Air NZ taps $72.5mn of gov’t loan, to raise capital in 2021
Air New Zealand (NZ, Auckland Int’l) has started to draw down on a NZD900 million New Zealand dollar (USD593 million)… Read More »
New Zealand’s Glenorchy Air adds maiden C208B
Glenorchy Air (Queenstown) has added its first Cessna (single turboprop) 208B Grand Caravan EX, local aviation blog 3rd Level New… Read More »
Japan’s ANA Holdings mulls ¥200bn public offering
ANA Holdings is considering a public offering of about JPY200 billion yen (USD1.89 billion), sources told Nikkei on September 25,… Read More »
PIA offers $78mn voluntary separation scheme to 3,200 staff
PIA – Pakistan International Airlines (PK, Islamabad Quaid-e-Azam Int’l) will introduce a voluntary separation scheme to cut down its excessive… Read More »
El Al pleads to ministers not to cede control to non-Israeli
El Al Israel Airlines (LY, Tel Aviv Ben Gurion) is pushing back against the acquisition of a controlling 43% stake… Read More »
Avianca resumes int’l flights from three hub countries
Avianca Airlines (AV, Bogotá) resumed international flights from San Salvador Int’l, in El Salvador, and Managua, in Nicaragua, on September 19, 2020, and from Medellín… Read More »
Aer Lingus launches tender for Regional ops
Aer Lingus (EI, Dublin Int’l) has launched a tender for the operation of its Aer Lingus Regional brand ahead of… Read More »
SAA lands partial funding for restructuring plan
The administrators of South African Airways (SA, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) will decide on the future of the airline next week… Read More »
Oman poised to resume international flights
Oman Air (WY, Muscat), the national carrier of the Sultanate of Oman, resumes scheduled services on October 1, 2020 with… Read More »
Traffic demand low despite Jordan’s reopening
Travel demand at Jordan’s Amman Queen Alia Airport has remained low since it reopened to international commercial traffic earlier this… Read More »
Royal Brunei lays off expat pilots to save costs
Royal Brunei Airlines (BI, Bandar Seri Begawan) has started laying off expat pilots and is seeking more ways to cut… Read More »
Estonia told Brussels that Nordica faced bankruptcy by YE20
Nordica (EE, Tallinn Lennart Meri) may face bankruptcy by December, according to a summary of the request for state aid… Read More »
Greece’s Sky Express to add A320s
Sky Express (Greece) (GQ, Heraklion) is planning to add an undisclosed number of A320-200s, according to job advertisements for captains… Read More »
Cayman Islands remain closed to commercial flights
Airports on the Cayman Islands remain closed to all but essential travel until October 1, 2020, the government announced. In… Read More »
American moves trans-Pacific hub to Dallas/Fort Worth
American Airlines (AA, Dallas/Fort Worth) is moving much of its Asian traffic from Los Angeles Int’l to its home base… Read More »
Sri Lanka’s Spark Air to lease A330s
Spark Air (Hambantota) has applied to the Sri Lankan government for an Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC) and an Operator’s Licence (OL)… Read More »
Mexico’s Volaris wins support for $160mn capital increase
Volaris (Y4, Toluca) has secured shareholder approval to raise up to MXN3.5 billion pesos (USD160 million) in capital, it outlined… Read More »
Ryanair to launch Paris Beauvais base in late 4Q20
Ryanair (FR, Dublin Int’l) has announced it will open its fourth French base, at Paris Beauvais, on December 3, 2020,… Read More »
Australia’s Rex targets mid-market niche
Rex – Regional Express (ZL, Wagga Wagga) is planning to position itself as a “mid-tier” airline with a hybrid type… Read More »
Delta Air Lines hastens B717, B767-300, CRJ200 phase-outs
Delta Air Lines (DL, Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson) has accelerated the retirement of two of its mainline types, B717-200s and B767-300(ER)s,… Read More »
South Africa’s Mango fleet grounded over non-payment
The entire fleet of South Africa’s state-owned low-cost carrier Mango Airlines (JE, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) remained grounded on September 27,… Read More »
Delta looking to defer 40 Airbus deliveries – report
Delta Air Lines (DL, Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson) is reportedly in talks with Airbus to defer the delivery of 40 aircraft,… Read More »
Etihad Airways reaffirms commitment to B787s
Etihad Airways (EY, Abu Dhabi Int’l) has no plans to halt the deliveries of its B787s and is set to… Read More »
RwandAir looking to leverage air cargo trends
On the back of rising demand for air cargo services, RwandAir (WB, Kigali) is looking to partner Qatar Airways (QR,… Read More »
HUB Georgia boss unveils plans for new LCC project
HUB Georgia founder Giorgi Kodua says plans for Air Georgia are at an advanced stage with both British and Arab… Read More »
Tonga’s Lulutai Airlines secures AOC, launches
Lulutai Airlines (Tongatapu) began commercial flight operations on Thursday, September 24, a day after the granting of its Air Operator’s… Read More »