Willis Lease Finance seeks 30 unencumbered turboprops
Willis Lease Finance has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) concerning its planned acquisition of 30 unencumbered, off-lease turboprops –… Read More »
US plots to sanction COMAC, AVIC – report
The US Department of Commerce is planning to impose sanctions on 89 Chinese aerospace firms, including aircraft manufacturers AVIC and… Read More »
Australia’s Eastern Air Services plots Lord Howe expansion
Eastern Air Services doubled its network to Lord Howe Island, a UNESCO World Heritage Site around 600 kilometres east of… Read More »
Aegean Airlines “in final stage” of Greek gov’t rescue talks
Aegean Airlines (A3, Athens Int’l) has confirmed that it “is in the final stage of discussions” with the Greek government… Read More »
Texas’s Judah 1 eyes larger planes for missionary flights
US non-profit start-up Judah 1 (Sherman) plans to debut as a non-scheduled religious airline out of Shreveport Regional in Louisiana… Read More »
India’s Vistara eyes direct US flights
Vistara (UK, Delhi Int’l) is evaluating options for non-stop flights between India and the United States, Chief Commercial Officer Vinod… Read More »
Malaysia’s Love2Fly returns only aircraft
Malaysian start-up Love2Fly (WW) has returned its only B737-800 to its lessor, casting doubt over the airline’s planned launch in… Read More »
California’s Advanced Air Charters expands to Mammoth Lakes
Advanced Air Charters (AN, Hawthorne) has announced three new seasonal routes from California’s coastal cities to Mammoth Lakes, CA, as… Read More »
Ukraine International Airlines to add second London route
Ukraine International Airlines (PS, Kyiv Boryspil) has announced the start of services to London Heathrow on December 17, 2020, complimenting… Read More »
Malaysia Airlines seeks $500mn, creditor talks drag – report
Malaysia Aviation Group has asked its parent, the sovereign wealth fund Khazanah Nasional, for a USD500 million bailout as debt… Read More »
EASA targets early 1Q21 for B737 MAX recertification
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is targeting January 2021 for the recertification of B737 MAX aircraft, the agency’s… Read More »
LOT set to exit Estonia’s Xfly in late 4Q20
Estonia’s state-owned flag carrier Nordica (EE, Tallinn Lennart Meri) will “terminate” LOT Polish Airlines’ 49% ownership in its ACMI/charter subsidiary… Read More »
Aer Lingus obtains slots for long-haul ops from Manchester
Aer Lingus (EI, Dublin Int’l) has obtained slots at Manchester Int’l for unspecified long-haul routes and plans to base one… Read More »
AirAsia X to resume ops early 2021, apply for $122m loan
AirAsia X (D7, Kuala Lumpur Int’l) has outlined as part of its third-quarter report that it is conducting a “rationalisation”… Read More »
Indonesia’s Lion Air dodges two bankruptcy lawsuits
The District Court of Central Jakarta dismissed on November 20 two bankruptcy lawsuits against Lion Air Group filed by two… Read More »
Pakistan’s PIA to lay-off 33% of its staff
The Pakistan government has approved PKR12.87 billion rupees (USD81.46 million) in funding to support a planned voluntary redundancy scheme at… Read More »
Virginia’s Dynamic Aviation to invest $47.9mn in MRO
Dynamic Aviation (Bridgewater) has announced it will build a new office, maintenance, and aircraft storage facility at Bridgewater, VA, airport,… Read More »
American Airlines confirms B737 MAX restart by YE20
American Airlines (AA, Dallas/Fort Worth) has confirmed it will resume commercial B737-8 flight operations by the end of the year,… Read More »
Delta, WestJet drop JV plans; claim DOT terms too onerous
Delta Air Lines (DL, Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson) and WestJet (WS, Calgary) have announced they have dropped their plans to establish… Read More »
Air Mauritius postpones watershed meeting
The administrators of Air Mauritius (MK, Mauritius) have obtained permission from the country’s Supreme Court to postpone the watershed meeting… Read More »
easyJet continues sale/lease-backs drive with 10 A320s
easyJet (U2, London Luton) has announced yet another sale and leaseback transaction, this time covering ten A320 family aircraft sold… Read More »
Saudia received $6.75bn in state aid in 2019-2020 – report
The Government of Saudi Arabia funnelled at least USD7 billion into state-owned flag carrier Saudia (SV, Jeddah) in 2019 and… Read More »
Creditors unwilling to fund Jet Airways’ restart
Lenders are hesitant to inject any fresh funds into Jet Airways (JAI, Mumbai Int’l) to finance the airline’s planned resurrection… Read More »
Brussels shuts state aid probe into Air Nostrum CRJ purchase
The European Commission has closed its in-depth investigation into a EUR9 million euro (USD10.6 million) Spanish regional government disbursement to… Read More »
Nigeria lifts ban on Lufthansa, KLM, and Air France
The Nigerian government has lifted its flight ban on Lufthansa (LH, Frankfurt Int’l), KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (KL, Amsterdam Schiphol),… Read More »
UK’s Loganair to launch Teesside base in 1Q21
Loganair (LM, Glasgow Int’l) is set to open a base at Teesside on February 1, 2021, with a single E145… Read More »