Uganda Airlines takes delivery of first widebody, an A330neo
Uganda Airlines (UR, Entebbe/Kampala) has acquired its first of two A330-800s on order from Airbus (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac) after 5X-NIL… Read More »
Norwegian mulls end to long-haul
Although Norwegian (DY, Oslo Gardermoen) shareholders backed the troubled carrier’s restructuring plans last week, its creditors have said they are… Read More »
Alaska Airlines orders 23 incremental B737 MAX 9s
Alaska Airlines (AS, Seattle Tacoma Int’l) has ordered an additional twenty-three B737-9s, increasing its order book from Boeing and lessors… Read More »
Pionair Australia eyes more E190s as regional market grows
Pionair Australia (PH, Bankstown) is planning to add a further three E190s in 2021 as it sees the aircraft as… Read More »
Air Taxi India completes certification, to launch UDAN ops
Air Taxi (India) (Delhi Int’l) has secured its Air Operators Permit (AOP) from the Indian Directorate General of Civil Aviation… Read More »
Australia’s Rex complains over Qantas’s capacity dumping
Rex – Regional Express (ZL, Wagga Wagga) has filed a complaint with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) alleging… Read More »
easyJet agrees with Airbus to defer 22 deliveries
easyJet (U2, London Luton) has announced it has reached an agreement with Airbus to defer a total of 22 aircraft… Read More »
PIA plots staff cuts while fleet set to grow
PIA – Pakistan International Airlines (PK, Islamabad Quaid-e-Azam Int’l) plans to halve its payroll through staff redundancies while at the… Read More »
Canadian Air Force may replace CC-150s with ex-civilian jets
The Canadian government is considering buying five second-hand aircraft from the country’s troubled carriers to replace five A310-300s operated by… Read More »
BA to restart non-TATL, domestic ops from Gatwick in 1Q21
British Airways (BA, London Heathrow) will transfer three of its London Heathrow long-haul services to London Gatwick at the end… Read More »
US to designate Russia’s UAC, China’s AVIC as military users
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has unveiled plans to add 103 Russian and Chinese entities to its list of… Read More »
Delta aims to block SpiceJet’s US plans, demands reciprocity
Delta Air Lines (DL, Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson) has petitioned the US Department of Transportation (DOT) to deny SpiceJet (SG, Delhi… Read More »
Lebanon’s MEA to stop accepting domestic USD payments
MEA – Middle East Airlines (ME, Beirut) will cease to accept payments for its services in US Dollar transfers from… Read More »
Australia’s Alliance Airlines ramps up E190 purchases
Alliance Airlines (QQ, Brisbane Int’l) has entered into an agreement with Jetran for the purchase of 16 additional E190s and… Read More »
Air Greenland firms A330neo order, delays delivery to 4Q22
Air Greenland (GL, Nuuk) has firmed up a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) it signed with Airbus (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac) in… Read More »
American Airlines gains Heathrow slot pair from Finnair
American Airlines (AA, Dallas/Fort Worth) has entered into a slot swap agreement with its Oneworld and transatlantic JBA partner Finnair… Read More »
Korea’s T’way Air inks LOI for three A330s
T’way Air (TW, Seoul Gimpo) has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with an unspecified lessor covering three A330-300s it… Read More »
Transat shareholders back Air Canada deal despite late offer
Despite receiving a late and higher-priced competing proposal, “an overwhelming majority” of shareholders in Air Transat (TS, Montréal Trudeau) parent… Read More »
JSX Air sues Santa Ana, CA airport for discrimination
JSX Air (XE, Dallas Love Field) has filed a lawsuit in the Central District Court-Southern Division against Orange County, CA,… Read More »
WDL Aviation formally rebrands as German Airways
WDL Aviation (WH, Cologne/Bonn) has formally rebranded itself as German Airways (GER, Cologne/Bonn), changing its ICAO code, the name of… Read More »
Pakistan’s Serene Air cleared for international flights
Serene Air (ER, Islamabad Quaid-e-Azam Int’l) plans to launch international flights to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE)… Read More »
Arizona’s Mesa Airlines looks at incremental cargo growth
Mesa Airlines (YV, Phoenix Sky Harbor) sees potential for further growth in the cargo sector and is currently evaluating adding… Read More »