Nepal’s Himalaya Airlines,Yeti Airlines forge partnership
Nepal’s Himalaya Airlines (H9, Kathmandu) and sister carrier Yeti Airlines (YT, Kathmandu) have forged a strategic business partnership to integrate… Read More »
More retrenchments likely at LIAT
Another 103 employees of stricken LIAT (LIA, Antigua) are to be retrenched as the airline restructures, joining 564 who were… Read More »
Air Wisconsin to lay off 140 first officers
Air Wisconsin (ZW, Appleton) has notified the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development that it will lay off 140 unionised first… Read More »
Air Namibia board resigns over spat with gov’t
The board of Air Namibia (SW, Windhoek Int’l) has resigned after launching a scathing attack on the Namibian government for… Read More »
Philippine Airlines confirms 2,300 layoffs
PAL Holdings has confirmed that it is implementing “a company-wide workforce reduction program” covering about 2,300 employees, or 30% of… Read More »
SAA to exit administration in mid-1Q21 says gov’t
The South African government expects South African Airways (SA, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) to exit administration at the end of February… Read More »
Switzerland’s Moov Airways eyes turboprop ops in late 2022
Moov Airways (Basel/Mulhouse/Freiburg, CH) is planning to take delivery of its first turboprops for its regional operations out of Lugano… Read More »
New Delhi mulls steps to avoid Air India aircraft seizure
In order to avoid Air India (AI, Mumbai Int’l) having its assets seized in a long-running corporate tax case between… Read More »
Viet Nam’s Bamboo Airways adds first in-house E190
Bamboo Airways (QH, Hanoi) began in-house Embraer operations on February 1, 2021, with the deployment of ERJ 190-100LR VN-A266 (msn… Read More »
Canada’s Air Transat suspends ops amid tough restrictions
Following enhanced measures announced by the Canadian government aimed at further curbing the spread of COVID-19, Air Transat has suspended… Read More »
Canada’s Cargojet closes $273mn offering to buy freighters
Cargojet Airways (W8, Hamilton, ON) confirmed in a news release dated February 1 that it raised CAD350,156,500 Canadian dollars (USD273… Read More »
US DOD extends cargo contract eligibility of 11 airlines
The Directorate of Acquisitions of the US Transportation Command has extended eleven airlines’ eligibility for cargo contracts on behalf of… Read More »
Swiss suspends most Geneva hub ops due to COVID measures
Swiss (LX, Zurich) has announced that it will suspend nearly all of its flights from its secondary hub in Geneva… Read More »
South Africa’s FlySafair granted Mauritius route authorities
South African low-cost domestic carrier FlySafair has been granted the route authorities to operate between Johannesburg O.R. Tambo and Mauritius… Read More »
LATAM given five-month extension to file restructuring plan
Judge James L. Garrity of the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York has approved LATAM Airlines… Read More »
Ukraine security service raids Motor Sich meeting venue
Two days after the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, signed a decree enacting sanctions against Chinese investors seeking to gain… Read More »
Papua New Guinea reopens for limited international flights
Papua New Guinea has approved the resumption of five local airlines’ commercial services and is accepting incoming flights from 14… Read More »
Pacific Mission Aviation eyes Guam expansion
Pacific Mission Aviation (Guam Int’l) – an aviation ministry that serves remote islands in the Pacific – plans to expand… Read More »
BlackRock raises Atlas Air Worldwide shareholding
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings is now 14.2% owned by Blackrock Investment Management, which raised its shareholding in the company and… Read More »
Tajikistan reopens to limited international pax traffic
Limited international passenger flights are now operating to/from Tajikistan, including services connecting Dushanbe with Russia, Turkey, Iran, Uzbekistan, and the… Read More »
Cayman Airways set to resume B737 MAX operations
Cayman Airways (KX, Grand Cayman Island) will shortly resume B737 MAX operations after the Civil Aviation Authority of the Cayman… Read More »
Australia’s Rex secures shareholder nod for PAG investment
Rex – Regional Express (ZL, Wagga Wagga) shareholders have “overwhelmingly” approved a proposed AUD150 million Australian dollar (USD115 million) investment… Read More »
Japan’s ANA adjusts cargo operations at Okinawa
ANA Holdings has announced it has reached an agreement with the government of the Okinawa prefecture to use the bellyhold… Read More »
French Polynesia’s Air Archipels orders two King Air 260s
Air Archipels (RHL, Papeete) has ordered two Beech (twin turboprop) King Air 260s from Beechcraft/Textron Aviation as part of its… Read More »
Ohio’s PSA Airlines resumes ops after brief grounding
PSA Airlines (OH, Dayton James M. Cox) resumed operations on January 29, 2021, following a sudden grounding of “most” of… Read More »
AELF FlightService acquires majority stake in Maleth-Aero
AELF FlightService, the wet-leasing division of Puerto Rico-based lessor AELF – Aircraft Engine Lease Finance, has completed the acquisition of… Read More »