Minnesota’s Sun Country Airlines raises $218mn in IPO
Sun Country Airlines (SY, Minneapolis/St. Paul) sold 9,090,909 common shares priced at USD24 each in its Initial Public Offering (IPO),… Read More »
Jetstar moves A320s to Australia from Japan, Singapore
Qantas Group is planning to temporarily transfer up to ten A320-200s from its foreign joint ventures to its Australian fleet… Read More »
South Africa’s CemAir set to start scheduled int’l ops
South Africa’s CemAir (5Z, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) launches its first own international schedules with the commencement of weekly commercial flights… Read More »
US, Hong Kong spat over quarantine rules affecting FedEx ops
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has issued an order to all Hong Kong-based carriers serving the United States to… Read More »
Michigan’s USA Jet Airlines to add MD-88 freighters
Eight years after it added its first McDonnell Douglas P2F-converted freighter, USA Jet Airlines (UJ, Detroit Willow Run) will expand… Read More »
Etihad Airways unlikely to reactivate A380s
Etihad Airways (EY, Abu Dhabi Int’l) is set to join the ranks of airlines retiring its fleet of A380-800s due… Read More »
Florida’s Sterling Airways to resume US commuter services
Via Airlines Inc. t/a Sterling Airways (Jacksonville Craig, FL) has announced it has received its Part 121 certification from the… Read More »
Fiji Airways lands $65mn in bank loans
Fiji Airways (FJ, Nadi) has signed a USD65 million liquidity support facility with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to help… Read More »
EU approves €351mn Finnish gov’t loan to Finnair
The European Commission has approved a Finnish government loan to Finnair (AY, Helsinki Vantaa) of EUR351.38 million euros (USD419.2 million),… Read More »
Virgin Atlantic in talks to raise $222mn in fresh financing
Virgin Atlantic (VS, London Heathrow) is negotiating with shareholders and creditors to obtain further support worth GBP160 million pounds (USD222… Read More »
Ghana’s Cabinet greenlights new national carrier project
The Ghanaian Cabinet has granted policy approval for establishing a new flag carrier with strategic partner participation, President Nana Akufo-Addo… Read More »
Norway’s Norse Atlantic Airways targets low-cost long-haul
Bjørn Tore Larsen, founder of the Norway-based crew management firm OSM Aviation, of which Norwegian (DY, Oslo Gardermoen) was formerly… Read More »
Nigerian CAA grounds Azman Air amid safety audit
Azman Air (AZM, Kano) has been forced to suspend commercial flight operations after the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) grounded… Read More »
Cathay Pacific in advanced talks over B777X deferrals
Cathay Pacific (CX, Hong Kong Int’l) has confirmed that it is in advanced talks with Boeing regarding the deferral of… Read More »
Canada’s Air Transat urgently needs C$500mn to survive
Air Transat (TS, Montréal Trudeau) urgently needs to secure CAD500 million Canadian dollars (USD401 million) in long-term financing to ensure… Read More »
Airbus mulls new A350 widebody freighter – report
Airbus (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac) is considering developing an A350 dedicated freighter following the cancellation late last year of its last… Read More »
UK’s Jet2 set to tap into CCFF facility with £200mn issuance
Jet2 plc will go ahead with the issuance of GBP200 million pounds (USD278.55 million) worth of commercial paper after it… Read More »
Gov’t takes control of Air Vanuatu after sacking its board
The government of the Pacific island of Vanuatu has taken control of Air Vanuatu (NF, Port Vila) after firing its… Read More »
China’s YTO Cargo Airlines secures B767 freighter feedstock
YTO Cargo Airlines (YG, Hangzhou) has bought its first B767-300(ER) for conversion into a freighter and expects to complete the… Read More »
Norway’s Wideroe to debut electric aircraft in 2026
Widerøe (WF, Bodø) is set to become the world’s first commercial operator of a wholly electrically-powered commuter aircraft as it… Read More »
Nigerian cops question AMCON, Dana Air over fraud charges
Airline executives from Dana Air (9J, Lagos) and the state-owned Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) have been called in… Read More »
Cebu Pacific borrows ₱16bn from Philippine banks
Cebu Pacific Air (5J, Manila Ninoy Aquino Int’l) has secured a PHP16 billion peso (USD206 million) 10-year loan from a… Read More »
EgyptAir mulls in-house flights to Israel
EgyptAir (MS, Cairo Int’l) has submitted an official request to the Israeli authorities for a permit to launch in-house services… Read More »
Utah’s Breeze Airways nears full certification
Breeze Airways (MXY, Salt Lake City) is in the home straight in terms of its certification drive after the US… Read More »
Canberra extends A$1.2bn lifeline to Australian carriers
Australian airlines have embraced the government’s AUD1.2 billion Australian dollar (USD930 million) stimulus package for the country’s aviation and tourism… Read More »
VietJetAir to sell all 17.77 million treasury shares
VietJetAir (VJ, Hanoi) has approved a proposal to sell all 17.77 million of its treasury shares, equivalent to 3.28% of… Read More »