JAL’s regional subsidiaries join Oneworld as affiliates
Japan Air Commuter (JC, Kagoshima) and HAC – Hokkaido Air System (NTH, Hakodate), two JAL Group regional carriers, joined Oneworld… Read More »
American Airlines retires A330-200s, defers B737 MAX
American Airlines (AA, Dallas/Fort Worth) has decided to permanently retire all of its remaining A330-200s, the last of its widebody… Read More »
Delta Air Lines takes delivery of maiden A220-300
Delta Air Lines (DL, Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson) took delivery of its first A220-300, N302DU (msn 55070), on October 22, 2020,… Read More »
Virgin Australia board members resign, shuts holiday unit
Virgin Australia Holdings revealed in an Australian Securities Exchange disclosure on October 23 that nine members of its 11-member board… Read More »
Nigerian unrest causes temporary flight cancellations
Several airlines, including Delta Air Lines (DL, Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson), Qatar Airways (QR, Doha Hamad Int’l), and Dana Air (9J,… Read More »
Samoa’s Talofa Airways enters domestic American Samoa market
The US Department of Transportation has awarded an exemption to Samoa’s Talofa Airways (Apia Faleolo) to provide domestic flights between… Read More »
Germany’s TUI fly ends B737-700 operations
TUI fly (Germany) (X3, Hanover) has ended B737-700 operations having returned its last aircraft of the type to its lessor… Read More »
Singapore Airlines to resume world’s longest route, to JFK
Singapore Airlines (SQ, Singapore Changi) will resume direct flights to New York on November 9, this time flying to New… Read More »
Israel’s Arkia to debut UAE ops in early 1Q21
Arkia Israeli Airlines (IZ, Tel Aviv Ben Gurion) announced on October 20 direct flights to Dubai Int’l, a further sign… Read More »
Trans Guyana Airways to resume int’l ops in mid-4Q20
Trans Guyana Airways (TGY, Georgetown Ogle) has announced that it will restart scheduled international flights on November 1, 2020, with… Read More »
Iraqi Airways to resume EU, UK ops using wet-leased B737
Iraqi Airways (IA, Baghdad) will restart services to the European Union (Germany and Denmark) and the United Kingdom in December… Read More »
Etihad Airways plans sukuk to make it “greener” – report
Etihad Airways (EY, Abu Dhabi Int’l) plans to sell a US dollar-denominated sukuk, or “sharia-compliant” Islamic bond, as part of… Read More »
Parliament tells Maldivian to cut costs and boost profits
The parliament of the Maldives will soon be instructing Island Aviation Services, the company that manages the archipelagic country’s national… Read More »
IndiaOne Air gears up for Cessna Caravan operations
IndiaOne Air has started recruiting pilots type rated on the C208B and C208EX variants of the Cessna (single turboprop) Grand… Read More »
Four new investors inject $4.66bn into China Eastern parent
China Eastern Airlines (MU, Shanghai Hongqiao) parent China Eastern Air Holding will benefit from a CNY31 billion yuan (USD4.66 billion)… Read More »
PIA Pakistan eyes $124mn sukuk to aid liquidity
PIA – Pakistan International Airlines (PK, Islamabad Quaid-e-Azam Int’l) could raise up to PKR20 billion rupees (USD124 million) through a… Read More »
India’s Jet Airways eyes 1H21 restart
Jet Airways’ new owners want to restart operations as quickly as possible, potentially within four to six months, using a… Read More »
Nationalisation of Kenya Airways nudges closer
Kenyan parliamentarians have rejected a proposal to exclude the Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) from a new holding company mooted as… Read More »
More layoffs as Ryanair cuts Winter 2020/21 schedule
Ryanair (FR, Dublin Int’l) has warned of more cabin crew layoffs as it cuts a third off its winter schedule… Read More »
Ghana partners with EgyptAir for new flag carrier
The government of Ghana has chosen EgyptAir (MS, Cairo Int’l) as its strategic partner for the re-establishment of a new… Read More »
Vanuatu gov’t provides cash for A220s amid deal probe
The Government of Vanuatu has agreed to provide an additional VUV200 million vatus (USD1.8 million) to Air Vanuatu (NF, Port… Read More »
Cathay Pacific to cut workforce by 24%, slay Cathay Dragon
Cathay Pacific (CX, Hong Kong Int’l) has announced it will cut 5,900 jobs and halt operations at its full-service regional… Read More »