easyJet agrees with Airbus to defer 22 deliveries
easyJet (U2, London Luton) has announced it has reached an agreement with Airbus to defer a total of 22 aircraft… Read More »
PIA plots staff cuts while fleet set to grow
PIA – Pakistan International Airlines (PK, Islamabad Quaid-e-Azam Int’l) plans to halve its payroll through staff redundancies while at the… Read More »
Canadian Air Force may replace CC-150s with ex-civilian jets
The Canadian government is considering buying five second-hand aircraft from the country’s troubled carriers to replace five A310-300s operated by… Read More »
BA to restart non-TATL, domestic ops from Gatwick in 1Q21
British Airways (BA, London Heathrow) will transfer three of its London Heathrow long-haul services to London Gatwick at the end… Read More »
US to designate Russia’s UAC, China’s AVIC as military users
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has unveiled plans to add 103 Russian and Chinese entities to its list of… Read More »
Delta aims to block SpiceJet’s US plans, demands reciprocity
Delta Air Lines (DL, Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson) has petitioned the US Department of Transportation (DOT) to deny SpiceJet (SG, Delhi… Read More »
Lebanon’s MEA to stop accepting domestic USD payments
MEA – Middle East Airlines (ME, Beirut) will cease to accept payments for its services in US Dollar transfers from… Read More »
Australia’s Alliance Airlines ramps up E190 purchases
Alliance Airlines (QQ, Brisbane Int’l) has entered into an agreement with Jetran for the purchase of 16 additional E190s and… Read More »
Air Greenland firms A330neo order, delays delivery to 4Q22
Air Greenland (GL, Nuuk) has firmed up a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) it signed with Airbus (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac) in… Read More »
American Airlines gains Heathrow slot pair from Finnair
American Airlines (AA, Dallas/Fort Worth) has entered into a slot swap agreement with its Oneworld and transatlantic JBA partner Finnair… Read More »
Korea’s T’way Air inks LOI for three A330s
T’way Air (TW, Seoul Gimpo) has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with an unspecified lessor covering three A330-300s it… Read More »
Transat shareholders back Air Canada deal despite late offer
Despite receiving a late and higher-priced competing proposal, “an overwhelming majority” of shareholders in Air Transat (TS, Montréal Trudeau) parent… Read More »
JSX Air sues Santa Ana, CA airport for discrimination
JSX Air (XE, Dallas Love Field) has filed a lawsuit in the Central District Court-Southern Division against Orange County, CA,… Read More »
WDL Aviation formally rebrands as German Airways
WDL Aviation (WH, Cologne/Bonn) has formally rebranded itself as German Airways (GER, Cologne/Bonn), changing its ICAO code, the name of… Read More »
Pakistan’s Serene Air cleared for international flights
Serene Air (ER, Islamabad Quaid-e-Azam Int’l) plans to launch international flights to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE)… Read More »
Arizona’s Mesa Airlines looks at incremental cargo growth
Mesa Airlines (YV, Phoenix Sky Harbor) sees potential for further growth in the cargo sector and is currently evaluating adding… Read More »
FedEx takes world’s first ATR72-600 freighter
FedEx Express (FX, Memphis Int’l) took delivery of the world’s first ATR72-600F, Avions de Transport Régional’s only purpose-built dedicated freighter,… Read More »
Countries ban flights to/from the UK over new COVID strain
Multiple European countries have banned flights to and from the United Kingdom following the discovery of a new, highly virulent… Read More »
Gov’t to convert six Air India jets for AEW&C missions
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), a state-run defence company, will convert six unspecified aircraft operated by Air India… Read More »
Shareholders in Korea’s Asiana back 3-to-1 capital cut
In another move that smoothes its acquisition by Korean Air (KE, Seoul Incheon), shareholders at debt-riddled Asiana Airlines (OZ, Seoul… Read More »
Malaysia Airlines’ fate to be resolved by YE20 – minister
Malaysia Airlines’ restructuring is expected to be completed by December 31, the country’s deputy finance minister, Abdul Rahim Bakri, divulged… Read More »
Harare set to absorb Air Zimbabwe debt
Zimbabwe’s Cabinet has decided to assume the debt of Air Zimbabwe (UM, Harare Int’l) and to extend its reconstruction period… Read More »
Boeing restarts B737 MAX deliveries
Boeing (BOE, Chicago O’Hare) has resumed B737 MAX deliveries for the first time since the type’s global grounding in March… Read More »
Mexico’s Interjet ejected from IATA BSP, staff plea for help
The Mexican government has rejected a union plea to take control of Interjet (4O, Toluca) as the beleaguered carrier axed… Read More »
Lithuania’s Heston Airlines takes first A320
Heston Airlines (Vilnius) has taken delivery of its first A320-200, LY-FJI (msn 2157), and intends to shortly add a further… Read More »
Kenyan carriers to serve secessionist Somaliland
Kenya Airways (KQ, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta) and other Kenyan airlines will, by end of March 2021, commence direct flights between… Read More »