Air Côte d’Ivoire takes delivery of maiden A320neo
Air Côte d’Ivoire (HF, Abidjan) took delivery of its first A320-200N on February 18, 2021, after TU-TSX (msn 10197) was… Read More »
American Airlines, JetBlue expand East Coast network
American Airlines (AA, Dallas/Fort Worth) and JetBlue Airways (B6, New York JFK) have announced a significant expansion of their networks with 33 new routes from… Read More »
British Airways nets £2bn loan, defers pension payments
IAG International Airlines Group has confirmed two financing agreements that its British Airways (BA, London Heathrow) subsidiary reached that will… Read More »
ASL Airlines Ireland starts domestic Italian ops for Amazon
ASL Airlines Ireland (ABR, Dublin Int’l) has commenced operating domestic routes in Italy on behalf of Amazon.com, using one of… Read More »
Japan, US ground PW-powered B777s after United incident
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will issue an emergency airworthiness directive grounding all B777 widebodies powered by certain Pratt… Read More »
Etihad, Gulf Air ink partnership agreement
Etihad Airways (EY, Abu Dhabi Int’l) and Gulf Air (GF, Bahrain Int’l) have signed a wide-ranging strategic commercial cooperation agreement… Read More »
Transat AT extends $198mn loan facility termination date
Air Transat (TS, Montréal Trudeau) parent Transat AT has announced that it has extended the termination date of its CAD250… Read More »
EU approves slot relief potentially through 4Q22
The Council of the European Union has approved an extension of a bloc-wide slot waiver through at least the end… Read More »
Ireland’s Aer Lingus will not be allowed to fail, gov’t says
Leo Varadkar, Ireland’s former prime minister and current deputy prime minister, has told the parliament (Dáil) that the government is… Read More »
Challengair moves to attach Air Namibia’s assets
Lawyers representing defunct Belgian lessor Challengair (1I, Brussels National) on February 19 moved to attach the assets of defunct Air… Read More »
TUI fly (Belgium) resumes B737 MAX flights
TUI fly (Belgium) (TB, Brussels National) became the first airline east of the Atlantic to resume scheduled B737-8 operations on… Read More »
De Havilland pauses Q400 production
De Havilland Aircraft of Canada (DHC, Toronto Downsview) has confirmed earlier reports that it will suspend its DHC-8-Q400 production line,… Read More »
Venezuela’s Estelar to wet-lease an A320 for US ops
Aerolíneas Estelar (ES, Caracas Simón Bolivar) is looking to restart flights from Venezuela to the United States using an A320-200… Read More »
Bahrain’s Texel Air orders one B737-800(BCF)
Texel Air (XLR, Bahrain Int’l) has announced an order for a single converted B737-800(BCF) due for delivery by the end… Read More »
Ryanair loses Air France, SAS state-aid cases; to appeal
Ryanair (FR, Dublin Int’l) will appeal against two rulings issued on February 17 at the General Court of the European… Read More »
Resurgent Via Airlines’ Alaskan plans run into difficulty
Ravn Alaska (7H, Anchorage Ted Stevens) is opposing plans by resurgent carrier Via Airlines, Inc. to resume commuter air services… Read More »
Korea’s Eastar Jet may resume flight ops in late 2Q21 – CEO
Rising chances of an acquisition mean that Eastar Jet (ESR, Seoul Gimpo) could resume flight operations in June, the indebted… Read More »
Gov’t to take part in Air New Zealand capital raise
New Zealand’s government will participate in a planned Air New Zealand (NZ, Auckland Int’l) equity capital raise in June, confirming… Read More »
Businessman makes pitch as Air Canada-Transat deal shelved
Pierre Karl Péladeau, president and chief executive of the media and telecommunications company Quebecor, has said he still wants to… Read More »
ASL Aviation Holdings firms ten B737-800(BCF) options
ASL Aviation Holdings has firmed options for ten B737-800(BCF)s, increasing its total order for the converted freighters to 21 aircraft…. Read More »
BVI gov’t sues US lawyer over failed BVI Airways
The British Virgin Islands (BVI) government has filed a lawsuit against its former long-time US-based attorney seeking up to USD11… Read More »
Amid delays, Lusaka still keen to launch Zambia Airways
Zambia still intends to launch Zambia Airways (ZN, Lusaka) despite delays in commencing operations, according to Transport and Communications Minister… Read More »
Cambodia looking to sign up to Cape Town Convention
Cambodia is looking to sign up to the Cape Town Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment. The country’s State… Read More »
Delta Air Lines defers A321neo deliveries to 2022
Delta Air Lines (DL, Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson) has revealed in its annual report that it deferred the deliveries of its… Read More »
Canada’s Pivot Airlines eyes US charters
Canadian start-up Pivot Airlines (GGN, Toronto Pearson) has set its sight on providing on-demand transborder charters to the United States… Read More »
Fidelity once more cuts Air Canada stake amid bailout talks
Air Canada’s largest shareholder has once again reduced its shareholding in the carrier to less than 10%. In a stock… Read More »