Eritrea reopens to limited int’l pax traffic
Eritrea will allow the limited resumption of commercial international flights from Asmara in mid-April, according to an announcement by the… Read More »
Japan Airlines retires all PW4000-powered 777s
JAL – Japan Airlines (JL, Tokyo Haneda) has joined ANA – All Nippon Airways in retiring its fleet of PW4000-powered… Read More »
Nigeria’s Ibom Air to add A220s for int’l growth
Ibom Air (QI, Uyo) will shortly add its first A220-300s ahead of plans to expand into the regional West African… Read More »
EC backs Air France-KLM aid, Paris to hold biggest stake
As anticipated, the European Commission has approved a second bailout of Air France-KLM, involving EUR4 billion euros (USD4.75 billion) in… Read More »
Chilean carriers nix int’l flights as borders close
LATAM Airlines (LA, Santiago de Chile Int’l) has suspended most of its international commercial flights to and from Chile in… Read More »
Canada’s WestJet lays off another 415 pilots
The Airline Pilots Association of Canada has strongly criticised Ottawa for procrastinating in responding to the COVID-19 crisis in Canadian… Read More »
Australia’s Alliance Air launches E190 commercial ops
Alliance Airlines (QQ, Brisbane Int’l) on April 10 launches commercial service with its recently acquired ERJ 190-100AR fleet based out… Read More »
AMCON plans to operate Arik, NG Eagle side-by-side
The state-owned Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) intends to retain Arik Air (W3, Lagos) alongside its new start-up NG… Read More »
Alitalia running out of time and money – reports
Alitalia (AZ, Rome Fiumicino) paid its 10,500 employees only half of their March salaries as it runs short of cash… Read More »
Romania’s Blue Air plans Bucharest bond, London IPO
Blue Air (Romania) (0B, Bucharest Otopeni) is planning a bond issue on the Bucharest Stock Exchange in October 2022, after… Read More »
Georgia threatens Delta Air Lines tax break amid voter row
Republicans in the Georgia House of Representatives voted late on March 31 to deny a tax break to Delta Air… Read More »
American Airlines restarts $205mn projects at Dallas hub
American Airlines (AA, Dallas/Fort Worth) will resume USD205 million worth of mothballed projects at Dallas/Fort Worth after a faster-than-anticipated upswing… Read More »
flydubai to restart B737 MAX ops in early 2Q21
flydubai (FZ, Dubai Int’l) has announced it will resume scheduled B737 MAX operations on April 8, 2021. Initially, the Emirati… Read More »
Alaska Airlines predicts rapid eVTOL deployment – CEO
Alaska Airlines (AS, Seattle Tacoma Int’l) predicts that electric vertical take-off-and-landing (eVTOL) aircraft will become a mainstay of commercial aviation… Read More »
Kenya Airways benefits from gov’t tax shield
Kenya’s National Treasury has exempted cash strapped Kenya Airways (KQ, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta) from paying a minimum tax of 1%… Read More »
Canada’s Cargojet Airways to operate two B767s for Amazon
Cargojet Airways (W8, Hamilton, ON) is set to join the list of airlines operating freighter aircraft owned by Amazon.com after… Read More »
Bangladesh grounds domestic flights as new COVID wave hits
Bangladesh has imposed a ban on passengers flights from European countries, except Britain, as well as 12 other countries, while… Read More »
Air Transat mulls options after EC thwarts Air Canada tie-up
Air Canada (AC, Montréal Trudeau) has abandoned plans to acquire Air Transat (TS, Montréal Trudeau), after efforts to secure antitrust… Read More »
Fiji Airways cleared for B737 MAX return
Fiji Airways (FJ, Nadi) has announced it has received the go-ahead from the Civil Aviation Authority of Fiji (CAAF) to… Read More »
Nepal Airlines launches tender for sale of B757 engine, APU
Nepal Airlines (RA, Kathmandu) has announced a tender for the sale of a single Rolls-Royce RB211-535E4, msn 30598, which used… Read More »
Nordica is Estonian Air successor, court says; inherits debt
Tallinn Circuit Court has legally recognised Nordica (ND, Tallinn Lennart Meri) as the successor to Estonian Air – and must… Read More »
New York-based investors buy 49% stake in India’s TruJet
Interups, a New York-based investment firm which is backed by non-resident Indians (NRIs), has struck a deal to buy a… Read More »