Japan, US ground PW-powered B777s after United incident
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will issue an emergency airworthiness directive grounding all B777 widebodies powered by certain Pratt… Read More »
Etihad, Gulf Air ink partnership agreement
Etihad Airways (EY, Abu Dhabi Int’l) and Gulf Air (GF, Bahrain Int’l) have signed a wide-ranging strategic commercial cooperation agreement… Read More »
Transat AT extends $198mn loan facility termination date
Air Transat (TS, Montréal Trudeau) parent Transat AT has announced that it has extended the termination date of its CAD250… Read More »
EU approves slot relief potentially through 4Q22
The Council of the European Union has approved an extension of a bloc-wide slot waiver through at least the end… Read More »
Ireland’s Aer Lingus will not be allowed to fail, gov’t says
Leo Varadkar, Ireland’s former prime minister and current deputy prime minister, has told the parliament (Dáil) that the government is… Read More »
Challengair moves to attach Air Namibia’s assets
Lawyers representing defunct Belgian lessor Challengair (1I, Brussels National) on February 19 moved to attach the assets of defunct Air… Read More »
TUI fly (Belgium) resumes B737 MAX flights
TUI fly (Belgium) (TB, Brussels National) became the first airline east of the Atlantic to resume scheduled B737-8 operations on… Read More »
De Havilland pauses Q400 production
De Havilland Aircraft of Canada (DHC, Toronto Downsview) has confirmed earlier reports that it will suspend its DHC-8-Q400 production line,… Read More »