EU-Italy deal on Alitalia successor within reach
Italy’s plan to replace its perennially loss-making flag carrier Alitalia (AZ, Rome Fiumicino) with a successor, provisionally named ITA –… Read More »
Ryanair reopens base at Treviso after Covid delay
Delayed for two months due to COVID-19 restrictions, Ryanair (FR, Dublin Int’l) next month reopens its base at Venice Treviso following the airport’s scheduled reopening… Read More »
Sri Lanka reopens for inbound flights
Sri Lanka will re-open its international airports on June 1, 2021, subject to certain restrictions, according to an announcement by… Read More »
Aeroméxico takes first B737-9
Aeroméxico (AM, México City Int’l) took delivery of its first B737-9 ahead of the type’s planned entry into service scheduled… Read More »
Diyarbakir, Turkey temporary closed after drone attack
Diyarbakir, the largest airport in the Kurdish-majority region of Turkey, has been closed for repairs until June 24, 2021, following… Read More »
Greece’s Lumiwings adds first B737-700
Lumiwings (LWI, Forli) took delivery of its maiden B737NG narrowbody, specifically a B737-700, on May 27, 2021. SX-LWC (msn 30659),… Read More »
Croatia’s ETF Airways receives AOC, takes first B737-800
ETF Airways (EZZ, Zagreb) received its Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC) from the Croatian Civil Aviation Agency (CCAA) on May 28,… Read More »
Nigeria’s Ibom Air to add ex-Air Sinai A220s
The fate of two A220-300s once operated by EgyptAir’s purpose-built subsidiary for Tel Aviv Ben Gurion flights, Air Sinai (4D,… Read More »
SilkAir ends own operations before Singapore Airlines merger
SilkAir (MI, Singapore Changi) ended its independent operations on May 6, 2021, and therefore completed the operational merger with its… Read More »
Canada’s Flair Airlines takes delivery of first B737 MAX 8
Flair Airlines (F8, Kelowna) took delivery of its first B737-8 on May 26, 2021, with C-FLEJ (msn 64941) having been… Read More »
Guyana rules out state carrier for now
The Guyanese government has ruled out the establishment, at this stage, of a state-owned national carrier and instead wants more… Read More »
Qatar Airways snubs the B737 MAX, A321(XLR), and A380
Qatar Airways (QR, Doha Hamad Int’l) has no plans to take the B737-8s which it ordered for its now quasi-defunct… Read More »
FAA probes Envoy Air over safety concerns
Envoy Air (MQ, Dallas/Fort Worth) – which provides regional services for American Airlines, under the American Eagle brand – says… Read More »
SAS secures $361mn credit line from Sweden, Denmark
SAS Scandinavian Airlines (SK, Copenhagen Kastrup) has secured further support from the governments of Sweden and Denmark, its two biggest… Read More »
EASA recommends avoiding Belarus as Russia bans detours
The aeropolitical dispute following the May 23 forced diversion of a Ryanair flight by authorities in Minsk has reached new… Read More »
Former PIA executives charged for corruption
Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency has filed charges against three former executives of PIA – Pakistan International Airlines (PK, Islamabad Quaid-e-Azam… Read More »
Italian watchdog fines Ryanair, easyJet, Volotea €8.4mn
The Italian competition watchdog (L’Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato – AGCM) has imposed fines totalling EUR8.4 million euros… Read More »
UK’s Eastern Airways adds first E190
Eastern Airways (T3, Humberside) registered its first E190, its largest aircraft type yet, on May 14, 2021. G-CLSN (msn 19000130)… Read More »
India’s Go First mulls suit against Go Holdings over brands
Go First (G8, Mumbai Int’l) may pursue legal proceedings against Jeh Wadia, the airline’s former managing director who stepped down… Read More »
British Virgin Islands court unfreezes PIA offshore assets
PIA – Pakistan International Airlines (PK, Islamabad Quaid-e-Azam Int’l) has won a case at the High Court of Justice in… Read More »
Spirit Airlines wins review of FAA Newark slot decision
The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has granted a petition that Spirit Airlines (NK, Fort… Read More »
Aerotranscargo NL declared bankrupt before lift-off
Aerotranscargo NL (Amsterdam Schiphol), which only announced its launch in February and was due to start flights this summer, has… Read More »