United Airlines eyes “aggressive” return to JFK
United Airlines (UA, Chicago O’Hare) has been working “very, very hard to use the pandemic as a way to get… Read More »
Air Namibia resumes international flights
Air Namibia (SW, Windhoek Int’l) has announced it will resume flights from Windhoek Int’l to Johannesburg O.R. Tambo and Cape… Read More »
Wizz Air Abu Dhabi receives AOC
Wizz Air Abu Dhabi (WAZ, Abu Dhabi Int’l) has completed its certification and received the Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC) from… Read More »
General Atomics Europe to buy Do228 assembly line
General Atomics Europe, a German subsidiary of California’s General Atomics, has agreed to buy the maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO)… Read More »
Wizz Air takes delivery of A330-200(F) for gov’t ops
Wizz Air (W6, Budapest) took delivery of its first dedicated freighter, and simultaneously its first widebody aircraft, in the form… Read More »
Canada’s OWG launches operations
OWG (Montréal Trudeau) launched commercial operations on October 18, 2020, deploying one of its two B737-400s, C-GGWX (msn 24804), on… Read More »
Jet Airways finds a buyer 1.5 years after collapse
The Committee of Creditors of Jet Airways (JAI, Mumbai Int’l) approved in an e-voting concluded on October 17, 2020, a… Read More »
Estonian gov’t okays $35mn aid to Nordica, renationalisation
The Estonian government has authorised the Minister of Economy Taavi Aas as the representative of the state to approve the… Read More »
UK data watchdog hits British Airways with $26m fine
The United Kingdom’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined British Airways (BA, London Heathrow) GBP20 million pounds (USD26 million) for… Read More »
Quebecois gov’t seeks local buyers for Air Transat
The government of Quebec would strongly prefer to find a local investor for Air Transat (TS, Montréal Trudeau) rather than… Read More »
United takes over financing of 20 E175s from Mesa Air
Mesa Airlines (YV, Phoenix Sky Harbor) has said in a stock market disclosure that it agreed with United Airlines (UA,… Read More »
Partial privatisation of Ethiopian Airlines on hold
The Ethiopian government has “temporarily” suspended plans for the partial privatisation of its flag carrier Ethiopian Airlines (ET, Addis Ababa),… Read More »
SmartLynx Airlines signs up for first freighters
SmartLynx Airlines Malta (LYX, Malta Int’l) has signed a lease contract with Vallair to add two newly converted A321-200F to… Read More »
Montenegrin tour operator eyes Adria Airways’ brand
Oki Air, a tour operator based in Podgorica, Montenegro, is interested in buying the brand of defunct Slovenian carrier Adria… Read More »
Hong Kong and Singapore announce “milestone” air bubble
Cathay Pacific (CX, Hong Kong Int’l) has welcomed a new air travel bubble between Hong Kong Int’l and Singapore Changi… Read More »
Avianca to lay off 6,000 and reduce capacity – CFO
The coronavirus pandemic will force Avianca Holdings to downsize, in which the size of the Avianca Airlines (AV, Bogotá) parent’s… Read More »
Firefly eyes jet ops in 1Q21 as Malaysia Airlines falters
Firefly (FY, Penang) will commence jet operations from the first quarter of 2021, its parent Malaysia Aviation Group revealed on… Read More »
WestJet cuts four destinations in eastern Canada
WestJet (WS, Calgary) has announced that it would terminate services to four cities in eastern Canada as of November 2,… Read More »
Qantas replaces Rex on Merimbula route
Qantas (QF, Sydney Kingsford Smith) has announced that it would launch a new service from Sydney Kingsford Smith to Merimbula,… Read More »
Turkish court orders asset seizure in BoraJet Airlines case
On the recommendation of the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office, the Istanbul Magistrates’ Court has ordered the seizure of assets… Read More »
SAS takes delivery of first A321-200N(LR)
SAS Scandinavian Airlines (SK, Copenhagen Kastrup) took delivery of the first of its three A321-200NX(LR)s, SE-DMO (msn 9541), on October… Read More »
US DOT revokes authority of California Pacific Airlines
The US Department of Transportation has formally revoked the certificate of authority of ADI Aerodynamics, Inc. d/b/a California Pacific Airlines… Read More »
Greece’s Sky Express orders 6 A320neo
Sky Express (Greece) (GQ, Heraklion) announced plans to significantly expand its business scope and move from regional turboprop to narrowbody… Read More »
Portugal’s TAP secures another state loan guarantee
The Portuguese government has set aside a EUR500 million euro (USD585.2 million) loan guarantee in its 2021 budget for flag… Read More »
Alaska Airlines begins workforce cuts, sets oneworld date
Alaska Air Group warned in a disclosure dated October 13 that capacity reductions are expected to continue into 2021 and… Read More »
Express Freighters Australia takes first A321-200P2F
Express Freighters Australia (QE, Sydney Kingsford Smith) took delivery of the world’s first converted A321-200F narrowbody in the form of… Read More »