Icelandair merges Air Iceland Connect, to add B767-300(F)s
Icelandair (FI, Reykjavik Keflavik) will convert two of its B767-300(ER)s into freighters and lease them back under a long-term deal… Read More »
South Korea unveils additional support to airlines
South Korea’s government has unveiled additional measures to help the country’s airlines as they wrestle with the continuing impact of… Read More »
IndiGo Airlines in talks about five A321P2Fs – report
India’s largest low-cost carrier IndiGo Airlines (6E, Delhi Int’l) is planning to tap into the cargo market with the addition… Read More »
Air India denies plans to retire B747-400s
In response to a number of articles in the Indian media, Air India (AI, Mumbai Int’l) has issued a statement… Read More »
Norwegian wins court nod to axe leases on 25 aircraft
Ireland’s High Court has given Norwegian (DY, Oslo Gardermoen) approval to terminate lease contracts for 25 aircraft that had been… Read More »
Texas’s Envoy Air to add E170s
Envoy Air (MQ, Dallas/Fort Worth) has announced it is planning to add its first E170s with at least six units… Read More »
FedEx, Sikorsky trial single-pilot ATR flights – report
FedEx Express (FX, Memphis Int’l) is working with Sikorsky Aircraft (Bridgeport) to trial single-pilot Avions de Transport Régional cargo operations,… Read More »
Tanzania’s Grumeti Air to start international ops in 2Q21
Tanzanian safari air transfer specialist Grumeti Air (Arusha), on June 2, 2021, launches scheduled cross-border flights between the Serengeti and… Read More »
Italy’s Neos plans scheduled US flights
Neos (NO, Milan Malpensa) has applied for exemption authority to amend its US Foreign Air Carrier permit to conduct foreign… Read More »
Mexico’s TUM Aerocarga expands internationally
Mexican cargo specialist TUM AeroCarga (MCS, México City Int’l) has applied for a US Foreign Air Carrier Permit and exemption… Read More »
Omani CAA ungrounds the B737 MAX
Oman’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has issued a safety circular permitting Oman Air (WY, Muscat) and all foreign carriers to… Read More »
Volga-Dnepr to build Leipzig humanitarian aid hub
Volga-Dnepr Airlines (VI, Ulyanovsk Vostochny) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the operator of Leipzig/Halle to set up… Read More »
Ukraine abrogates CIS airspace and civil aviation agreements
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed decree No. 70/2021 on the country’s “withdrawal from international treaties concluded within the framework… Read More »
Amazon nabs minority stake in ATSG for $132mn
Amazon.com intends to acquire a minority stake in Air Transport Services Group, one of its cargo transport partners, exercising previously-obtained… Read More »
Colorado’s Frontier Airlines begins fresh go-around for IPO
Frontier Airlines (F9, Denver Int’l) parent Frontier Airlines Holdings has filed an S-1 registration statement outlining its interest in pursuing… Read More »
Minnesota’s Sun Country Airlines launches IPO
Sun Country Airlines (SY, Minneapolis/St. Paul) has launched its initial public offering, hoping to raise up to USD240 million through… Read More »
Eurowings to open Berlin base in 2Q21
Eurowings (EW, Düsseldorf Int’l) is boosting its presence in the German capital with the opening on April 1 of a… Read More »
Boeing, Norwegian likely to clash in US courts – lawyer
As its examinership process presses forward in Dublin, Norwegian (DY, Oslo Gardermoen) has told Ireland’s High Court that it expects… Read More »
Cyprus’s Tus Airways gears up for restart with first A320
Tus Airways (U8, Larnaca) has taken delivery of its first A320-200 as it looks to restart operations albeit under a… Read More »
UK’s Royal Air Force to retire VIP BAe 146s
The Royal Air Force (RFR, Brize Norton) is planning to sell the four BAe Systems quadjets it uses as a… Read More »
India’s SpiceJet to appeal De Havilland $43mn lawsuit win
SpiceJet (SG, Delhi Int’l) has said it will appeal against a ruling at the High Court of Justice in London,… Read More »
Transatlantic tariffs over Airbus/Boeing subsidies lifted
In separate trade accords, the United States has agreed with the United Kingdom and the European Commission to reciprocally suspend… Read More »
Employee consortium out of race to buy Air India – report
The employee consortium that expressed an interest in buying Air India (AI, Mumbai Int’l) has not been shortlisted for the… Read More »
Egypt’s Air Cairo, SunExpress ink cooperation agreement
Air Cairo (SM, Cairo Int’l) is making a major push into the German-speaking market, having signed a sales cooperation agreement… Read More »
Alaska Airlines launches B737 MAX 9 operations
Alaska Airlines (AS, Seattle Tacoma Int’l) launched B737-9 operations on March 1, 2021, just over a month after the first… Read More »
Utah’s Skywest takes over EAS at Joplin, MO from AA
Utah-based regional carrier SkyWest Airlines (OO, Salt Lake City) will launch daily flights from Joplin, Missouri, to both Chicago O’Hare… Read More »