Denmark’s Sun-Air to relaunch in mid-4Q20
Sun-Air (EZ, Billund) has announced that it would restart its scheduled services from Billund on November 2, 2020, adding a… Read More »
Wealth fund strongly denies Turkish Airlines share sale
Turkey’s sovereign wealth fund has vociferously denied claims it has been in talks to provide emergency funding to Turkish Airlines… Read More »
Canada’s Pivot Airlines reveals regional plans
Canadian charter start-up, Pivot Airlines (ZX, Toronto Pearson) is to launch scheduled domestic air services from Ontario’s Kitchener, the airline… Read More »
The Philippines’ gov’t ready to help airlines but not alone
The government of the Philippines is ready to step in and assist the troubled airlines in the country but would… Read More »
St Kitts & Nevis to reopen to commercial pax traffic
Caribbean regional carrier Winair (WM, St. Maarten) will resume flights to Saint Kitts and Nevis when international commercial flights reopen… Read More »
Nigeria cherry-picks airlines
Nigeria has granted daily traffic rights to British Airways, Virgin Atlantic, and Turkish Airlines, while continuing to ban other European… Read More »
Malaysia Airlines funding to stop if talks with lessors fail
Malaysia Airlines (MH, Kuala Lumpur Int’l) parent company Malaysia Aviation Group (MAG) has warned lessors that its own parent, state-run… Read More »
Southwest seeks union deal to avoid furloughs in 2021
Southwest Airlines (WN, Dallas Love Field) Chief Executive Gary Kelly has asked the low-cost carrier’s employees to accept voluntary pay… Read More »
Ryanair warns of Cork, Shannon base seasonal closures
Ryanair (FR, Dublin Int’l) has warned that it will temporarily close its bases at Cork and Shannon airports for the… Read More »
Eastern Airways, Aurigny to turn Southampton into a hub
Eastern Airways (T3, Humberside) has announced that it has entered into a codeshare partnership with Aurigny Air Services (GR, Guernsey)… Read More »
Japan Airlines prioritises LCC network over business travel
More positive about the prospects for domestic leisure travel than for international or business travel, JAL – Japan Airlines (JL,… Read More »
Western Global Airlines set to change business structure
Western Global Airlines (KD, Fort Myers Southwest Florida) is planning to convert its business structure from a Florida-based Limited Liability… Read More »
Kenya Airways in contempt over labour issues
Kenya Airways (KQ, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta) management has been found guilty of contempt of court for recruiting 800 workers on… Read More »
ASL Airlines Ireland to take five ATR72-600 freighters
ASL Airlines Ireland (ABR, Dublin Int’l) has confirmed it will be the ATR72-600 freighter’s launch operator when it takes delivery… Read More »
Bhutan and India resume “air bubble” flights
Bhutan’s Drukair (KB, Paro) has announced it will be operating several weekly flights to India under a special “air travel… Read More »
Liberian gov’t inks MOU for Lone Star Air
The Government of Liberia has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Ghanaian start-up Goldstar Airlines (Accra) over the proposed establishment… Read More »
Spain’s Privilege Style reconfigures a B757 into all-premium
Privilege Style (P6, Palma de Mallorca) has converted one of its two B757-200s into an all-premium cabin configuration, business charter… Read More »
Philippine Airlines to cut a third of its workforce
Philippine Airlines (PR, Manila Ninoy Aquino Int’l) has announced it will lay off around 2,500 staff during the final quarter… Read More »
Switzerland’s Comlux Aviation orders ACJ TwoTwenty bizjets
Comlux Aviation (Zurich) has become the world’s first disclosed customer for Airbus’s newly unveiled corporate jet, the ACJ TwoTwenty, a… Read More »
Wizz Air to enter Norwegian domestic market
Wizz Air (W6, Budapest) will open a base at Oslo Gardermoen and launch domestic Norwegian routes effective November 5, signalling… Read More »
Brussels approves €19.3mn Romanian state aid to Tarom
The European Commission has approved Romanian state-guaranteed loans of up to EUR19.3 million euros (USD22.6 million) to Tarom (RO, Bucharest… Read More »
LATAM Airlines Brasil pilots, crew yield to fixed wage cuts
LATAM Airlines Group will resume negotiations with its Brazilian pilots and cabin crew over a permanent reduction in salaries, after… Read More »