British Airways set to secure £2.0bn UKEF-backed loan
British Airways (BA, London Heathrow) has secured a GBP2 billion pound (USD2.74 billion) loan partially guaranteed by the United Kingdom’s… Read More »
JetBlue Airways adds first A220
JetBlue Airways (B6, New York JFK) wrapped up 2020 with the delivery of its first A220-300 on December 31. N3008J… Read More »
Lao Airlines suspends international charters to stem COVID
Lao Airlines (QV, Vientiane) has suspended all international charter flights to reduce the risk of a second wave of COVID-19… Read More »
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Interups, which is backed by non-resident Indians (NRIs), has withdrawn its Expression of Interest for Air India (AI, Mumbai Int’l),… Read More »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 »