Singapore Airlines, Tata Sons mull joint bid for Air India
Tata Sons is negotiating with its Vistara (UK, Delhi Int’l) joint-venture partner Singapore Airlines (SQ, Singapore Changi) about bidding together… Read More »
Pakistan’s AirSial takes delivery of first aircraft, an A320
AirSial (PF, Karachi Int’l) has taken delivery of its first of three A320-200s due from AerCap as it progresses towards… Read More »
PAL downplays reports it is seeking court protection
No definite decision has been made on the future of privately-owned flag carrier, Philippine Airlines (PR, Manila Ninoy Aquino Int’l),… Read More »
India’s SpiceJet sets US service plans in motion
SpiceJet (SG, Delhi Int’l) is planning to start commercial flights to the United States using its existing B737 fleet. In… Read More »
Air Namibia denies hostage drama involving CEO
Air Namibia (SW, Windhoek Int’l) has denied news reports of a hostage drama involving its interim Chief Executive Officer Theo… Read More »
Air Vanuatu secures $5.3m gov’t guarantee
The government of the South Pacific Ocean island nation of Vanuatu has agreed to provide guarantees of VUV592.3 million vatu… Read More »
Amelia signs one-way code-share partnership with Air France
Amelia International (NL, Ljubljana) has signed a one-way code-share partnership with Air France (AF, Paris CDG) covering both of its… Read More »
JetBlue secures slots at two London gateways
JetBlue Airways (B6, New York JFK) is on track to launch transatlantic services next year, after it secured slots at… Read More »
Viet Nam’s Bamboo Airways authorised for US charters
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has authorised Bamboo Airways (QH, Hanoi) to operate 12 charter flights to any point… Read More »
Sky Bahamas CEO and gov’t minister deny $30mn fraud claim
Randy Butler, president and chief executive of Sky Bahamas (SBM, Nassau Int’l), and Kevin Peter Turnquest, deputy prime minister and… Read More »
Air Macau shareholders mull cash injection – report
Air Macau (NX, Macau Int’l) will stage a general assembly of its shareholders on December 7 to deliberate on a… Read More »
Australian carriers up capacity as interstate borders reopen
The reopening of the border between Queensland, Victoria (VIC), and Greater Sydney on December 1, 2020, will see Australian carriers… Read More »
Brazil’s ANAC, EU’s EASA proceed to unground B737 MAX
The Brazilian civil aviation authority (Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil – ANAC) became the world’s first regulator outside of the… Read More »
Russia’s Volga-Dnepr Airlines grounds An-124s for checks
Volga-Dnepr Airlines (VI, Ulyanovsk Vostochny) has told Russia’s federal air transport regulator (Rosaviatsia) that it has grounded all of its… Read More »
Tata Sons injects funds into AirAsia India, Vistara
Indian industrial conglomerate Tata Sons remains committed to the aviation sector and will inject emergency funding into both its airlines,… Read More »
Greece’s SKY Express takes first A320neo; outlines ops
SKY Express (Greece) (GQ, Heraklion) took delivery of its first A320-200N on November 6, 2020, and plans to commence operations… Read More »
Southwest Airlines warns of furloughs, gears for MAX restart
Southwest Airlines (WN, Dallas Love Field) has warned 402 employees, mostly mechanics, that they could be furloughed on January 25,… Read More »
Arizona’s Mesa Airlines extends CPA with American Airlines
Mesa Airlines (YV, Phoenix Sky Harbor) has announced it has renewed its Capacity Purchase Agreement (CPA) with American Airlines (AA,… Read More »
Loganair to switch IOM route from London City to Heathrow
Loganair (LM, Glasgow Int’l) has announced it will replace its Isle of Man-London City route with services to London Heathrow… Read More »
Hong Kong, Singapore delay travel bubble
Hong Kong and Singapore have announced they have postponed the launch of their planned “travel bubble” arrangement, originally due to… Read More »
United Airlines to offer 25.3mn shares to raise $1bn
United Airlines Holdings plans to offer 25,322,567 shares of unsold common stock, it announced in a November 23 stock exchange… Read More »
Garuda Indonesia shareholders back $600mn bond bailout
Garuda Indonesia (GA, Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta) has secured shareholder approval to issue seven-year convertible bonds with a maximum amount of IDR8.5… Read More »
Alaska Airlines to swap 10 A320s for 13 B737 MAX 9s
Alaska Airlines (AS, Seattle Tacoma Int’l) has reached an agreement wherein it will sell all 10 of its remaining owned… Read More »
AirAsia partners with Turkish Airlines to sell tickets
AirAsia Group has announced a new partnership with Turkish Airlines (TK, Istanbul New), wherein the Malaysian group will “virtually interline”… Read More »
Boeing seeks reversal of Norwegian lawsuit as creditors mass
Although the High Court of Ireland has granted Norwegian (DY, Oslo Gardermoen) and its five Irish subsidiaries, which own many… Read More »
Victoria, New South Wales reopen frontier
The Qantas Group is expecting a “boom in domestic travel” buoyed by a sharp rebound in travel demand as state… Read More »