India’s GoAir revives IPO plans – report
GoAir (G8, Mumbai Int’l) has revived plans to raise cash, reportedly INR30 billion rupees (USD411.8 million), by launching an Initial… Read More »
UK’s Eastern Airways unveils first E190 routes
Eastern Airways (T3, Humberside) has announced it will launch two new routes to Gibraltar in May 2021, which are also… Read More »
Wick, United Kingdom secures PSO funding
The Scottish Government has announced it will make GBP4 million pounds (USD5.5 million) in Public Service Obligation (PSO) grants available… Read More »
Canadian North to add first B737NG
Canadian North (5T, Yellowknife) is set to add its first B737-700 in the form of C-FHBO (msn 32768), director (flight… Read More »
Frontier Airlines to open Tampa base, plans for Atlanta
Low-fare carrier Frontier Airlines (F9, Denver Int’l) will establish a crew base at Tampa Int’l in May 2021, and plans… Read More »
Wizz Air to open Sarajevo base in 2Q21
Hungarian low-cost carrier Wizz Air (W6, Budapest) is to station an A320 in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina, from May 20, 2021, representing the… Read More »
Aeroméxico seeks four more months to file restructuring plan
Grupo Aeroméxico has asked the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York to extend the deadline… Read More »
Turkey’s Pegasus Airlines set to issue $21mn worth of bonds
Pegasus Airlines (PC, Istanbul Sabiha Gökcen) has announced it will issue TRY150 million lira (USD21 million) worth of 365-day bonds…. Read More »
Canada’s Sunwing receives takeover offer, says CEO
The chief executive of Sunwing Travel Group, Stephen Hunter, has revealed that its low-cost subsidiary Sunwing Airlines (WG, Toronto Pearson)… Read More »
United, American, Hawaiian warn of job losses in early 2Q21
Airlines in the United States have issued fresh warnings of job losses once the second round of payroll support expires… Read More »
Singapore Airlines converts B787-10 orders to B777-9s
Singapore Airlines Group has announced that it has converted orders for fourteen B787-10s into eleven B777-9s as a part of… Read More »
Hainan Airlines Holdings to restructure up to ¥72.5bn debts
Hainan Airlines Holding revealed in a disclosure on February 9 that it expects to restructure interest-bearing debts amounting to no… Read More »
Moves to disqualify Boutique Air from Jackson EAS tender
Southern Airways Express (9X, Memphis Int’l) and Air Choice One (3E, St. Louis Lambert Int’l) are trying to have Boutique… Read More »
Sun Country Airlines outlines plans to IPO on Nasdaq
Sun Country Airlines (SY, Minneapolis/St. Paul) has outlined plans for an Initial Public Offering (IPO) on the NASDAQ stock exchange,… Read More »
Samoa’s Talofa Airways suspends flights over COVID-19
Talofa Airways (Apia Faleolo) has suspended scheduled services until Samoa reopens its borders, the airline confirmed to ch-aviation by email…. Read More »
India’s gov’t spotlights Assam for aviation development
As part of a major boost to infrastructure development that the Indian government of Narendra Modi has announced for the… Read More »
RwandAir granted Ghana 5th freedom rights to US
RwandAir (WB, Kigali) plans to launch scheduled services from Kigali via Accra, Ghana to New York JFK in December 2021… Read More »
Lauda Europe to open Zadar, Croatia base from 2Q21
Lauda Europe (LW, Malta Int’l) is to open a base at Zadar, Croatia, from March 30, 2021, to serve destinations in Germany, Vienna,… Read More »
Aer Lingus takes €150mn loan from Irish sovereign fund
Aer Lingus (EI, Dublin Int’l) has extracted a EUR150 million euro (USD180 million) three-year loan from the Ireland Strategic Investment… Read More »
Envoy Air to expand MRO base at Springfield, MO
Envoy Air (MQ, Dallas/Fort Worth) – a wholly-owned subsidiary of American Airlines Group – has announced plans to expand its… Read More »
Allegiant Air to open Des Moines base in early 3Q21
Allegiant Air (G4, Las Vegas McCarran) has announced it will open its base at Des Moines, Iowa, on July 1,… Read More »
Indonesia’s Lion Air restructures some lease deals – report
Lion Air Group is understood to have reached agreement with a number of its lessors to restructure their lease agreements… Read More »