Zimbabwe reopens to commercial pax traffic
Zimbabwe reopens its domestic airspace on September 10, 2020, followed by international flights on October 1, 2020, but travellers will… Read More »
Ryanair in $1bn bond issue, $470mn share placement
Ryanair (FR, Dublin Int’l) launched and sold an EUR850 million euro (USD1 billion) bond on September 7, which was more… Read More »
US judge approves JetSuite parent’s restructuring plan
A little over four months after Superior Air Charter (SAC) LLC, parent firm of JetSuite (Santa Ana, CA), declared bankruptcy… Read More »
AirAsia Group in talks to raise $600mn, mulls Japan exit
AirAsia Group is in talks with private equity firms and both local and international conglomerates and banks in efforts to… Read More »
Virgin Australia creditors approve sale to Bain Capital
Virgin Australia Holdings’ creditors have agreed at an online meeting to sell the indebted carrier to Boston-based private equity group… Read More »
Lessor files $23mn claim against Malaysia’s AirAsia X
AirAsia X (D7, Kuala Lumpur Int’l) has revealed that Singapore-based lessor BOC Aviation has filed a claim against it at… Read More »
Poland’s SkyTaxi plans US and China charter operations
Polish charter airline SkyTaxi (Poland) (TE, Wroclaw) plans to expand its cargo charter operations to the United States and China,… Read More »
Virgin Atlantic plots further cuts after finalising rescue
Announcing the formal completion of its GBP1.2 billion pound (USD1.6 billion) solvent recapitalisation, Virgin Atlantic (VS, London Heathrow) said that… Read More »
Pilots pitch salary cuts amid Royal Air Maroc job cuts
Morocco’s pilots have voted to strike to protest the recent layoffs of 65 pilots at Royal Air Maroc (AT, Casablanca… Read More »
Alitalia newco imminent as EU approves €200mn bailout
A new Alitalia (AZ, Rome Fiumicino) could be launched in “a matter of a few days” now that EU regulators… Read More »
Lauda Europe completes Maltese certification
Lauda Europe (Malta Int’l) has received its Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC) from Transport Malta, the Director General of the authority,… Read More »
India’s IndiGo sees uptick, may not deploy share issue
IndiGo Airlines (6E, Delhi Int’l) may decide not to pursue the fundraising initiatives it was looking at in July and… Read More »
UK’s Stobart Group confirms talks to sell Stobart Air
Stobart Group has confirmed it is considering selling its Ireland-based production carrier Stobart Air (RE, Dublin Int’l) and that it… Read More »
Creditors set to call off Asiana sale as talks founder
Asiana Airlines (OZ, Seoul Incheon) is set to fall under creditor control amid reports the proposed sale of the cash-strapped… Read More »
Taiwan’s Mandarin Airlines details E190 retirement plans
Mandarin Airlines (AE, Taichung Ching Chuan Kang) is planning to retire its Embraer fleet within the next three years, an… Read More »
Southwest Airlines takes ex-JetBlue Long Beach slots
Southwest Airlines (WN, Dallas Love Field) has requested and been awarded all slots at Long Beach airport which are due… Read More »
Seychelles Int’l Airways to launch cargo charters in 3Q20
Seychelles International Airways (SCH, Mahé) is planning to launch on September 10, 2020, initially chartering an A340-600 for cargo-only flights… Read More »
Qatar Airways seals Airbus deferral, warns Boeing to do same
Qatar Airways Group has agreed with Airbus to defer the delivery of aircraft amid the ongoing air travel slump, but… Read More »
North Carolina’s 21 Air to partner Maleth Aero
21 Air (2I, Greensboro) has entered into a long-term sub-service agreement with Puerto Rico-based AELF – Aircraft Engine Lease Finance… Read More »
Kenya Airways in talks to return surplus aircraft
Kenya Airways (KQ, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta) is in talks with lessors over the early return of an unspecified number of… Read More »
Hawaiian Airlines furloughs a third of its workforce
Hawaiian Airlines (HA, Honolulu) is to put more than 2,000 of its workers on furlough from October 1, 2020 to… Read More »
European airlines, airports back slot waivers for winter
An ensemble of European aviation associations representing airports and airlines have proposed that the European Commission extend the waiver of… Read More »