Six bids for Israir include Arkia and former El Al owner
Israir (6H, Tel Aviv Ben Gurion) has attracted six bids for control of the carrier, Haaretz reported on November 9,… Read More »
Romania’s Tarom needs $224mn more in state aid
Cash-strapped Romanian state-owned carrier Tarom (RO, Bucharest Otopeni) is to ask for another RON924 leu million/EUR191 million (USD224.5 million) in… Read More »
Air Botswana resumes regular int’l pax ops
Air Botswana (BP, Gaborone) resumed scheduled international passenger flights with four weekly return flights between Gaborone and Johannesburg O.R. Tambo… Read More »
India’s Supreme Court halts SpiceJet order to pay $33mn
The Supreme Court of India has halted last month’s High Court of Delhi ruling ordering SpiceJet (SG, Delhi Int’l) to… Read More »
AirAsia Group reacts to “intimidatory” airport lawsuit
AirAsia X (D7, Kuala Lumpur Int’l) has altered its planned debt restructuring scheme, reclassifying Malaysia Airports Holdings as a secured… Read More »
Korea’s Jeju Air to receive $170mn in aid as losses widen
Jeju Air (7C, Jeju) is expected to receive KRW190 billion won (USD170 million) in state aid as part of South… Read More »
British Airways suspends Gatwick flights, expands furloughs
British Airways (BA, London Heathrow) has suspended all of its flights at London Gatwick at least until December as it… Read More »
Australian carriers gear up for Sydney-Melbourne reboot
Australian airlines have scrambled to reinstate capacity on the decimated Sydney Kingsford Smith to Melbourne Tullamarine route following the announcement… Read More »
Bombardier faces fraud probe over Garuda Indonesia contracts
The United Kingdom’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is investigating Bombardier Aerospace (BBA, Montréal Trudeau) over suspected bribery and corruption in… Read More »
Cathay Pacific slashes crew wages, pledges no more job cuts
The vast majority of pilots and cabin crew at Cathay Pacific (CX, Hong Kong Int’l) have signed up for new… Read More »
Hawaiian Airlines content with its B717s
Hawaiian Airlines (HA, Honolulu) is “really happy” with its fleet of B717-200s and has no plans to retire the Boeing… Read More »
Singapore Airlines uses A320s, B777s as makeshift freighters
Singapore Airlines Group has revealed in its half-yearly earnings release that it has removed seats from two B777-300(ER)s operated by… Read More »
easyJet sells 11 more A320s for $169.5mn
easyJet (U2, London Luton) has agreed to sell and lease back a total of eleven A320 Family aircraft to two… Read More »
Air China Cargo reveals share capital raise, new investors
Air China Cargo (CA, Beijing Capital) is set to undergo a share capital increase which, once completed, will see the… Read More »
St. Vincent & the Grenadines to see first inc’l route
Virgin Atlantic (VS, London Heathrow) has announced it will launch a new 2x weekly route from London Heathrow to St…. Read More »
Jet Airways’ new owners pledge staggered $130mn injection
The consortium of Kalrock Capital and UAE-based investor Murari Lal Jalan has pledged to inject a total of INR9.6 billion… Read More »
Tussle for control of Venezuela’s Avior Airlines intensifies
A battle for control of Avior Airlines (9V, Barcelona José Antonio Anzoategui), the biggest privately owned carrier in Venezuela in… Read More »
Iberia to move Milan flights to Linate in late 4Q20
Iberia (IB, Madrid Barajas) will relocate its services from Madrid Barajas to Milan from Milan Malpensa to Milan Linate as… Read More »
Etihad to scale down to mid-sized, full-service carrier
Following the impact of COVID-19, Etihad Airways (EY, Abu Dhabi Int’l) has announced the departure of senior managers as part… Read More »
Gambia resumes commercial passenger traffic
Several West African and European carriers have resumed commercial flights to Banjul, Gambia, after the airport reopened following a seven-month… Read More »
Norwegian faces “very uncertain future” as gov’t nixes funds
Norwegian (DY, Oslo Gardermoen) said on November 9 that it was “very disappointed about the lack of government support” after… Read More »
Bulgaria’s Holiday Europe adds first A321neo
Holiday Europe (5Q, Sofia) took delivery of two A321-200Ns following a transfer from parent carrier Onur Air (8Q, Istanbul New),… Read More »