Eastern Airlines eyes B777 ops growth
Eastern Airlines (2D, Miami Int’l) is planning to complete the certification of its first B777-200(ER) within days and induct a… Read More »
Zimbabwe’s defunct Fly Africa sued over deal gone wrong
Defunct Fly Africa Zimbabwe (FZW, Harare Int’l) and its chairman Cassidy Mugwagwa are being sued by Mauritian company Blossom View… Read More »
JetBlue Airways defers more A321neo(LR) deliveries
JetBlue Airways (B6, New York JFK) has announced in its quarterly earnings release that it has reached an agreement with… Read More »
China grounds Ethiopian flight for the 3rd time over COVID
Chinese authorities have extended the suspension of Ethiopian Airlines’ flight ET684 from Addis Ababa to Shanghai Pudong after more arrivals… Read More »
Sri Lanka’s FitsAir wet-leases A321 for cargo ops
FitsAir (8D, Colombo Int’l) has wet-leased an A321-200 for cargo-only flights out of Colombo Int’l to “support the local export… Read More »
Cebu Pacific, SIAEC dismantle MRO JVs
Low-cost Philippine carrier Cebu Pacific Air (5J, Manila Ninoy Aquino Int’l) and Singapore-based SIA Engineering Co. Ltd. (SIAEC) are dismantling… Read More »
Kuwait Airways takes delivery of maiden A330-800s
Kuwait Airways (KU, Kuwait) has taken delivery of its first two A330-800Ns thereby becoming the type’s launch operator. 9K-APF (msn… Read More »
Texas’s MDI acquires ex-RavnAir Group Part 135 carriers
Texas-based engine maintenance provider and aviation investment fund Monocoque Diversified Interests LLC (MDI) has completed the acquisition of two Part… Read More »
easyJet raises $400mn through sale/lease-backs
easyJet (U2, London Luton) has raised USD398.6 million through sale/lease-back agreements covering nine aircraft sold to two lessors. The British… Read More »
Mitsubishi confirms SpaceJet programme is shelved – for now
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has confirmed that its SpaceJet (nee MRJ) project has been put on hold indefinitely given changes in… Read More »
Australia’s Alliance Airlines takes E190, eyes Virgin co-op
Alliance Airlines (QQ, Brisbane Int’l) took delivery of its first ERJ 190-100AR on October 28, 2020, as it gears up… Read More »
Air Namibia gets another stay from liquidation
Air Namibia (SW, Windhoek Int’l) has had another reprieve from liquidation after the Namibian High Court in Windhoek on October… Read More »
Saudia denies claims after lessor sues for $460mn
Saudia (SV, Jeddah) has said it would defend itself against what it called inaccurate claims after Shariah-compliant lessor Alif Segregated… Read More »
South African LCC Lift to debut ops in late 4Q20
South Africa’s newest budget airline will be called Lift Airlines (Johannesburg O.R. Tambo), its founders have announced. The virtual carrier… Read More »
Thai Airways seeks haircuts from lessors, smaller fleet
Thai Airways International (TG, Bangkok Suvarnabhumi) has outlined a broad downsizing plan to the lessors, seeking both to renegotiate the… Read More »
Ryanair to suspend ops at four out of five Irish airports
Ryanair (FR, Dublin Int’l) will suspend operations at four of the five airports in its home market – Cork, Kerry,… Read More »
South African Airways targets 1H21 relaunch
South African Airways (SA, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) is to relaunch in the first half of 2021 as a joint public… Read More »
Thailand’s Nok Air’s rehabilitation plan set for approval
Nok Air (DD, Bangkok Don Mueang) said in a stock market filing that no objections had been raised against its… Read More »
Hawaiian Airlines to continue pax ATR ops, defers B787s
Hawaiian Airlines (HA, Honolulu) has rescinded a previous decision to suspend regional passenger services under the ‘Ohana brand, operated by… Read More »
Japan Airlines mulls $2.88bn in subordinated loans
JAL – Japan Airlines (JL, Tokyo Haneda) is investigating the possibility of raising around JPY300 billion yen (USD2.88 billion) in… Read More »
LIAT to relaunch in mid-4Q20
Caribbean regional airline, LIAT (LI, Antigua), currently in administration, is to relaunch on November 1, 2020, according to the Office… Read More »
US DOT tentatively okays Delta-WestJet JV
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has tentatively granted antitrust immunity to Delta Air Lines (DL, Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson) and… Read More »
AirAsia Group secures $72mn loan, fights airport lawsuit
AirAsia Group has disseminated among its units an MYR300 million ringgit (USD72 million) loan from Sabah Development Bank, it said… Read More »
Nigeria’s Air Peace, Air Senegal to enter Southern Africa
Nigeria’s Air Peace (P4, Lagos) and Air Sénégal (HC, Dakar Blaise Diagne Int’l) plan to launch flights to Johannesburg O.R…. Read More »
SA Express’s provisional liquidation extended to early 1Q21
South African Express (XZ, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) will remain in provisional liquidation until January 28, 2021, according to an extension… Read More »
South African Airways gets another gov’t bailout
South Africa’s National Treasury has granted another bailout of ZAR10.5 billion rand (USD638 million) to South African Airways (SA, Johannesburg… Read More »