Emirati investor to bid for Israel’s Israir
Building on the recent normalisation of ties between the United Arab Emirates and Israel, and hopeful to capitalise on the… Read More »
Garuda Indonesia secures $68mn export-boosting state loan
Garuda Indonesia (GA, Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta) has managed to secure an IDR1 trillion rupiah (USD67.9 million) loan facility from the Indonesian… Read More »
Korea’s Eastar Jet to slash staff numbers to lure investor
Eastar Jet (ZE, Seoul Gimpo) revealed on October 13 that it would have to lay off more than half of… Read More »
American Airlines ramps up Caribbean service
American Airlines (AA, Dallas/Fort Worth) has geared up the resumption of its services across the Caribbean, adding 300 weekly flights… Read More »
Italy’s Neos replaces B767-300(ER)s with second-hand B787-9s
Neos (NO, Milan Malpensa) has agreed to take over two dry-leased B787-9s from Norwegian (DY, Oslo Gardermoen), which is in… Read More »
Allegiant Air “inundated” with used A320 offers
Having announced its intention to add second-hand A320-200s retired by carriers due to the COVID-19 pandemic in May 2020, Allegiant… Read More »
US court approves Aeroméxico’s $1bn financing deal
Judge Shelley C Chapman of the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York has approved the USD1… Read More »
AirAsia to secure $240mn loan with gov’t backing – report
The Malaysian government is willing to guarantee 80% of an MYR1 billion ringgit (USD240 million) loan provided to AirAsia Group… Read More »
Japan’s ZIPAIR to debut passenger ops in early 4Q20
ZIPAIR Tokyo (ZG, Tokyo Narita) has announced plans for its inaugural passenger service, a 2x weekly route linking Tokyo Narita… Read More »
Nigeria’s Allied Air takes first B737-800(F)
Allied Air (4W, Lagos) took delivery of its first B737-800(SF), N846AG (msn 36846), which has also become the world’s youngest… Read More »
FlyMe parent in tug-of-war over Maldives airport
The Madivian government and the holding company of FlyMe (Maldives) (VP, Malé) remain locked in a legal tug-of-war over control… Read More »
Finnair deploys staff incentive plan, trims winter capacity
Two days after reporting a 91% drop in traffic in September year-on-year, Finnair (AY, Helsinki Vantaa) announced another raft of… Read More »