JetBlue Airways adds first A220
JetBlue Airways (B6, New York JFK) wrapped up 2020 with the delivery of its first A220-300 on December 31. N3008J… Read More »
Lao Airlines suspends international charters to stem COVID
Lao Airlines (QV, Vientiane) has suspended all international charter flights to reduce the risk of a second wave of COVID-19… Read More »
Interups, employees tweak their Air India bid
Interups, which is backed by non-resident Indians (NRIs), has withdrawn its Expression of Interest for Air India (AI, Mumbai Int’l),… Read More »
Emirates now expecting B777X induction in 2023
Emirates (EK, Dubai Int’l) says it does not expect to take delivery of its first B777-9 earlier than 2023, three… Read More »
Pakistan’s PIA faces asset grab in British Virgin Islands
PIA – Pakistan International Airlines (PK, Islamabad Quaid-e-Azam Int’l) could see its assets attached by the High Court of Justice… Read More »
Cameroon’s Camair-Co to dismiss 130 workers
Cameroon’s Camair-Co (QC, Douala) has drawn up a list of 130 workers who it plans to dismiss, representing nearly a… Read More »
Wizz Air Abu Dhabi plots limited 1Q21 launch
Wizz Air Abu Dhabi (WAZ, Abu Dhabi Int’l) has announced that it would launch on January 15, 2021, following a… Read More »
Papua New Guinea props up Air Niugini
Papua New Guinea’s state-owned Air Niugini (PX, Port Moresby) is to receive operational funding via Kumul Consolidated Holdings (KHC), the… Read More »
Thai Airways delays submission of restructuring plan
Thai Airways International (TG, Bangkok Suvarnabhumi) has filed a request with the Central Bankruptcy Court to postpone by one month,… Read More »
Russia’s Volga-Dnepr Airlines resumes An-124 ops after check
Volga-Dnepr Airlines (VI, Ulyanovsk Vostochny) reactivated the first of its ten An-124s on December 26, 2020, following a month-long grounding… Read More »
American Airlines adds five aircraft to Mesa Airlines’ CPA
Mesa Airlines (YV, Phoenix Sky Harbor) will increase its Capacity Purchase Agreement (CPA) with American Airlines (AA, Dallas/Fort Worth) by… Read More »
Tata Sons increases stake in AirAsia India to 83%
Tata Sons has increased its holding in AirAsia India (I5, Bangalore Int’l) to 83.67% after it acquired an additional 32.67%… Read More »
Sri Lanka waives landing, parking fees at three airports
Sri Lanka’s government has approved a Ministry of Tourism proposal waiving all landing and aircraft parking fees at the country’s… Read More »
Moldova’s HiSky takes first A319
HiSky (Chisinau) took delivery of its first A319-100, ER-SKY (msn 2326), on December 22, 2020, Skyliner Aviation has reported. The… Read More »
Nigeria reaches compromise with airlines over $58mn debt
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has reached a compromise with local airlines on a plan to recover about NGN22… Read More »
China’s OTT Airlines completes certification, launches
OTT Airlines (OTT, Shanghai Hongqiao) began scheduled flight operations on Monday, December 28, just over three days after the carrier… Read More »
IDB bondholders accept Rami Levy’s offer for Israir
IDB Development bondholders have chosen Rami Levy’s offer for Israir (6H, Tel Aviv Ben Gurion) as their preferred bid for… Read More »
Sydney Seaplanes plans scheduled brand, electric fleet
Sydney Seaplanes (Sydney Kingsford Smith) is seeking regulatory approval to become Australia’s first fully electric, zero-emissions commercial airline by 2025… Read More »
Canada’s Cargojet expands DHL ACMI partnership
Cargojet Airways (W8, Hamilton, ON) and DHL Express have expanded their long-time ACMI partnership with the addition of three international… Read More »
Brazil’s GOL complains about LATAM/Azul codeshare
GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes (G3, Sao Paulo Congonhas) has filed a complaint with the Brazilian free market regulator (Conselho Administrativo… Read More »
Viet Nam’s Vietravel Airlines completes certification
Vietravel Airlines (VU, Hue Phu Bai Int’l) will commence scheduled flight operations in early 2021 after it completed its certification… Read More »
Estonia’s Diamond Sky to add maiden CRJ
Diamond Sky (DMS, Tallinn Lennart Meri) is set to take delivery of its first CRJ200ER in the form of ES-MCR… Read More »
Philippines’ Sunlight Air secures AOC, launches
Sunlight Air (Manila Ninoy Aquino Int’l) commenced revenue services on December 24 shortly after it was awarded its Air Operator’s… Read More »
Air India’s new owner to be allowed to cut fleet
India’s government is likely to make it easier for the new owner of heavily indebted Air India (AI, Mumbai Int’l)… Read More »
Ryanair to reopen Shannon base in early 2Q21
Ryanair (FR, Dublin Int’l) has said that reopening its base at Shannon in 2021 will provide an opportunity for it… Read More »
India’s SpiceJet seeks debt restructure, $68mn loan – report
SpiceJet (SG, Delhi Int’l) has approached India’s Yes Bank for loan restructuring under Reserve Bank of India (RBI) guidelines for… Read More »