Finnair to cut 1,000 jobs, inks A350 sale-leaseback deal
Finnair (AY, Helsinki Vantaa) aims to cut up to 1,000 jobs, about 15% of its workforce, as well as make… Read More »
Malta’s Lauda Europe to launch in late 3Q20
Lauda Europe (Malta Int’l) has scheduled its launch for September 13, 2020, with its inaugural flight tentatively planned from Palma… Read More »
British Virgin Islands lift One Caribbean’s suspension
The Government of the British Virgin Islands has lifted the suspension of OCL Barbados/One Caribbean’s Foreign Operator Permit (FOP) after… Read More »
Fiji Airways takes $50mn ADB loan, minister blasts Qantas
Fiji Airways (FJ, Nadi) will obtain a USD50 million loan from the Asian Development Bank, the archipelago nation’s economy minister,… Read More »
Pakistan’s PIA tenders for widebody charters to the EU
PIA – Pakistan International Airlines (PK, Islamabad Quaid-e-Azam Int’l) has launched a pre-qualification procedure for the chartering in of widebody… Read More »
Qantas proposes to outsource ground handling
Qantas Group has announced a plan to review its ground handling operations at a number of Australian airports, which could… Read More »
ExpressJet Airlines to end flying in late 3Q20
ExpressJet Airlines (EV, Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson) is planning to terminate all of its flight operations on September 30, 2020, given… Read More »
Korean Air sells inflight business for $834mn
Korean Air (KE, Seoul Incheon) has signed a deal to sell its inflight catering and duty-free business to Seoul-based private… Read More »
Trans Air Congo adds first B737-500
Trans Air Congo – TAC (Q8, Pointe Noire) has taken delivery of its first B737-500 in the form of TN-AKH… Read More »
Samoa Airways to launch scheduled domestic flights
Samoa Airways (OL, Apia Faleolo) has announced it will launch its first domestic route, between Apia Faleolo and Maota Savai’i… Read More »
Norway’s Widerøe cuts capacity as gov’t phases out support
Having seen a NOK650 million kroner (USD72.4 million) drop in passenger revenues from March to July, Widerøe (WF, Bodø) has… Read More »
Bahrain’s Texel Air takes first 737-700(FC)
Texel Air (XLR, Bahrain Int’l) has taken delivery of its first B737-700(FC), a combi passenger/freighter it can configure into seven… Read More »
Bahrain’s Gulf Air adds maiden A321neo
Gulf Air (GF, Bahrain Int’l) took delivery of its first A321-200NX on August 21, 2020, and is planning to debut… Read More »
SAA backs severance for 3,100+ staff; more buyer interest
South African Airways (SA, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) has approved voluntary severance packages for more than 3,100 employees, local media reported,… Read More »
LIAT gets state money for overdue wages, courts investors
The government of Antigua and Barbuda transferred USD1 million to the administrator of dormant LIAT (LI, Antigua) to pay for… Read More »
Saudi Arabia’s flyadeal takes first A320neo
flyadeal (F3, Jeddah) took delivery of its first A320-200N, HZ-FAL (msn 9554), following a period of four months in storage… Read More »
Germany’s Luftwaffe takes A350, to retire A340s in 2022
Luftwaffe (GAF, Cologne/Bonn) has taken delivery of its first A350-900, 10-03 (msn 416), although its induction into service as a… Read More »
Forli, Italy to regain scheduled flights with Air Dolomiti
Air Dolomiti (EN, Verona) has announced it will launch a new route from Forli to Munich, marking the resumption of… Read More »
Ryanair pay deals with crew mean fewer job cuts
Having struck deals with unions representing pilots and cabin crew across Europe, Ryanair (FR, Dublin Int’l) now expects to cut… Read More »
Virgin Australia bondholders pull rival sale plan
Virgin Australia Holdings bondholders have withdrawn their plans to issue an alternative proposal on the future of the insolvent airline… Read More »
Cheyenne, WY to regain scheduled services in mid-4Q20
SkyWest Airlines (United States of America) (OO, Salt Lake City) will restart daily services from Cheyenne to Denver Int’l on… Read More »
Croatia Airlines to cancel A320neo order
Croatia Airlines (OU, Zagreb) is in talks with Airbus about the cancellation of orders for four A320-200Ns and the use… Read More »
fastjet PLC heads for privatisation following delisting
fastjet PLC is set to become privately held following its delisting from the London Stock Exchange (LSE) AIM platform on… Read More »
Nauru Airlines boosts freighter fleet
Nauru Airlines (ON, Nauru) will add a third B737-300(F) which will see the state-owned airline operating more freighters than passenger… Read More »
Nepal to restart int’l flights, mulls ending foreigner fares
The Government of Nepal has announced that it will allow scheduled international flights from a number of countries effective September… Read More »
UPS to expand Kansas City hub
United Parcel Service (UPS) will expand its ramp space at Kansas City Int’l Airport after the Kansas City Aviation Department… Read More »