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 »
India’s Alliance Air cuts costs, expat pilots
Alliance Air (India) (9I, Mumbai Int’l) is focusing on cost reduction, replacing ex-pat pilots with locals, and has put its… Read More »
Ireland’s CityJet retires last ARJ-85
CityJet (WX, Dublin Int’l) has retired its last ARJ-85 and will exclusively operate CRJ900LRs going forward. EI-RJF (msn E2337) was… Read More »
Mesa Airlines accesses $200mn CARES loan
US regional carrier Mesa Airlines (YV, Phoenix Sky Harbor) will be able to borrow up to USD200 million under the… Read More »
Value of Virgin Australia frequent flyer scheme slashed
Virgin Australia’s frequent flyer scheme Velocity has had its value written down from AUD2 billion Australian dollars (USD1.4 billion) to… Read More »
Sale of Georgia’s Myway Airlines in progress – report
MyWay Airlines (MJ, Tbilisi) owner Georgian Huashun International Industrial Investment Group is in the process of selling a 100% stake… Read More »
China Southern sets up own cargo carrier
China Southern Airlines (CZ, Guangzhou) has established a new wholly-owned cargo carrier, China Southern Airlines Cargo Co. Ltd t/a China… Read More »
Garuda Indonesia to merge with other state tourism companies
The Indonesian government has announced plans to merge into one holding company, nine state-owned tourism companies including flag carrier Garuda… Read More »
Air India bid cutoff delayed again; bidders to decide debt
India’s government opted once again on October 29 to push back the deadline for submitting bids to buy a 100%… Read More »
Malaysia’s Malindo Air sacks more than half of its staff
The Malaysian government and Malindo Air (OD, Kuala Lumpur Int’l) have met to discuss the retrenchment of more than half… Read More »
SkyWest Airlines scores deals for 41 CRJs, posts profit
Going against the trend of airlines recording losses and shrinking their fleets, US regional capacity provider SkyWest Airlines (OO, Salt… Read More »
IAG still eager to buy Air Europa, waits for gov’t aid
IAG International Airlines Group is still interested in acquiring Air Europa (UX, Palma de Mallorca) but is waiting for clarification… Read More »
Delta Air Lines completes B777 phase-out
Delta Air Lines (DL, Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson) retired all of its remaining B777-200s in the final days of October 2020… Read More »