Relative of Eastar Jet founder arrested for embezzlement
A nephew of Sang Jik Lee, the founder of grounded and indebted Eastar Jet (ESR, Seoul Gimpo), has been arrested… Read More »
Tel Aviv, Israel temporarily closed because of COVID-19.
Israel’s Tel Aviv Ben Gurion airport has closed to foreign-registered aircraft from January 26 until January 31, 2021, except for… Read More »
Aruba Airlines to add an A321-200
Aruba Airlines (AG, Aruba) is set to add its first A321-200 in the form of P4-AAI (msn 2919), Skyliner Aviation… Read More »
Alaska Airlines takes first B737 MAX 9
Alaska Airlines (AS, Seattle Tacoma Int’l) became the first airline to take its maiden B737 MAX after the type’s ungrounding… Read More »
Lawyers advise Ethiopian not to settle with Boeing
Ethiopian Airlines (ET, Addis Ababa), which lost 157 passengers and crew in the second fatal crash of a B737-8 in… Read More »
Irish judge extends Norwegian’s debt restructuring
An Irish High Court judge has extended by 30 days, until February 25, the examinership process currently underway to protect… Read More »
Bahrain’s Gulf Air in talks with OEMs over order deferrals
Gulf Air (GF, Bahrain Int’l) is in talks with both Airbus and Boeing regarding the deferral of deliveries due over… Read More »
Alitalia must change brand, European Commission says
Alitalia (AZ, Rome Fiumicino) must be relaunched under another brand if the European Commission is to approve Italy’s plans to… Read More »
Canada’s West Wind, Transwest Air to merge, rebrand
West Wind Aviation (WEW, Saskatoon) and Transwest Air (4T, Prince Albert) have announced they will merge their operations under a… Read More »
Etihad warns of more job cuts
Etihad Airways (EY, Abu Dhabi Int’l) has again warned staffers of yet more job losses having already carried out several… Read More »
PIA pays $7mn in lease dispute but $2mn still in balance
PIA – Pakistan International Airlines (PK, Islamabad Quaid-e-Azam Int’l) has paid USD7 million to Irish lessor Peregrine Aviation as part… Read More »
Canada’s R1 Airlines retires only Challenger 800
R1 Airlines (TSH, Calgary) retired its only Challenger 800 (CRJ200) regional jet in September 2020, ch-aviation research has revealed. C-GEXM… Read More »
Nigeria’s Air Peace resumes inc’l ops in mid-1Q21
Air Peace (P4, Lagos) has announced the resumption of intercontinental flights – from Lagos to Sharjah in the United Arab… Read More »
Air Seychelles may be reduced to a domestic carrier – Pres.
The Seychellois president, Wavel Ramkalawan, has touted the possibility that Air Seychelles (HM, Mahé) may be reduced to a domestic… Read More »
Latvia’s airBaltic to built MRO hangar for A220s at Riga
airBaltic (BT, Riga) plans to build a new hangar at Riga to maintain its fleet of twenty-five A220-300s, the airline… Read More »
AirAsia Group plans to raise $112mn in private placement
AirAsia Group has revealed plans to raise about MYR454.51 million ringgit (USD112.4 million) by issuing up to 668,394,816 new shares… Read More »
KLM announces up to 1,000 more job cuts
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (KL, Amsterdam Schiphol) is cutting up to 1,000 more jobs as the airline is forced to… Read More »
India’s SpiceJet to wet-lease A330, B767 for cargo ops
SpiceJet (SG, Delhi Int’l) has announced that it will wet-lease an unspecified A330 and a B767 for its growing cargo… Read More »
Hong Kong’s Greater Bay Airlines applies for route licences
Greater Bay Airlines (Hong Kong Int’l) has applied to the Hong Kong Department of Transport for 104 route authorities covering… Read More »
Tax man launches investigation into Korean Air
Korean Air (KE, Seoul Incheon) has become the subject of a tax investigation in connection with inheritance tax payments required… Read More »
New Jersey’s USAC Airways adds first E135
USAC Airways has added its first EMB-135LR ahead of the planned launch of scheduled charter operations on behalf of its… Read More »
Air Djibouti, Ethiopian ink Djibouti Port logistics deal
Air Djibouti (Djibouti) and Ethiopian Airlines (ET, Addis Ababa), as well as the Djibouti Ports and Free Zones Authority (DPFZA),… Read More »