Traffic demand low despite Jordan’s reopening
Travel demand at Jordan’s Amman Queen Alia Airport has remained low since it reopened to international commercial traffic earlier this… Read More »
Royal Brunei lays off expat pilots to save costs
Royal Brunei Airlines (BI, Bandar Seri Begawan) has started laying off expat pilots and is seeking more ways to cut… Read More »
Estonia told Brussels that Nordica faced bankruptcy by YE20
Nordica (EE, Tallinn Lennart Meri) may face bankruptcy by December, according to a summary of the request for state aid… Read More »
Greece’s Sky Express to add A320s
Sky Express (Greece) (GQ, Heraklion) is planning to add an undisclosed number of A320-200s, according to job advertisements for captains… Read More »
Cayman Islands remain closed to commercial flights
Airports on the Cayman Islands remain closed to all but essential travel until October 1, 2020, the government announced. In… Read More »
American moves trans-Pacific hub to Dallas/Fort Worth
American Airlines (AA, Dallas/Fort Worth) is moving much of its Asian traffic from Los Angeles Int’l to its home base… Read More »
Sri Lanka’s Spark Air to lease A330s
Spark Air (Hambantota) has applied to the Sri Lankan government for an Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC) and an Operator’s Licence (OL)… Read More »
Mexico’s Volaris wins support for $160mn capital increase
Volaris (Y4, Toluca) has secured shareholder approval to raise up to MXN3.5 billion pesos (USD160 million) in capital, it outlined… Read More »
Ryanair to launch Paris Beauvais base in late 4Q20
Ryanair (FR, Dublin Int’l) has announced it will open its fourth French base, at Paris Beauvais, on December 3, 2020,… Read More »
Australia’s Rex targets mid-market niche
Rex – Regional Express (ZL, Wagga Wagga) is planning to position itself as a “mid-tier” airline with a hybrid type… Read More »
Delta Air Lines hastens B717, B767-300, CRJ200 phase-outs
Delta Air Lines (DL, Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson) has accelerated the retirement of two of its mainline types, B717-200s and B767-300(ER)s,… Read More »
South Africa’s Mango fleet grounded over non-payment
The entire fleet of South Africa’s state-owned low-cost carrier Mango Airlines (JE, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) remained grounded on September 27,… Read More »
Delta looking to defer 40 Airbus deliveries – report
Delta Air Lines (DL, Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson) is reportedly in talks with Airbus to defer the delivery of 40 aircraft,… Read More »
Etihad Airways reaffirms commitment to B787s
Etihad Airways (EY, Abu Dhabi Int’l) has no plans to halt the deliveries of its B787s and is set to… Read More »
RwandAir looking to leverage air cargo trends
On the back of rising demand for air cargo services, RwandAir (WB, Kigali) is looking to partner Qatar Airways (QR,… Read More »
HUB Georgia boss unveils plans for new LCC project
HUB Georgia founder Giorgi Kodua says plans for Air Georgia are at an advanced stage with both British and Arab… Read More »
Tonga’s Lulutai Airlines secures AOC, launches
Lulutai Airlines (Tongatapu) began commercial flight operations on Thursday, September 24, a day after the granting of its Air Operator’s… Read More »
UK’s Eastern Airways insists its future is secure
UK regional airline Eastern Airways (T3, Humberside) insists it has enjoyed a “strong and exceptional year” despite losses by its… Read More »
Maldivian, FlyMe to use Colombo Ratmalana airport
Maldivian (Q2, Malé) and FlyMe (Maldives) (VP, Malé) will use Colombo Ratmalana airport rather than the main Sri Lankan gateway… Read More »
Malaysia’s Asia Cargo Express sold to fund cargo facilities
Network courier Pos Malaysia’s sale of a 51% stake in Asia Cargo Express (3G, Kuala Lumpur Int’l) to Asia Cargo… Read More »
Kenya’s Jambojet launches charter operations
Kenyan regional low-cost airline Jambojet (JM, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta) has launched charter operations to diversify revenue streams amid low scheduled… Read More »
GLOBALX signs LOI for five A321 P2F freighters
Global Crossing Airlines, doing business as GLOBALX (Atlantic City), has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with two affiliates of… Read More »
France’s CMA CGM targets 30% of Groupe Dubreuil Aéro
French shipping and container giant CMA CGM has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to acquire a 30% stake in… Read More »
Malaysia’s SKS Airways defers launch to 4Q20
SKS Airways (SJB, Johor Bahru) has deferred its launch, which was due to coincide with the reopening of Pangkor airport,… Read More »
Court labels HNA Group “discredited”, bans chief from travel
A court in China has officially designated heavily indebted Haikou-based conglomerate HNA Group as “discredited”, or laolai, a derogatory term… Read More »
Delta raises $9bn in largest ever debt deal
Delta Air Lines (DL, Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson) raised at least USD9 billion in what is reported to be the largest… Read More »