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 »
UK’s West Atlantic adds first ATR freighter
West Atlantic (United Kingdom) (NPT, Coventry) has registered its first Avions de Transport Régional dedicated freighter in the form of… Read More »
China suspends more flights over COVID-19
China has suspended flights by ten airlines after some of their passengers tested positive for COVID-19 on arrival in the… Read More »
Nigeria okays airline bailouts; maintains nat’l carrier plan
Nigeria’s government on November 2, 2020, approved a NGN4 billion naira (USD10.3 million) bailout for domestic airlines to mitigate the… Read More »
Thai Airways puts all B747s, B777-200s, -300s up for sale
Thai Airways International (TG, Bangkok Suvarnabhumi) has put all of its B747-400s, B777-200s, and B777-300s up for sale in a… Read More »
Qatar Airways starts 787-9 ops but for cargo-only
Nearly a year after first registering the aircraft in Qatar, Qatar Airways (QR, Doha Hamad Int’l) has launched B787-9 operations,… Read More »
American Samoa in legal moves to gain Samoa Airways service
American Samoa, a US territory in the South Pacific, is reportedly preparing legal action against the US Department of Transportation… Read More »
Finnair defers three A350 deliveries, eyes 2021 “ramp-up”
Finnair (AY, Helsinki Vantaa) announced on November 6 that it had concluded an agreement with Airbus to defer delivery of… Read More »
GLOBALX to move entirely to US, signs Spirit MRO deal
GLOBALX (Miami Int’l) has announced its intention to change its place of jurisdiction from the Canadian province of British Columbia… Read More »
UK’s flyPOP aims for 2021 debut thanks to gov’t grant
UK startup flyPOP (London Stansted) plans to launch in 2021 with scheduled flights to India, after receiving “a significant investment”… Read More »
Air Canada rouge resumes scheduled pax operations
Air Canada rouge (RV, Toronto Pearson) restarted scheduled passenger operations on November 2, 2020, after having been dormant since late… Read More »
Thessaloniki, Greece shuts for two weeks to stem Covid cases
Greece has imposed a two-week lockdown in the northern regions of Thessaloniki and Serres starting from November 3 in an… Read More »
American Airlines evaluates adding dedicated freighters
American Airlines (AA, Dallas/Fort Worth) is considering adding dedicated freighters to its line up due to the new opportunities that… Read More »
Hi Fly Malta to end A380 operations
Hi Fly Malta (HFM, Malta Int’l) has announced it will retire its only A380-800 later this year and will replace… Read More »
Mexico’s Interjet resumes flights after two-day suspension
Interjet (4O, Toluca) cancelled all of its flights scheduled for two days, November 1 to 2, with local media reporting… Read More »