York to Florida, the New York… Read More »
PIA to phase out all ATRs by mid-3Q21
PIA – Pakistan International Airlines (PK, Islamabad Quaid-e-Azam Int’l) told the Sindh High Court that it would ground all of… Read More »