De Havilland to pause Dash 8-Q400 production in 2021
De Havilland Aircraft of Canada (DHC, Toronto Downsview) has resolved to pause its DHC-8-Q400 production line once all ordered aircraft… Read More »
DRC’s flyCAA takes delivery of first widebody, an A330
flyCAA (BU, Kinshasa N’Djili) took delivery of 9S-PSJ (msn 505) on January 13 marking the privately-owned carrier’s entry into the… Read More »
Qatar Airways to restart Egypt flights
Qatar Airways (QR, Doha Hamad Int’l) restarts scheduled passenger services to Cairo Int’l on January 18, 2021, and to Alexandria… Read More »
Philippines’ PSI Air 2007 launches int’l ops
PSI Air 2007 (PHP, Clark) launched its first scheduled international cargo service, from Clark to Taipei Taoyuan, on December 8,… Read More »
Luxaviation Germany adds first Do328-300
Luxaviation Germany (LXG, Paderborn/Lippstadt) has added its first Do328-300 in the form of D-BSEA (msn 3176), Skyliner Aviation has reported…. Read More »
Singapore Airlines nets additional $500mn from bond issue
Singapore Airlines (SQ, Singapore Changi) has raised USD500 million in its first US dollar-denominated bond issue, which “will be used… Read More »
New recovery plan for Air Vanuatu
An urgent recovery plan for Air Vanuatu (NF, Port Vila) is to be presented to shareholders and the airline’s board… Read More »
Subsidiary of Portugal’s Hi Fly expands MRO capabilities
Mesa, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hi Fly (5K, Beja), opened a maintenance, repair, and overhaul base at the group’s home… Read More »
Indian gov’t launches SagarMala seaplane project
India’s Ministry of Ports, Shipping, and Waterways has launched a “game-changer” of a project to link at least 19 locations… Read More »
Korea’s Eastar Jet secures court-backed creditor protection
Eastar Jet (ESR, Seoul Gimpo) has been granted a preservation measure and a comprehensive prohibition order, two parts of a… Read More »
US designates COMAC, Air China’s parent as military users
The United States Department of Defence (DOD) has added COMAC (Shanghai Pudong), Grand China Air (CN, Haikou), and China National… Read More »
Hungary’s Wizz Air to issue €500mn bonds
Wizz Air (W6, Budapest) has announced it will issue a debut bond worth EUR500 million euros (USD608 million) as a… Read More »
Air Canada orders first in-house B767 P2F freighters
Air Canada (AC, Montréal Trudeau) has reached a deal with Cargo Aircraft Management, a subsidiary of Air Transport Services Group,… Read More »
Qatar Airways to permanently halve A380 fleet
Qatar Airways (QR, Doha Hamad Int’l) is planning to operate at most five A380-800s once it reactivates them, Qatar Airways… Read More »
Norwegian drops long-haul, cuts 2,160 jobs, to raise $590mn
Norwegian (DY, Oslo Gardermoen) will shut down its long-haul operations to focus instead on “a simplified business structure and dedicated… Read More »
US’s ExpressJet Airlines plots 2021 restart
In an enigmatic update posted on its website, ExpressJet Airlines (EV, Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson) said it was planning to restart… Read More »
American Airlines, JetBlue to divest JFK, Washington slots
American Airlines (AA, Dallas/Fort Worth) and JetBlue Airways (B6, New York JFK) agreed to voluntarily divest at least seven slot… Read More »
VietJetAir scoops over $28mn in bond issue
VietJetAir (VJ, Hanoi) managed to raise a total of VND650 billion dong (USD28.2 million) in its most recent bond issue,… Read More »
Lesotho temporarily closes airspace to contain COVID-19
Lesotho has closed its airspace for all but essential flights for two weeks in the wake of a new hard… Read More »
Nauru Airlines targets B737NGs for fleet renewal
Nauru Airlines (ON, Nauru) has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) to start the process of replacing its B737-300 passenger… Read More »
DHL Express orders eight Boeing 777 freighters
DHL Express has ordered eight incremental B777-Fs directly from Boeing with deliveries scheduled to begin in 2022. The order also… Read More »
Canada’s Transat clarifies Quebecor proposal
The Board and special committee of the Board of Transat, supported by their financial and legal advisors, have reiterated their… Read More »
Hawaii’s Trans Executive Airlines eyes int’l B737 charters
Trans Executive Airlines (R9, Honolulu) is planning to launch international charters with a B737-200 and has asked the US Department… Read More »
Spain’s Volotea ends B717 operations
Volotea (V7, Asturias) has retired all of its remaining B717-200s and will exclusively operate A319-100s going forward, according to multiple… Read More »
Italy’s EGO Airways outlines network for 2021
EGO Airways (EGW, Milan Malpensa) has outlined the details of its domestic Italian network with the launch of scheduled operations… Read More »
Medical cannabis firm seeks shell merger for Israel’s Arkia
Arkia Israeli Airlines (IZ, Tel Aviv Ben Gurion) has signed an agreement with Canzon, a developer of cannabidiol (CBD) medical… Read More »