Administrators facing headwinds in rescuing Air Mauritius
Air Mauritius (MK, Mauritius) is continuing its suspension of scheduled international passenger flights until the end of June, and has… Read More »
Air Vanuatu defers A220 deliveries
Air Vanuatu (NF, Port Vila) has announced that it has deferred the planned delivery of its first A220 aircraft, originally… Read More »
Emirates noncommittal on future aircraft deliveries
Emirates (EK, Dubai Int’l) is “nowhere near confident enough” to commit to taking deliveries of all of its ordered aircraft,… Read More »
IndiGo Airlines seeks to phase-out A320-200s
IndiGo Airlines (6E, Delhi Int’l) is planning to phase-out its 122 remaining A320-200s shortly, possibly accelerating their retirement, as it… Read More »
China Eastern Airlines boosts makeshift freighter fleet
China Eastern Airlines (MU, Shanghai Hongqiao) has boosted its fleet of A330-200s converted into makeshift freighters to a total of… Read More »
Atlas Air ends B747 freighter deal with DSV Panalpina
Atlas Air (5Y, New York JFK) will end its partnership with Danish transport and logistics provider DSV Panalpina in July,… Read More »
Air Canada ends E190, B767 operations
Air Canada (AC, Montréal Trudeau) has concluded mainline E190 and B767-300(ER) operations as it moves ahead with its planned fleet… Read More »
Qatar Airways demands deferrals from Airbus, Boeing
Qatar Airways Group has warned both major aircraft manufacturers to agree to delivery deferrals on pain of losing future business… Read More »
EL AL pilots demand 25% stake in airline, cargo ops halted
El Al Israel Airlines (LY, Tel Aviv Ben Gurion) said reaching an agreement with unions is a precondition for the… Read More »
Ryanair orders French staff to accept pay cuts or layoffs
Ryanair (FR, Dublin Int’l), which has warned it may cut up to 3,000 jobs in Europe, told employees in France… Read More »
French subsidiary of Ireland’s CityJet enters liquidation
The French subsidiary of Ireland’s CityJet (WX, Dublin Int’l) has been placed into liquidation in the latest blow to the… Read More »
Etihad Airways committed to A380s, A350s
Etihad Airways (EY, Abu Dhabi Int’l) remains committed to the further operation of its A380-800 quadjets and does not want… Read More »
US court dimisses Cuba-related Helms-Burton lawsuits
A United States court has dismissed lawsuits against Cuba, initiated under the Helms-Burton Act. This has implications for American Airlines… Read More »
CAAC eases flight ban after US targets China
About 12 hours after the United States issued an order suspending Chinese passenger airlines from flying to the US from… Read More »
Wisconsin’s Midwest Express raises $1mn ahead of launch
Midwest Express Airlines (Milwaukee General Mitchell) has raised USD1 million dollars in funding as it attempts to commence operations. In… Read More »
Taiwan provides loans to airlines totalling $1.67bn
Taiwanese state-run banks will provide loans of TWD20 billion new dollars (USD670 million) with a maturity of two years to… Read More »
South Africa’s Comair outlines turnaround plan
Comair (South Africa) (MN, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) does not anticipate resuming B737-8 operations as part of its restructuring plan, Business… Read More »
Municipal gov’t takes control of Lugano airport
The City of Lugano in southern Switzerland assumed full control of Lugano Agno Airport as of June 1, 2020, following… Read More »
Delta Air Lines retires MD-88s, MD-90s
Delta Air Lines (DL, Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson) retired the last of its McDonnell Douglas twinjets – and the last MDs… Read More »
British Airways converts two B777s into freighters
British Airways (BA, London Heathrow) has converted two of its B777-200(ER)s into makeshift freighters, deploying them to Beijing Capital in… Read More »
Ryanair’s Maltese subsidiary begins COVID-19 layoffs
Malta Air, a subsidiary of Irish holding company Ryanair Holdings, has started laying off staff due to the financial impact… Read More »
India’s SpiceJet cleared to conduct drone trials
SpiceJet (SG, Delhi Int’l) has been given official clearance to begin trials using drones to deliver medical supplies and other… Read More »