Interups, employees tweak their Air India bid

Interups, which is backed by non-resident Indians (NRIs), has withdrawn its Expression of Interest for Air India (AI, Mumbai Int’l),… Read More »
Emirates now expecting B777X induction in 2023

Emirates (EK, Dubai Int’l) says it does not expect to take delivery of its first B777-9 earlier than 2023, three… Read More »
Pakistan’s PIA faces asset grab in British Virgin Islands

PIA – Pakistan International Airlines (PK, Islamabad Quaid-e-Azam Int’l) could see its assets attached by the High Court of Justice… Read More »
Cameroon’s Camair-Co to dismiss 130 workers

Cameroon’s Camair-Co (QC, Douala) has drawn up a list of 130 workers who it plans to dismiss, representing nearly a… Read More »
Wizz Air Abu Dhabi plots limited 1Q21 launch

Wizz Air Abu Dhabi (WAZ, Abu Dhabi Int’l) has announced that it would launch on January 15, 2021, following a… Read More »
Papua New Guinea props up Air Niugini

Papua New Guinea’s state-owned Air Niugini (PX, Port Moresby) is to receive operational funding via Kumul Consolidated Holdings (KHC), the… Read More »
Thai Airways delays submission of restructuring plan

Thai Airways International (TG, Bangkok Suvarnabhumi) has filed a request with the Central Bankruptcy Court to postpone by one month,… Read More »
Russia’s Volga-Dnepr Airlines resumes An-124 ops after check

Volga-Dnepr Airlines (VI, Ulyanovsk Vostochny) reactivated the first of its ten An-124s on December 26, 2020, following a month-long grounding… Read More »
American Airlines adds five aircraft to Mesa Airlines’ CPA

Mesa Airlines (YV, Phoenix Sky Harbor) will increase its Capacity Purchase Agreement (CPA) with American Airlines (AA, Dallas/Fort Worth) by… Read More »
Tata Sons increases stake in AirAsia India to 83%

Tata Sons has increased its holding in AirAsia India (I5, Bangalore Int’l) to 83.67% after it acquired an additional 32.67%… Read More »
Sri Lanka waives landing, parking fees at three airports

Sri Lanka’s government has approved a Ministry of Tourism proposal waiving all landing and aircraft parking fees at the country’s… Read More »
Moldova’s HiSky takes first A319

HiSky (Chisinau) took delivery of its first A319-100, ER-SKY (msn 2326), on December 22, 2020, Skyliner Aviation has reported. The… Read More »
Nigeria reaches compromise with airlines over $58mn debt

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has reached a compromise with local airlines on a plan to recover about NGN22… Read More »
China’s OTT Airlines completes certification, launches

OTT Airlines (OTT, Shanghai Hongqiao) began scheduled flight operations on Monday, December 28, just over three days after the carrier… Read More »
IDB bondholders accept Rami Levy’s offer for Israir

IDB Development bondholders have chosen Rami Levy’s offer for Israir (6H, Tel Aviv Ben Gurion) as their preferred bid for… Read More »
Sydney Seaplanes plans scheduled brand, electric fleet

Sydney Seaplanes (Sydney Kingsford Smith) is seeking regulatory approval to become Australia’s first fully electric, zero-emissions commercial airline by 2025… Read More »
Canada’s Cargojet expands DHL ACMI partnership

Cargojet Airways (W8, Hamilton, ON) and DHL Express have expanded their long-time ACMI partnership with the addition of three international… Read More »
Brazil’s GOL complains about LATAM/Azul codeshare

GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes (G3, Sao Paulo Congonhas) has filed a complaint with the Brazilian free market regulator (Conselho Administrativo… Read More »
Viet Nam’s Vietravel Airlines completes certification

Vietravel Airlines (VU, Hue Phu Bai Int’l) will commence scheduled flight operations in early 2021 after it completed its certification… Read More »
Estonia’s Diamond Sky to add maiden CRJ

Diamond Sky (DMS, Tallinn Lennart Meri) is set to take delivery of its first CRJ200ER in the form of ES-MCR… Read More »
Philippines’ Sunlight Air secures AOC, launches

Sunlight Air (Manila Ninoy Aquino Int’l) commenced revenue services on December 24 shortly after it was awarded its Air Operator’s… Read More »
Air India’s new owner to be allowed to cut fleet

India’s government is likely to make it easier for the new owner of heavily indebted Air India (AI, Mumbai Int’l)… Read More »