Australia ungrounds the B737 MAX
Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) ungrounded the B737 MAX on February 26, 2021, thereby becoming the first regulator in… Read More »
United Airlines orders 25 incremental B737 MAX
United Airlines (UA, Chicago O’Hare) has said in its annual report that it has placed a firm order for 25… Read More »
Singapore’s SilkAir puts seven B737-800s up for sale
SilkAir (MI, Singapore Changi) has appointed Skytech-AIC to sell seven B737-800s that will not be transferred to parent Singapore Airlines… Read More »
UK’s NEBO Air to start commercial electric ops
Small UK-based start-up NEBO Air (Damyns Hall) is poised to launch commercial flights with the world’s first type-certified fully electric… Read More »
Key Lufthansa shareholder Heinz Hermann Thiele dies aged 79
Heinz Hermann Thiele, the German billionaire industrialist who as of February 2021 owned 12.42% of Lufthansa (LH, Frankfurt Int’l), has… Read More »
Condor begins ops for DHL; Bahraini DHL airline adds B767
Condor (DE, Frankfurt Int’l) has increased its presence in the cargo market with a new contract to operate four B767-300(ER)s… Read More »
Canada’s Harbour Air Seaplanes plans Seattle schedules
Canada’s Harbour Air Seaplanes (YB, Vancouver Coal Harbour) plans to introduce year-round schedules in June 2021 between Vancouver Coal Harbour… Read More »
Alaska Airlines told to pay $3.2mn after escalator fall
A jury at King County Superior Court in Seattle has ordered Alaska Airlines (AS, Seattle Tacoma Int’l) to pay USD3.2… Read More »
China Eastern firms five C919 orders
China Eastern Airlines (MU, Shanghai Hongqiao) has signed a firm order agreement with COMAC (Shanghai Pudong) for its first five… Read More »
Air Express Algeria grows Beech 1900D, Let fleet
Oil and gas industry air service provider Air Express Algeria (Hassi Messaoud) has secured three aircraft on lease from ACIA… Read More »
Air Seychelles initiates voluntary layoffs to ease finances
Air Seychelles (HM, Mahé) has begun a voluntary redundancy scheme, primarily targetting employees aged 55 and over, as it reevaluates… Read More »
France’s CMA CGM Air Cargo to launch in late 1Q21
CMA CGM Air Cargo (Paris Orly) is set to begin its scheduled cargo operations on March 8 with a route… Read More »
New York’s Tailwind Air eyes seasonal seaplane commutes
New York-based seaplane air taxi operator, Tailwind Air Service (Farmingdale), has re-applied to the US Department of Transportation for commuter… Read More »
Arizona’s Mesa Airlines ends CRJ700 operations
Mesa Airlines (YV, Phoenix Sky Harbor) has concluded CRJ700 Srs 701ER operations on behalf of United Airlines and will proceed… Read More »
Israel’s El Al starts to fire a third of its workforce
As it continues talks to obtain a USD300 million loan from Bank Leumi, Israel Discount Bank, and other financial bodies,… Read More »
Transair Hawaii to add first B737-400(F)
Transair Hawaii (R9, Honolulu) has ordered a single converted B737-400(SF) from Aeronautical Engineers, Inc. (AEI), its first unit of the… Read More »
Lithuania’s Heston Airlines reveals alliance with lessor
Heston Airlines (Vilnius) parent Heston Aviation has officially joined forces with Irish lessor Genesis Aircraft Services to build and launch… Read More »
Surf Air to acquire electric aviation tech firm Ampaire
Surf Air Mobility – a US-based membership-based air travel booking platform – is acquiring hybrid electric aviation technology pioneer Ampaire… Read More »
Idaho’s Stout Flying Service bows out after 30 years
Stout Flying Service (Lewiston) has announced via its Facebook page that it has closed its doors after the business was… Read More »
KLM takes first E195-E2, Air France to add A220 in 3Q21
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (KL, Amsterdam Schiphol) took delivery of its first E195-E2 on February 23 kicking off the Air… Read More »
DOT tentatively grants scheduled authority to Breeze Airways
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) is set to award a certificate of public convenience and scheduled authority to Breeze… Read More »
SAA business rescue costs sky-rocket
The cost of rescuing bankrupt South African Airways has shot up to ZAR19.3 billion rand (USD1.3 billion), of which ZAR5.3… Read More »