Canada’s WestJet to restart MAX ops in early 1Q21
WestJet (WS, Calgary) has joined the list of airlines announcing firm B737 MAX service resumption plans, with the type’s first… Read More »
IATA suspends Kenya’s Fly540 from BSP
Fly540 (5H, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta) intends to take legal action against the International Air Transport Association (IATA) after it suspended… Read More »
Nepal’s Buddha Air forges ahead with STOL ops
Buddha Air (U4, Kathmandu) is forging ahead with plans to establish a wholly-owned subsidiary operating STOL-enabled aircraft beginning September 2021… Read More »
Court grants Thai more time to file restructuring plan
The Central Bankruptcy Court has granted Thai Airways International (TG, Bangkok Suvarnabhumi) one more month to file a rehabilitation plan,… Read More »
Spain’s CanaryFly suspends flights through late 1Q21
CanaryFly (PM, Las Palmas) has suspended all scheduled flights between January 11 and March 21, 2021, in response to a… Read More »
Korean Air shareholders back articles of association changes
Korean Air (KE, Seoul Incheon) revealed on January 6 that its shareholders had approved an alteration to the company’s articles… Read More »
Ryanair blames CAA ACMI policy for UK route cancellations
Ryanair UK (RK, London Stansted) says it has cancelled 12 routes in and from the United Kingdom after what it… Read More »
Sweden’s debt office gives $24.5mn loan guarantee to BRA
On the very last day it was able to do so, the Swedish National Debt Office provided a state guarantee… Read More »
Israir to lay off more staff, may stop flying on Saturdays
Israir (6H, Tel Aviv Ben Gurion) expects that in 2021 it will have to cut its workforce by a further… Read More »
Malaysia’s AirAsia X tries to invalidate case it lost to BOC
AirAsia X (D7, Kuala Lumpur Int’l) has moved to invalidate lessor BOC Aviation’s efforts to enforce a lawsuit it lost… Read More »
Canada’s OWG launches international operations
OWG (Montréal Trudeau) commenced international operations to the Caribbean, its core business, on December 18, 2020. The virtual carrier, a… Read More »
UK’s JOTA Aviation launches post-Brexit cargo airbridge
JOTA Aviation (ENZ, London Southend) has partnered Priority Freight in launching a scheduled airbridge between Birmingham Int’l and Ostend in… Read More »
EC approves more aid to Alitalia, continues other probes
The European Commission has approved a further EUR73.02 million euros (USD90.5 million) in Italian state support for Alitalia (AZ, Rome… Read More »
Florida’s GLOBALX takes first A320
GLOBALX (Miami Int’l) took delivery of its first A320-200 on January 1, 2021, as it progresses towards completing its certification… Read More »
Ryanair’s Maltese subsidiary lays off 40 cabin crew
Malta Air (AL, Malta Int’l) and the Mediterranean island nation’s General Workers’ Union have failed to reach a cabin crew… Read More »
Gabon’s Afrijet adds wet-leased ATR freighter
Afrijet Business Service (J7, Libreville) has wet-leased its first dedicated freighter, an ATR72-500(F), from Switzerland’s Zimex Aviation (XM, Zurich). HB-ABS… Read More »
Nigeria’s Azman Air to add B737NGs, more A340s
Azman Air (AZM, Kano) has acquired three B737-800s as part of its fleet growth strategy aimed at developing Kano into… Read More »
Delta Air Lines withdraws objection to SpiceJet’s FACP
Having received approval from the Indian Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to codeshare with KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (KL,… Read More »
Chad orders suspension of all scheduled pax flights
Chad has suspended all international and domestic passenger flights for a renewable period of one week from midnight on January… Read More »
Afghanistan’s Kam Air denies Delhi route refusal reports
Private Afghan carrier Kam Air (RQ, Kabul) has dismissed as “fake news” a reported warning from the Afghanistan Civil Aviation… Read More »
Vietnam Airlines agrees to issue $345mn in new shares
Vietnam Airlines (VN, Hanoi) will issue VND8 trillion dong (USD345 million) worth of common shares to existing shareholders “to supplement… Read More »
IAG adjusts structure to protect Aer Lingus’s EU status
IAG International Airlines Group has tweaked its corporate structure to ensure that its Aer Lingus (EI, Dublin Int’l) and Iberia… Read More »
Court approves Rami Levy’s planned Israir acquisition
Beating its January 3 deadline to do so, Tel Aviv District Court approved the sale of Israir (6H, Tel Aviv… Read More »
Muscat to dissolve the Oman Aviation Group
Oman’s government has announced the dissolution of the Oman Aviation Group (OAG) with its assets and tasks to be redistributed… Read More »
Qatari embargo set to end amid detente with Saudi bloc
The blockade of Qatar is set to end after Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) all… Read More »
British Airways set to secure £2.0bn UKEF-backed loan
British Airways (BA, London Heathrow) has secured a GBP2 billion pound (USD2.74 billion) loan partially guaranteed by the United Kingdom’s… Read More »