Romania’s Tarom puts 14 aircraft up for sale
Tarom (RO, Bucharest Otopeni) has set in motion previously announced plans to dispose of 14 ageing aircraft deemed surplus to… Read More »
Suriname’s Fly All Ways adds Twin Otter for petro contract
Fly All Ways Airlines (8W, Paramaribo Int’l) has wet-leased a DHC-6-400 from Zimex Aviation (XM, Zurich) for a passenger charter… Read More »
UPS to buy up to 150 Beta Technologies eVTOL aircraft
United Parcel Service and its UPS Flight Forward subsidiary, a “drone airline” that in October 2019 received Part 135 certification… Read More »
Nigeria’s Cally Air takes delivery of first aircraft, a B737
Nigerian startup Cally Air (Calabar) has taken delivery of its first aircraft, a B737-300 bought from Magnetic Leasing, to be… Read More »
Kenya Airways’ stock trading suspension extended
The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) has extended the suspension from trading of Kenya Airways (KQ, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta) shares for… Read More »
Italy blasts “discrimination”, wants ITA launched by summer
As talks between Italy’s government and the European Commission stall over the launch of planned Alitalia (AZ, Rome Fiumicino) successor… Read More »
AirAsia Group sets up LCC consultancy
AirAsia Group has established a new entity within the company by the name of AirAsia Consulting, which will specialise in… Read More »
Texas’s Avelo Airlines to debut ops in mid-2Q21
Avelo Airlines (XP, Burbank) will launch commercial flight operations later this quarter using Burbank, an airport that serves Downtown Los… Read More »
Malawi Airlines faces liquidation as cash flows dwindle
Malawi Airlines (3W, Lilongwe) could be liquidated should its two shareholders, the Malawian government (51%) and Ethiopian Airlines (ET, Addis… Read More »
US’s Waltzing Mathilda unveils Connect Airlines brand
US charter operator Waltzing Matilda Aviation (New Bedford) has launched a new brand, Connect Airlines (Toronto City Centre), which will… Read More »
Boeing finds more B737 MAX issues, 16 operators affected
Several airlines around the globe have temporarily grounded their B737 MAX jets after Boeing (BOE, Chicago O’Hare) identified “a potential… Read More »
Cainiao partners Atlas Air and LATAM Airlines
LATAM Airlines Group and Atlas Air (5Y, New York JFK) have entered into a partnership agreement with China’s Cainiao Smart… Read More »
Italy’s Neos takes delivery of first B737 MAX 8s
Neos (NO, Milan Malpensa) took delivery of its first two B737-8s on March 31. EI-RZA (msn 62869) and EI-RZB (msn… Read More »
India’s Trujet to buy 54 A220s, 54 E2s, says new investor
Barely a week after the New York-based investment firm Interups bought a 49% stake in TruJet (2T, Hyderabad Int’l), the… Read More »
Polokwane, South Africa loses scheduled ops after downgrade
Airlink (South Africa) (4Z, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) has been forced to suspend flights to Polokwane in northern Limpopo Province with… Read More »
Viet Nam’s Bamboo Airways warned about overselling tickets
The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam has ordered Bamboo Airways (QH, Hanoi) not to exceed the number of tickets it… Read More »
IMF asks Kenya to limit support to SOEs
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has asked Kenya’s National Treasury to limit its support to struggling state-owned enterprises (SOEs) such… Read More »
Israel’s El Al plans $105mn share issue before mid-3Q21
El Al Israel Airlines (LY, Tel Aviv Ben Gurion) plans to raise at least USD105 million in an offering of… Read More »
Lessor orders India’s SpiceJet to ground three B737s
Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE Capital) has served SpiceJet (SG, Delhi Int’l) with a notice immediately requiring three of its B737s… Read More »
ASL Aviation Holdings agrees $125mn debt facility
ASL Aviation Holdings has closed an agreement making USD125 million available to the group to be drawn down as the… Read More »
Korean Air, Asiana LCCs to be merged, HQ to be decided
Air Busan (BX, Busan), Air Seoul (RS, Seoul Incheon), and Jin Air (LJ, Jeju) will be integrated into a single… Read More »
Allegiant to open Austin, TX base in 4Q21
Allegiant Air (G4, Las Vegas McCarran) will invest USD75 million to open a new base at the South Terminal of… Read More »