Lessors okay Kenya Airways use of two B787s as freighters
Kenya Airways (KQ, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta) is set to join its regional rival Ethiopian Airlines (ET, Addis Ababa) in transforming… Read More »
Croatia Airlines to be recapitalised
Croatia Airlines (OU, Zagreb) is to be recapitalised through a HRK350 million kuna (USD54.7 million) share capital increase in accordance… Read More »
Air India issues tender to raise $826mn in short-term loan
Air India (AI, Mumbai Int’l) has launched a tender seeking short-term loans amounting to INR61.5 billion rupees (USD826 million) to… Read More »
Virgin Atlantic ready to partner flybe. after restart
Virgin Atlantic (VS, London Heathrow) would be interested in partnering with flybe. (BE, Exeter) if the regional airline restarts under… Read More »
UK’s Jet2 to open Bristol base in 2Q21
Jet2 (LS, Leeds/Bradford) has announced it will open its tenth British base on April 1, 2021, basing three aircraft out… Read More »
JetStar, Qantas resume Tasmania-Victoria flights
Virgin Australia (VA, Brisbane Int’l)Qantas (QF, Sydney Kingsford Smith) and its low-cost subsidiary Jetstar Airways (JQ, Melbourne Tullamarine) will resume… Read More »
Ecuatoriana Airlines granted an OP, to begin AOC drive
Ecuatoriana Airlines (Quito Int’l) is set to commence its AOC certification drive after the Ecuadorian civil aviation authority (Consejo Nacional de… Read More »
Emerald Airlines zeroing in on Aer Lingus contract – report
Emerald Airlines (Ireland), a start-up carrier founded by Conor McCarthy, is in exclusive talks with Aer Lingus (EI, Dublin Int’l)… Read More »
Ethiopian Airlines scrubs Amhara flights as crisis escalates
Ethiopian Airlines (ET, Addis Ababa) has reportedly cancelled flights from Addis Ababa to Gondar and Bahar Dar in Ethiopia’s Amhara… Read More »
Ryanair takes over bulk of easyJet’s Stansted slots
Ryanair (FR, Dublin Int’l) will take over 312 weekly slots at London Stansted airport from low-cost carrier rival easyJet (U2,… Read More »
Singapore Airlines nets $632mn in bond issue, reworks fleet
Singapore Airlines Group has raised SGD850 million Singapore dollars (USD632 million) via a convertible bond issue placed with a range… Read More »
Nigeria reopens more airports for international flights
The Nigerian government is to reopen Kano and Port Harcourt Omagwa for international flights to relieve congestion at Lagos and… Read More »
Etihad lays off cabin crew, A380s grounded “indefinitely”
Etihad Airways (EY, Abu Dhabi Int’l) may lay off more than 20% of its cabin crew and will keep its… Read More »
New business plan mooted for Air Namibia
Air Namibia (SW, Windhoek Int’l) has presented a new NAD4.7 billion Namibian dollar (USD303.8 million) business plan to the country’s… Read More »
Cargolux studying B777-300(ER) freighters
Cargolux (CV, Luxembourg) is contemplating adding its first converted freighters in the future and is particularly interested in the B777-300(ER)(SF)… Read More »
UAE’s Air Arabia applies for state aid
Air Arabia (G9, Sharjah) is in talks with the Emirati government over a possible financial aid package, given the growing… Read More »
Venezuela exempts five countries from travel ban
Venezuela has extended the closure of its international airports until February 11, 2021, except for commercial flights from the Dominican… Read More »
Korean Air parent to buy Asiana Airlines for $1.6bn
Hanjin KAL Corporation, the parent of Korean Air (KE, Seoul Incheon), has agreed to buy local rival Asiana Airlines (OZ,… Read More »
Controversy surrounds Sun Country’s US CARES loan
Low-cost carrier Sun Country Airlines (SY, Minneapolis/St. Paul) will receive another USD45 million in rescue aid under the US government’s… Read More »
Burundi reopens for international flights
Several airlines have resumed services to Bujumbura after Burundi re-opened for international flights on November 8, 2020, having been closed… Read More »
Avianca can manage without government loan, it says
Avianca Holdings will continue with its restructuring “without the participation of the government of Colombia” in its debtor-in-possession (DIP) financing,… Read More »
American Airlines discloses offering of 38.5 million shares
American Airlines Group has announced a proposed underwritten public offering of 38.5 million shares of its common stock, revealed in… Read More »