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 »
Creditors of Switzerland’s SkyWork sustain losses
Creditors of bankrupt Swiss regional airline SkyWork Airlines (SX, Berne) will sustain losses as around half of more than 1,000… Read More »
Canada’s PAL Airlines launches Dash 8-400 operations
PAL Airlines (Canada) (PB, St. John’s) launched DHC-8-Q400 operations on October 23, 2020, deploying its first aircraft of the type… Read More »
Iberia joins the ranks of makeshift freighter operators
Iberia (IB, Madrid Barajas) has converted one of its A330-300s into a makeshift freighter through the removal of passenger seats,… Read More »
Pionair Australia to add first E190
Pionair Australia (PH, Bankstown) has acquired its first ERJ 190-100LR in the form of VH-SEF (msn 19000435), a 9.5-year-old regional… Read More »
Mexican consumers warned as Interjet tries to pay staff
Interjet (4O, Toluca) promised its employees on the evening of November 4 that it would transfer at least one fortnight… Read More »
Japan Airlines looks to raise $1.6bn in fresh share issuance
JAL – Japan Airlines (JL, Tokyo Haneda) has confirmed it will indeed pursue a fresh capital increase as it looks… Read More »
Tata snubs AirAsia India offer; AirAsia Group justifies loan
Tata Sons, which holds a 51% stake in AirAsia India (I5, Bangalore Int’l) and has, according to media reports, considered… Read More »
Australia’s Rex takes first B737-800
Rex – Regional Express (ZL, Wagga Wagga) has taken delivery of its first B737-800, VH-VUF (msn 34168), despite plans only… Read More »