Canada’s Flair Airlines ends B737 Classic ops
Flair Airlines (F8, Kelowna) has transitioned to an all-B737-800 fleet following the retirement and subsequent sale of its last four… Read More »
New Zealand carriers restrict ops as lockdown beckons
With New Zealand set to return to lockdown following a string of COVID-19 cases in Auckland earlier this month, Air… Read More »
Transavia France to enter domestic routes
Main pilots’ union SNPL at Transavia France (TO, Paris Orly) has agreed to the launch of the low-cost carrier’s domestic… Read More »
Iraq suspends flights to Turkey shortly after reopening
The Iraq Civil Aviation Authority (ICAA) halted all flights from the country to Turkey on August 3 due to the… Read More »
IndiGo Airlines to raise $535mn through share sale
IndiGo Airlines (6E, Delhi Int’l) has announced in a stock market filing that the Board of Directors of parent holding… Read More »
Australia’s Alliance Airlines raises $83.6mn for new jets
Alliance Airlines (QQ, Brisbane Int’l) has announced it has successfully raised AUD91.9 million Australian dollars (USD63 million) in fresh capital… Read More »
Delta and GOL in talks to delay $300mn loan payment
A deal is expected soon to allow GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes (G3, Sao Paulo Congonhas) to delay payments related to… Read More »
Nunavut gov’t gives $18.2mn to Canadian North and Calm Air
The Government of Nunavut, the most northern territory of Canada, will give a total of CAD24.64 million Canadian dollars (USD18.2… Read More »
Alaska Airlines could cut up to 3,000 staff
Alaska Air Group could cut up to 3,000 employees, or 13% of its workforce, by 2021 due to reduced demand… Read More »
Finnair details $569mn rights issue, EC okays state role
Finnair (AY, Helsinki Vantaa) has released details of its fully underwritten EUR500 million euro (USD569 million) rights offering, a sum… Read More »
Court stays SA Express liquidation until late 3Q20
South Africa’s High Court in Pretoria has delayed the liquidation proceedings of South African Express (XZ, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) until… Read More »
Airbus threatens to sue airlines that bail on deliveries
Airbus (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac) is working with its airline customers to adjust terms of deliveries during the COVID-19 pandemic and… Read More »
Emirates, flydubai cut thousands of jobs
Emirates (EK, Dubai Int’l) laid off at least 600 pilots, predominantly first officers certified on the A380-800 type, in a… Read More »
Korean banks to renegotiate HDC’s acquisition of Asiana
The two state-owned banks that have provided KRW3.3 trillion won (USD2.7 billion) to Asiana Airlines (OZ, Seoul Incheon) over the… Read More »
Biman Bangladesh resorts to charters as demand plunges
Biman Bangladesh Airlines (BG, Dhaka) has begun offering charter flights to six domestic destinations as it seeks a way to… Read More »
Korean Air to receive another $840mn, sell land – reports
South Korea will give KRW1 trillion won (USD840 million) of its KRW40 trillion (USD33.6 billion) long-term industry stabilisation fund to… Read More »
Air Malta to resume ops from early 3Q20 as airport reopens
Air Malta (KM, Malta Int’l) will resume scheduled commercial passenger flights from July 1 as Malta Int’l reopens as part… Read More »
Belgium’s Air Antwerp to remain grounded through late 3Q20
Air Antwerp (WP, Antwerp) has announced that it will remain grounded through the end of August 2020 and will resume… Read More »
Government considering Myanmar National Airlines bailout
Myanmar’s government is considering granting a USD22 million dollar loan to indebted Myanmar National Airlines (UB, Yangon). This is according… Read More »
Air New Zealand CEO warns of $97mn more wage cuts
Air New Zealand (NZ, Auckland Int’l) CEO Greg Foran has told employees that they should brace themselves for further job… Read More »
Royal Canadian Air Force orders two Challenger 650s
Royal Canadian Air Force (CFC, Trenton, ON) has announced its choice of the Bombardier Challenger 650 as a replacement for… Read More »
Nauru Airlines receives $1.67mn cash injection
The Government of Nauru says it has provided a USD1.68 million cash injection to Nauru Airlines (ON, Nauru), primarily to… Read More »