India’s SpiceJet hopes to resume MAX flights by end-1Q21
SpiceJet (SG, Delhi Int’l) is hoping to recertify its B737-8 aircraft and resume the type’s operations by the end of… Read More »
Innsbruck, Austria to close for runway works in late 3Q21
Austria’s Innsbruck Kranebitten Airport will close from September 20 to October 18, 2021, to allow for a EUR18.8 million (USD20.2… Read More »
Canada’s Conair Aviation buys 11 Q400s for firefighting ops
Conair Aviation (FGD, Abbotsford) has bought eleven DHC-8-Q400s from Hamburger EmissionsHaus, in a transaction facilitated by Skyworld Aviation. The airline… Read More »
AirKenya receives first Dash 8-200
Safari operator AirKenya (P2, Nairobi Wilson) has taken delivery of one DHC-8-200 (msn 516) on lease from Elix Aviation Capital…. Read More »
COCO Bahama Seaplanes targets mid-1Q21 launch
Kamalame Cay, a high-end private island resort off the central coast of Andros Island, has unveiled plans to launch its… Read More »
Utah’s SkyWest Airlines secures extra $233mn payroll support
SkyWest Airlines (OO, Salt Lake City) has secured an additional USD233 million from the US federal government under the Payroll… Read More »
Norwegian warns it lacks working capital; lessor wound up
The High Court of Ireland has wound up one of the five Irish-registered subsidiaries of Norwegian (DY, Oslo Gardermoen) given… Read More »
Lessor seizes PIA B777 in Malaysia over $14mn dispute
PIA – Pakistan International Airlines (PK, Islamabad Quaid-e-Azam Int’l) will attempt to settle via diplomatic channels a dispute involving two… Read More »
De Havilland to pause Dash 8-Q400 production in 2021
De Havilland Aircraft of Canada (DHC, Toronto Downsview) has resolved to pause its DHC-8-Q400 production line once all ordered aircraft… Read More »
DRC’s flyCAA takes delivery of first widebody, an A330
flyCAA (BU, Kinshasa N’Djili) took delivery of 9S-PSJ (msn 505) on January 13 marking the privately-owned carrier’s entry into the… Read More »
Qatar Airways to restart Egypt flights
Qatar Airways (QR, Doha Hamad Int’l) restarts scheduled passenger services to Cairo Int’l on January 18, 2021, and to Alexandria… Read More »
Philippines’ PSI Air 2007 launches int’l ops
PSI Air 2007 (PHP, Clark) launched its first scheduled international cargo service, from Clark to Taipei Taoyuan, on December 8,… Read More »
Luxaviation Germany adds first Do328-300
Luxaviation Germany (LXG, Paderborn/Lippstadt) has added its first Do328-300 in the form of D-BSEA (msn 3176), Skyliner Aviation has reported…. Read More »
Singapore Airlines nets additional $500mn from bond issue
Singapore Airlines (SQ, Singapore Changi) has raised USD500 million in its first US dollar-denominated bond issue, which “will be used… Read More »
New recovery plan for Air Vanuatu
An urgent recovery plan for Air Vanuatu (NF, Port Vila) is to be presented to shareholders and the airline’s board… Read More »
Subsidiary of Portugal’s Hi Fly expands MRO capabilities
Mesa, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hi Fly (5K, Beja), opened a maintenance, repair, and overhaul base at the group’s home… Read More »
Indian gov’t launches SagarMala seaplane project
India’s Ministry of Ports, Shipping, and Waterways has launched a “game-changer” of a project to link at least 19 locations… Read More »
Korea’s Eastar Jet secures court-backed creditor protection
Eastar Jet (ESR, Seoul Gimpo) has been granted a preservation measure and a comprehensive prohibition order, two parts of a… Read More »
US designates COMAC, Air China’s parent as military users
The United States Department of Defence (DOD) has added COMAC (Shanghai Pudong), Grand China Air (CN, Haikou), and China National… Read More »
Hungary’s Wizz Air to issue €500mn bonds
Wizz Air (W6, Budapest) has announced it will issue a debut bond worth EUR500 million euros (USD608 million) as a… Read More »
Air Canada orders first in-house B767 P2F freighters
Air Canada (AC, Montréal Trudeau) has reached a deal with Cargo Aircraft Management, a subsidiary of Air Transport Services Group,… Read More »
Qatar Airways to permanently halve A380 fleet
Qatar Airways (QR, Doha Hamad Int’l) is planning to operate at most five A380-800s once it reactivates them, Qatar Airways… Read More »