Parliament tells Maldivian to cut costs and boost profits
The parliament of the Maldives will soon be instructing Island Aviation Services, the company that manages the archipelagic country’s national… Read More »
IndiaOne Air gears up for Cessna Caravan operations
IndiaOne Air has started recruiting pilots type rated on the C208B and C208EX variants of the Cessna (single turboprop) Grand… Read More »
Four new investors inject $4.66bn into China Eastern parent
China Eastern Airlines (MU, Shanghai Hongqiao) parent China Eastern Air Holding will benefit from a CNY31 billion yuan (USD4.66 billion)… Read More »
PIA Pakistan eyes $124mn sukuk to aid liquidity
PIA – Pakistan International Airlines (PK, Islamabad Quaid-e-Azam Int’l) could raise up to PKR20 billion rupees (USD124 million) through a… Read More »
India’s Jet Airways eyes 1H21 restart
Jet Airways’ new owners want to restart operations as quickly as possible, potentially within four to six months, using a… Read More »
Nationalisation of Kenya Airways nudges closer
Kenyan parliamentarians have rejected a proposal to exclude the Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) from a new holding company mooted as… Read More »
More layoffs as Ryanair cuts Winter 2020/21 schedule
Ryanair (FR, Dublin Int’l) has warned of more cabin crew layoffs as it cuts a third off its winter schedule… Read More »
Ghana partners with EgyptAir for new flag carrier
The government of Ghana has chosen EgyptAir (MS, Cairo Int’l) as its strategic partner for the re-establishment of a new… Read More »
Vanuatu gov’t provides cash for A220s amid deal probe
The Government of Vanuatu has agreed to provide an additional VUV200 million vatus (USD1.8 million) to Air Vanuatu (NF, Port… Read More »
Cathay Pacific to cut workforce by 24%, slay Cathay Dragon
Cathay Pacific (CX, Hong Kong Int’l) has announced it will cut 5,900 jobs and halt operations at its full-service regional… Read More »
Canada’s Air Transat shuts Vancouver base, sheds more crew
Air Transat (TS, Montréal Trudeau) will close one of its three bases, at Vancouver Int’l, until further notice, as its… Read More »
US and Europe jostle over Boeing-Airbus dispute
The United States and the European Union appear to be strengthening their positions ahead of any future negotiations to settle… Read More »