Massachussets’ Cape Air boosts P2012 order book
Cape Air (9K, Hyannis) has ordered ten incremental Tecnam P2012s and secured a further 20 options for the Italian twin-piston… Read More »
Star Marianas Air, airport operator agree to solve dispute
Commuter airline Star Marianas Air (Tinian) and the Commonwealth Ports Authority (CPA) of the Northern Mariana Islands have agreed to… Read More »
Mexico’s Aeronaves TSM orders more B737-400(SF)s
Aeronaves TSM (VTM, Saltillo) is set to significantly increase its fleet of Boeing dedicated freighters after it ordered four incremental… Read More »
Ohio’s CommutAir opens Denver base for United Express ops
CommutAir (C5, Cleveland Hopkins) has announced it has opened a new crew base at Denver Int’l airport to operate on… Read More »
India’s SpiceJet inks 50-jet sale/lease-back deal
SpiceJet (SG, Delhi Int’l) has announced that it has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Avenue Capital Aircraft… Read More »
France’s Corsair International takes first A330-900
Corsair International (SS, Paris Orly) took delivery of the first of its five A330-900s on March 31, 2021. F-GRNB (msn… Read More »
South Korea’s Air Premia takes delivery of first B787-9
Air Premia (APZ, Seoul Incheon) has taken delivery of its first aircraft, a B787-9, as it slowly works through its… Read More »
Colorado’s Frontier Airlines takes off with $570mn IPO
Frontier Airlines (F9, Denver Int’l) parent Frontier Airlines Holdings raised USD570 million in an Initial Public Offering (IPO) on March… Read More »
British Airways join investors in zero-emission aircraft
British Airways (BA, London Heathrow) has partnered several other firms in investing USD24.3 million in ZeroAvia (Hollister), a UK/US-based firm… Read More »
Italy’s EGO Airways launches scheduled operations
EGO Airways (E3, Milan Malpensa) launched scheduled operations on March 30, 2021, using a single E190 rather than two as… Read More »
LATAM mulls cargo cooperation with Mercado Libre
LATAM Airlines Group is considering partnering South American online retailer Mercado Libre (Mercado Livre in Brazil) in expanding into the… Read More »
United Airlines bets on leisure demand for Summer 2021
In yet another sign of hopes that US summer 2021 demand will be driven by pent-up leisure demand, United Airlines… Read More »
Romania’s Tarom to downsize but renew fleet – minister
As part of its restructuring plan for Tarom (RO, Bucharest Otopeni), Romania’s government aims to reduce the size and diversity… Read More »
Qantas to pursue defecting executive case in Singapore
Qantas (QF, Sydney Kingsford Smith) has vowed to pursue its case in Singapore against former executive Nick Rohrlach for defecting… Read More »
Cebu Pacific looks to raise another $6.6mn in cash
Cebu Pacific Air (5J, Manila Ninoy Aquino Int’l) has listed 328,947,368 convertible preferred shares with a par value of PHP1.00… Read More »
Tehran cancels IranAir privatisation process
IranAir (IR, Tehran Mehrabad) has been removed from Iran’s list of state-owned assets earmarked to be sold into private ownership… Read More »
Romania’s Blue Air takes first B737 MAX 8
Blue Air (Romania) (0B, Bucharest Otopeni) took delivery of the first of ten B737-8s on dry-lease from Air Lease Corporation… Read More »
Alaska Airlines firms order for 23+15 B737 MAX 9s
Alaska Airlines (AS, Seattle Tacoma Int’l) has announced in a stock market filing that it firmed an order for twenty-three… Read More »
ASL Airlines UK certifies, launches domestic operations
ASL Airlines UK (ABV, East Midlands) became the first new fixed-wing airline to receive an Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC) in… Read More »
Sri Lanka’s Cinnamon Air resumes charter operations
Cinnamon Air (C7, Colombo Int’l) resumes domestic charter flights on April 1 in accordance with safety guidelines of the Civil… Read More »
Hong Kong Air Cargo, Cainiao launch joint logistics hub
Hong Kong Air Cargo (RH, Hong Kong Int’l) and Cainiao Smart Logistics Network, an affiliate of China’s Alibaba Group, have… Read More »
Lauda Europe to launch Zagreb base in mid-3Q21
Ryanair Holdings has announced it will open a new base at Zagreb airport, starting on September 1, 2021, and operated… Read More »