Air France retires all A380s
Air France (AF, Paris CDG) has announced that due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, it has resolved to… Read More »
Florida’s Miami Air Int’l goes into liquidation
Miami Air International (LL, Miami Int’l) is set to be liquidated after failing to secure the renewed investment needed to… Read More »
Avianca Holdings files for Chapter 11
Avianca Holdings says it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the Southern District of New York on Sunday, May… Read More »
United to focus on B787s as widebody “workhorse”
United Airlines (UA, Chicago O’Hare) has firmed up options for seven B787s for delivery in 2021 as its looks to… Read More »
Virgin Atlantic to end Gatwick ops, retire B747s
Virgin Atlantic (VS, London Heathrow) will transfer all flights from London Gatwick to London Heathrow and retire all seven of… Read More »
UK’s Loganair to assume 16 former flybe. routes
Loganair (LM, Glasgow Int’l) has reacted to the closure of flybe. (BE, Exeter) by revealing plans to serve 16 routes… Read More »
Covid-19 outbreak threatens Korean Air survival – president
Korean Air (KE, Seoul Incheon) has warned in a note to employees that the Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak may threaten its… Read More »
Korean Air owner denies pocketing Airbus tax rebate
On March 8, Korean Air (KE, Seoul Incheon) parent Hanjin KAL denied a claim made by an alliance of minority… Read More »
Virgin Atlantic accelerates A340 phase-out due to COVID-19
Virgin Atlantic (VS, London Heathrow) ended A340-600 operations on March 8, 2020, as the quadjets have proven surplus to demand… Read More »
LATAM pauses Colombia growth amid Brazil optimism
LATAM Airlines Group has paused its growth in Colombia given the country’s poor macroeconomic situation which has affected the group’s… Read More »
Cathay Pacific deploys passenger widebodies for cargo ops
Cathay Pacific (CX, Hong Kong Int’l) has confirmed it is using A330-300s, operated by its subsidiary Cathay Dragon (KA, Hong… Read More »
Siam Seaplane set to partner Florida’s Tropic Ocean Airways
Siam Seaplane (Bangkok Suvarnabhumi) has signed a Letter Of Intent (LOI) with Tropic Ocean Airways (TI, Fort Lauderdale Int’l), a… Read More »
United Airlines in bid to block PAL flights to Seattle
Airlines (PAL) service from Manila Ninoy Aquino Int’l to Seattle Tacoma Int’l, and to demand a level playing field for… Read More »
AF-KLM urges green tax deferral citing COVID-19 impact
Air France-KLM chief executive Benjamin Smith has said that environmental taxes on aviation should be postponed due to the economic… Read More »
American Airlines to retain E190s through YE20
American Airlines (AA, Dallas/Fort Worth) will continue to operate its smallest mainline aircraft, the E190, “through 2020” to cope with… Read More »
Cathay Pacific to close last Canadian crew base in late 2Q20
Cathay Pacific (CX, Hong Kong Int’l) will close its crew base at Vancouver Int’l from June 26, 2020, affecting a… Read More »
Greece’s Aegean Airlines takes stake in Animawings
Aegean Airlines (A3, Athens Int’l) has taken a minority 25% stake in Romanian start-up Animawings (AWG, Bucharest Otopeni). The Greek… Read More »