Italy’s Sky Alps secures first Q400s on lease
Sky Alps (Bolzano) has announced it will lease its first two DHC-8-Q400s from Chorus Aviation Capital with deliveries expected in… Read More »
Lessor seizes Surinam Airways B737 in Miami over debts
A B737-700 belonging to Surinam Airways (PY, Paramaribo Int’l) has been seized at Miami Int’l, shortly before a scheduled return… Read More »
Thyme Opco completes flybe. aquisition, eyes summer return
Thyme Opco, the Cyrus Capital-controlled shell company that announced last October its intention to acquire flybe. (BE, Exeter), revealed on… Read More »
Eurowings to add A320neo in 2022 to cope with pent-up demand
Eurowings (EW, Düsseldorf Int’l) is planning to increase its number of active aircraft from less than 30 at present to… Read More »
Viet Nam’s Bamboo Airways reveals partnership deal with bank
Bamboo Airways (QH, Hanoi) and Ho Chi Minh City-based Sacombank have announced a “comprehensive cooperation agreement” involving a new strategic… Read More »
Latvia’s SmartLynx Airlines enters German charter market
SmartLynx Airlines (6Y, Riga) has announced it will enter the German and Swiss leisure markets in summer 2021, operating full… Read More »
Norway’s Norse Atlantic Airways raises $165mn in IPO
Norse Atlantic Airways debuted on the low-threshold Euronext Growth exchange in Oslo on April 12, raising around NOK1.4 billion kroner… Read More »
ACCC okays Virgin Australia/Alliance Airlines tie-up
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has approved, with no restrictions, a proposed partnership between Virgin Australia (VA, Brisbane… Read More »
Auditor-General warns of Air Tanzania’s debt risks
Air Tanzania (TC, Dar es Salaam) is at risk of having its aircraft impounded abroad because of debts owed by… Read More »
Thailand’s Nok Air extends time to file restructuring plan
Nok Air (DD, Bangkok Don Mueang) has said in a stock market filing that it has been granted an additional… Read More »
UK’s flyPOP selects A330-300s, begins certification
flyPOP (London Stansted) has secured three A330-300s on lease from Avolon, kickstarting its certification drive with the UK Civil Aviation… Read More »
Iceland’s PLAY start-up nets $35mn in funding, hires new CEO
PLAY (FPY, Reykjavik Keflavik) claims to have raised about USD35 million through a private share offering, its new investors including… Read More »
Canada’s Air Tunilik given $3.9mn in Quebec state aid
The state of Québec has granted the seaplane operator Air Tunilik CAD5 million Canadian dollars (USD3.9 million) for an expansion… Read More »
RAM suspends numerous flights after Morocco closes airspace
Royal Air Maroc (AT, Casablanca Int’l) and its regional subsidiary Royal Air Maroc Express (RXP, Casablanca Int’l) have suspended flights… Read More »
Nigeria’s Air Peace has own MRO plans
Nigeria’s Air Peace (P4, Lagos) has long-term plans to set up its own Maintenance Repair Overhaul (MRO) facility to avoid… Read More »
China Central Longhao Airlines to add widebody freighters
China Central Longhao Airlines (GI, Zhengzhou) is set to add its first widebody freighters after Cargo Facts identified the Chinese… Read More »
Ottawa takes equity in Air Canada for C$5.9bn in aid
Air Canada (AC, Montréal Trudeau) and the Canadian government have agreed on a financial aid package that gives the flag… Read More »
France unveils first short domestic flight ban legislation
France is poised to ban all domestic flights that can otherwise be done by train in less than 2.5 hours… Read More »
LATAM Airlines Brasil retires all A350s
LATAM Airlines Brasil (JJ, Sao Paulo Congonhas) has announced it will retire all of its eleven A350-900s with immediate effect… Read More »
Oslo court and creditors back Norwegian survival plan
Oslo County Court approved Norwegian’s reconstruction plan in Norway on April 12, adding to an earlier approval in Ireland. With… Read More »
Air New Zealand defers capital raise, loan facility expanded
Air New Zealand (NZ, Auckland Int’l) has opted to defer its planned equity capital raise by three months while also… Read More »
Southern Airways Express secures EAS contract at Chadron, NE
Southern Airways Express (9X, Memphis Int’l) has clinched a two-year contract from the US Department of Transportation (DOT) to provide… Read More »