Southwest Airlines eyes A220/B737-7 decision by 2025
Southwest Airlines (WN, Dallas Love Field) is evaluating both the A220-300 and B737-7 ahead of an order and deliveries which… Read More »
Japan’s Peach Aviation restarts international services
Peach Aviation (MM, Osaka Kansai) restarted international flights on October 25, 2020, more than seven months after all such scheduled… Read More »
Japan’s StarFlyer mulls capital increase of up to $95mn
StarFlyer (7G, Kita Kyushu) has denied reports that it has resolved to issue new shares through a third-party allotment to… Read More »
Alaska Airlines ponders future of A320 leases
Alaska Airlines (AS, Seattle Tacoma Int’l) is evaluating options regarding the dry-leases of around two-thirds of its Airbus aircraft which… Read More »
One-day strike cost to Ghana airlines
Ghana’s two main domestic airlines Africa World Airlines (AW, Accra) and PassionAir (OP, Accra) have lost an estimated GHS330,000 cedi… Read More »
Paraguay reopens for commercial traffic
Several airlines are resuming commercial flights to Paraguay following the reopening of the country’s main international airports, Asuncion and Ciudad… Read More »
Pakistan’s Rayyan Air secures 777 cargo capacity to China
Rayyan Air (RAB, Islamabad Benazir Bhutto Int’l) will charter a B777 from PIA – Pakistan International Airlines (PK, Islamabad Quaid-e-Azam… Read More »
Japan’s ANA to cut 3,500 staff; widebody fleet by 30
ANA Holdings is considering reducing its workforce by 3,500 employees by 2022, to be achieved through natural reductions such as… Read More »
Turkish Airlines adds first A350-900, rejigs deliveries
Turkish Airlines (TK, Istanbul New) has reached an agreement with Airbus (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac) to restructure its order backlog even… Read More »
Dublin Aerospace boss sets up new Irish carrier
Emerald Airlines is hoping to secure a lucrative regional white-label flying contract with Aer Lingus (EI, Dublin Int’l) which is… Read More »
Slovakia’s Go2Sky agrees with lessors to restart in 2021
Having announced its closure at the end of August this year, Slovak ACMI/charter specialist Go2Sky (6G, Bratislava) has now managed… Read More »
UK’s JOTA Aviation retires B146-200, opens Biggin Hill base
JOTA Aviation (ENZ, London Southend) retired its last BAe 146-200, G-SMLA (msn E2047), on October 22, 2020 The last BAe… Read More »
Wizz Air boosts domestic Norway, Italy ops with new bases
Wizz Air (W6, Budapest) has announced it will launch two new bases, in Bari in Italy and Trondheim in Norway,… Read More »
JAL’s regional subsidiaries join Oneworld as affiliates
Japan Air Commuter (JC, Kagoshima) and HAC – Hokkaido Air System (NTH, Hakodate), two JAL Group regional carriers, joined Oneworld… Read More »
American Airlines retires A330-200s, defers B737 MAX
American Airlines (AA, Dallas/Fort Worth) has decided to permanently retire all of its remaining A330-200s, the last of its widebody… Read More »
Delta Air Lines takes delivery of maiden A220-300
Delta Air Lines (DL, Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson) took delivery of its first A220-300, N302DU (msn 55070), on October 22, 2020,… Read More »
Virgin Australia board members resign, shuts holiday unit
Virgin Australia Holdings revealed in an Australian Securities Exchange disclosure on October 23 that nine members of its 11-member board… Read More »
Nigerian unrest causes temporary flight cancellations
Several airlines, including Delta Air Lines (DL, Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson), Qatar Airways (QR, Doha Hamad Int’l), and Dana Air (9J,… Read More »
Samoa’s Talofa Airways enters domestic American Samoa market
The US Department of Transportation has awarded an exemption to Samoa’s Talofa Airways (Apia Faleolo) to provide domestic flights between… Read More »
Germany’s TUI fly ends B737-700 operations
TUI fly (Germany) (X3, Hanover) has ended B737-700 operations having returned its last aircraft of the type to its lessor… Read More »
Singapore Airlines to resume world’s longest route, to JFK
Singapore Airlines (SQ, Singapore Changi) will resume direct flights to New York on November 9, this time flying to New… Read More »
Israel’s Arkia to debut UAE ops in early 1Q21
Arkia Israeli Airlines (IZ, Tel Aviv Ben Gurion) announced on October 20 direct flights to Dubai Int’l, a further sign… Read More »
Trans Guyana Airways to resume int’l ops in mid-4Q20
Trans Guyana Airways (TGY, Georgetown Ogle) has announced that it will restart scheduled international flights on November 1, 2020, with… Read More »
Iraqi Airways to resume EU, UK ops using wet-leased B737
Iraqi Airways (IA, Baghdad) will restart services to the European Union (Germany and Denmark) and the United Kingdom in December… Read More »
Etihad Airways plans sukuk to make it “greener” – report
Etihad Airways (EY, Abu Dhabi Int’l) plans to sell a US dollar-denominated sukuk, or “sharia-compliant” Islamic bond, as part of… Read More »
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 »