IAG may sue UK gov’t, BA threatens to sack all pilots
Furious with the British government’s “irrational” changes in its approach to tackling the coronavirus pandemic, British Airways (BA, London Heathrow)… Read More »
US DOT permits Chinese carriers to conduct limited service
The United States Government has walked back its threat to ban all incoming flights by Chinese carriers after China eased… Read More »
Volga-Dnepr loses court battle to Boeing over freighters
Volga-Dnepr Group has lost a case against Boeing (BOE, Chicago O’Hare) in a court in the United States, allowing the… Read More »
Air Serbia warns of looming default on debts to Etihad SPVs
Air Serbia (JU, Belgrade) has notified EA Partners I and II, two Netherlands-based special purpose vehicles belonging to Etihad Airways… Read More »
Malawi Airlines seeking government bailout
Malawi Airlines (3W, Lilongwe) is looking for a MWK385 million kwacha (USD527,000) bailout from the government to keep paying its… Read More »
Korean Air goes ahead with sale of lucrative catering unit
Korean Air (KE, Seoul Incheon) has decided to press ahead with a plan to sell its lucrative inflight catering business… Read More »
UAE’s Air Arabia lays off more staff
Air Arabia (G9, Sharjah) plans to lay off more staff in a second round of cuts that could affect 10%… Read More »
Berlin Tegel, Germany to remain open through 4Q20
Berlin Tegel airport will remain open until November as coronavirus travel restrictions are eased. The airport’s operators earlier proposed suspending… Read More »
AirAsia India pilots facing salary cuts
AirAsia India (I5, Chennai) will cut pilots’ salaries by 40% for May and June as the carrier deals with the… Read More »
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 »