Partial privatisation of Ethiopian Airlines on hold
The Ethiopian government has “temporarily” suspended plans for the partial privatisation of its flag carrier Ethiopian Airlines (ET, Addis Ababa),… Read More »
SmartLynx Airlines signs up for first freighters
SmartLynx Airlines Malta (LYX, Malta Int’l) has signed a lease contract with Vallair to add two newly converted A321-200F to… Read More »
Montenegrin tour operator eyes Adria Airways’ brand
Oki Air, a tour operator based in Podgorica, Montenegro, is interested in buying the brand of defunct Slovenian carrier Adria… Read More »
Hong Kong and Singapore announce “milestone” air bubble
Cathay Pacific (CX, Hong Kong Int’l) has welcomed a new air travel bubble between Hong Kong Int’l and Singapore Changi… Read More »
Avianca to lay off 6,000 and reduce capacity – CFO
The coronavirus pandemic will force Avianca Holdings to downsize, in which the size of the Avianca Airlines (AV, Bogotá) parent’s… Read More »
Firefly eyes jet ops in 1Q21 as Malaysia Airlines falters
Firefly (FY, Penang) will commence jet operations from the first quarter of 2021, its parent Malaysia Aviation Group revealed on… Read More »
WestJet cuts four destinations in eastern Canada
WestJet (WS, Calgary) has announced that it would terminate services to four cities in eastern Canada as of November 2,… Read More »
Qantas replaces Rex on Merimbula route
Qantas (QF, Sydney Kingsford Smith) has announced that it would launch a new service from Sydney Kingsford Smith to Merimbula,… Read More »
Turkish court orders asset seizure in BoraJet Airlines case
On the recommendation of the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office, the Istanbul Magistrates’ Court has ordered the seizure of assets… Read More »
SAS takes delivery of first A321-200N(LR)
SAS Scandinavian Airlines (SK, Copenhagen Kastrup) took delivery of the first of its three A321-200NX(LR)s, SE-DMO (msn 9541), on October… Read More »
US DOT revokes authority of California Pacific Airlines
The US Department of Transportation has formally revoked the certificate of authority of ADI Aerodynamics, Inc. d/b/a California Pacific Airlines… Read More »
Greece’s Sky Express orders 6 A320neo
Sky Express (Greece) (GQ, Heraklion) announced plans to significantly expand its business scope and move from regional turboprop to narrowbody… Read More »
Portugal’s TAP secures another state loan guarantee
The Portuguese government has set aside a EUR500 million euro (USD585.2 million) loan guarantee in its 2021 budget for flag… Read More »
Alaska Airlines begins workforce cuts, sets oneworld date
Alaska Air Group warned in a disclosure dated October 13 that capacity reductions are expected to continue into 2021 and… Read More »
Express Freighters Australia takes first A321-200P2F
Express Freighters Australia (QE, Sydney Kingsford Smith) took delivery of the world’s first converted A321-200F narrowbody in the form of… Read More »
Israel and Jordan mutually allow overflights
Israel and Jordan have signed an agreement mutually allowing airlines to overfly both countries, the Israeli Ministry of Transport and… Read More »
Atlas Air signs charter deal with Cainiao for LatAm flights
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, the parent of Atlas Air (5Y, New York JFK) and Polar Air Cargo (PO, New York… Read More »
American Airlines to move Beijing airport in 1Q21
American Airlines (AA, Dallas/Fort Worth) has announced it would use Beijing Daxing Int’l instead of Beijing Capital once its services… Read More »
Minnesota’s Sun Country moots IPO plans while cutting jobs
US low-cost carrier, Sun Country Airlines (SY, Minneapolis/St. Paul), plans to make another push for an initial public offering in… Read More »
India’s airlines owe airport authority $328mn
Airlines have overdue payments owed to the Airports Authority of India (AAI) totalling INR24 billion rupees (USD328 million), due to… Read More »
LIAT may return to Caribbean skies in mid4Q20
Caribbean regional airline, LIAT (LI, Antigua), currently in administration, may return to operations as early as November 2020, according to… Read More »
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 »