Airbus mulls new A350 widebody freighter – report
Airbus (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac) is considering developing an A350 dedicated freighter following the cancellation late last year of its last… Read More »
UK’s Jet2 set to tap into CCFF facility with £200mn issuance
Jet2 plc will go ahead with the issuance of GBP200 million pounds (USD278.55 million) worth of commercial paper after it… Read More »
Gov’t takes control of Air Vanuatu after sacking its board
The government of the Pacific island of Vanuatu has taken control of Air Vanuatu (NF, Port Vila) after firing its… Read More »
China’s YTO Cargo Airlines secures B767 freighter feedstock
YTO Cargo Airlines (YG, Hangzhou) has bought its first B767-300(ER) for conversion into a freighter and expects to complete the… Read More »
Norway’s Wideroe to debut electric aircraft in 2026
Widerøe (WF, Bodø) is set to become the world’s first commercial operator of a wholly electrically-powered commuter aircraft as it… Read More »
Nigerian cops question AMCON, Dana Air over fraud charges
Airline executives from Dana Air (9J, Lagos) and the state-owned Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) have been called in… Read More »
Cebu Pacific borrows ₱16bn from Philippine banks
Cebu Pacific Air (5J, Manila Ninoy Aquino Int’l) has secured a PHP16 billion peso (USD206 million) 10-year loan from a… Read More »
EgyptAir mulls in-house flights to Israel
EgyptAir (MS, Cairo Int’l) has submitted an official request to the Israeli authorities for a permit to launch in-house services… Read More »
Utah’s Breeze Airways nears full certification
Breeze Airways (MXY, Salt Lake City) is in the home straight in terms of its certification drive after the US… Read More »
Canberra extends A$1.2bn lifeline to Australian carriers
Australian airlines have embraced the government’s AUD1.2 billion Australian dollar (USD930 million) stimulus package for the country’s aviation and tourism… Read More »
VietJetAir to sell all 17.77 million treasury shares
VietJetAir (VJ, Hanoi) has approved a proposal to sell all 17.77 million of its treasury shares, equivalent to 3.28% of… Read More »
Icelandair merges Air Iceland Connect, to add B767-300(F)s
Icelandair (FI, Reykjavik Keflavik) will convert two of its B767-300(ER)s into freighters and lease them back under a long-term deal… Read More »
South Korea unveils additional support to airlines
South Korea’s government has unveiled additional measures to help the country’s airlines as they wrestle with the continuing impact of… Read More »
IndiGo Airlines in talks about five A321P2Fs – report
India’s largest low-cost carrier IndiGo Airlines (6E, Delhi Int’l) is planning to tap into the cargo market with the addition… Read More »
Air India denies plans to retire B747-400s
In response to a number of articles in the Indian media, Air India (AI, Mumbai Int’l) has issued a statement… Read More »
Norwegian wins court nod to axe leases on 25 aircraft
Ireland’s High Court has given Norwegian (DY, Oslo Gardermoen) approval to terminate lease contracts for 25 aircraft that had been… Read More »
Texas’s Envoy Air to add E170s
Envoy Air (MQ, Dallas/Fort Worth) has announced it is planning to add its first E170s with at least six units… Read More »
FedEx, Sikorsky trial single-pilot ATR flights – report
FedEx Express (FX, Memphis Int’l) is working with Sikorsky Aircraft (Bridgeport) to trial single-pilot Avions de Transport Régional cargo operations,… Read More »
Tanzania’s Grumeti Air to start international ops in 2Q21
Tanzanian safari air transfer specialist Grumeti Air (Arusha), on June 2, 2021, launches scheduled cross-border flights between the Serengeti and… Read More »
Italy’s Neos plans scheduled US flights
Neos (NO, Milan Malpensa) has applied for exemption authority to amend its US Foreign Air Carrier permit to conduct foreign… Read More »
Mexico’s TUM Aerocarga expands internationally
Mexican cargo specialist TUM AeroCarga (MCS, México City Int’l) has applied for a US Foreign Air Carrier Permit and exemption… Read More »
Omani CAA ungrounds the B737 MAX
Oman’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has issued a safety circular permitting Oman Air (WY, Muscat) and all foreign carriers to… Read More »