US court approves Aeroméxico’s $1bn financing deal
Judge Shelley C Chapman of the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York has approved the USD1… Read More »
AirAsia to secure $240mn loan with gov’t backing – report
The Malaysian government is willing to guarantee 80% of an MYR1 billion ringgit (USD240 million) loan provided to AirAsia Group… Read More »
Japan’s ZIPAIR to debut passenger ops in early 4Q20
ZIPAIR Tokyo (ZG, Tokyo Narita) has announced plans for its inaugural passenger service, a 2x weekly route linking Tokyo Narita… Read More »
Nigeria’s Allied Air takes first B737-800(F)
Allied Air (4W, Lagos) took delivery of its first B737-800(SF), N846AG (msn 36846), which has also become the world’s youngest… Read More »
FlyMe parent in tug-of-war over Maldives airport
The Madivian government and the holding company of FlyMe (Maldives) (VP, Malé) remain locked in a legal tug-of-war over control… Read More »
Finnair deploys staff incentive plan, trims winter capacity
Two days after reporting a 91% drop in traffic in September year-on-year, Finnair (AY, Helsinki Vantaa) announced another raft of… Read More »
Air Namibia’s international ops remain grounded
All international operations of cash-strapped Air Namibia (SW, Windhoek Int’l) remain on hold until further notice, but have not been… Read More »
State to account for most of Aeroflot $1bn recapitalisation
The Russian state has pledged to participate in an Aeroflot Group share offering, injecting RUB50 billion rubles (USD649 million) of… Read More »
Peru re-opens for inter-regional flights
Several airlines have resumed commercial services from and to Peru after the South American country reopened for inter-regional flights recently…. Read More »
US’ Allegiant Air furlough pilots despite improved liquidity
US low-cost airline Allegiant Air (G4, Las Vegas McCarran) has furloughed 100 pilots despite improved liquidity from the sale of… Read More »
Canada’s Air North to benefit from top-up government relief
Canada’s Air North (4N, Whitehorse Int’l) will receive a shot in the arm with the announcement that the federal government… Read More »
AirAsia X proposes to restructure $15.3bn debt
AirAsia X (D7, Kuala Lumpur Int’l) has proposed to its creditors to restructure MYR63.5 billion ringgits (USD15.3 billion) of liabilities… Read More »
SKY Airline Perú receives exemption to serve Florida
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has tentatively granted SKYPerú (H8, Lima Int’l) exemption to serve Fort Lauderdale Int’l and… Read More »
Sale of Ireland’s Stobart Air in jeopardy
Talks between Falko Regional Aircraft, a lessor that controls CityJet (WX, Dublin Int’l), and Stobart Group over the sale of… Read More »
Hawaiian Airlines suspends ‘Ohana turboprop services
Hawaiian Airlines (HA, Honolulu) has announced it would suspend all passenger and cargo turboprop services within Hawaii operated by Empire… Read More »
Icelandair retires a third of its B757-200 fleet
Icelandair (FI, Reykjavik Keflavik) has announced that it sold three B757-200s to an undisclosed buyer for cargo conversions and that… Read More »
India’s Jet Airways rejects claim about winning bid
Jet Airways (JAI, Mumbai Int’l) clarified in a stock exchange filing on October 8 that a consortium consisting of London-based… Read More »
Value of Transat-Air-Canada deal cut to quarter of original
Although Air Canada (AC, Montréal Trudeau) remains committed to buying the tour operator Transat AT and its airline Air Transat… Read More »
FlyArmenia Airways outlines initial network plans
FlyArmenia Airways (VF, Yerevan) has announced its tentative initial network on its website with a disclaimer that flights would only… Read More »
Qantas to restart int’l scheduled ops in early 4Q20
Qantas (QF, Sydney Kingsford Smith) outlined plans to relaunch scheduled international flights on October 16, 2020, once the “travel bubble”… Read More »
Rome creates Alitalia newco on road to nationalisation
After lengthy political infighting, the Italian government has agreed to incorporate a new company which will house the assets of… Read More »
Michigan’s Vision Air rebrands as FLYBY Air
Vision Air, a business charter airline and a fixed base operator in Michigan, has rebranded as FLYBY Air due to… Read More »