Cayman Airways receives $19.8mn in state aid
Cayman Airways (KX, Grand Cayman Island) has received KYD16.3 million Caymanian dollars (USD19.8 million) in operational support as part of… Read More »
Hawaii’s Mokulele Airlines appeals for state support
Mokulele Airlines (MHO, Kona) has appealed for state support to stem USD350,000 monthly losses due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, reports… Read More »
flydubai, Air Arabia caught in Somaliland aero-politics
Emirati low-cost airlines flydubai (FZ, Dubai Int’l) and Air Arabia (G9, Sharjah) have found themselves in the middle of a… Read More »
Airline Passenger Demand Data for September Released
Despite positive signs in the aviation industry, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) revealed that passenger demand in September was still down…. Read More »
Netherlands passes KLM bailout, Air France needs new equity
The Dutch government has approved a EUR3.4 billion euro (USD4 billion) bailout for KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (KL, Amsterdam Schiphol)… Read More »
Eastern Airlines eyes B777 ops growth
Eastern Airlines (2D, Miami Int’l) is planning to complete the certification of its first B777-200(ER) within days and induct a… Read More »
Zimbabwe’s defunct Fly Africa sued over deal gone wrong
Defunct Fly Africa Zimbabwe (FZW, Harare Int’l) and its chairman Cassidy Mugwagwa are being sued by Mauritian company Blossom View… Read More »
JetBlue Airways defers more A321neo(LR) deliveries
JetBlue Airways (B6, New York JFK) has announced in its quarterly earnings release that it has reached an agreement with… Read More »
China grounds Ethiopian flight for the 3rd time over COVID
Chinese authorities have extended the suspension of Ethiopian Airlines’ flight ET684 from Addis Ababa to Shanghai Pudong after more arrivals… Read More »
Sri Lanka’s FitsAir wet-leases A321 for cargo ops
FitsAir (8D, Colombo Int’l) has wet-leased an A321-200 for cargo-only flights out of Colombo Int’l to “support the local export… Read More »
Cebu Pacific, SIAEC dismantle MRO JVs
Low-cost Philippine carrier Cebu Pacific Air (5J, Manila Ninoy Aquino Int’l) and Singapore-based SIA Engineering Co. Ltd. (SIAEC) are dismantling… Read More »
Kuwait Airways takes delivery of maiden A330-800s
Kuwait Airways (KU, Kuwait) has taken delivery of its first two A330-800Ns thereby becoming the type’s launch operator. 9K-APF (msn… Read More »
Texas’s MDI acquires ex-RavnAir Group Part 135 carriers
Texas-based engine maintenance provider and aviation investment fund Monocoque Diversified Interests LLC (MDI) has completed the acquisition of two Part… Read More »
easyJet raises $400mn through sale/lease-backs
easyJet (U2, London Luton) has raised USD398.6 million through sale/lease-back agreements covering nine aircraft sold to two lessors. The British… Read More »
Mitsubishi confirms SpaceJet programme is shelved – for now
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has confirmed that its SpaceJet (nee MRJ) project has been put on hold indefinitely given changes in… Read More »
Australia’s Alliance Airlines takes E190, eyes Virgin co-op
Alliance Airlines (QQ, Brisbane Int’l) took delivery of its first ERJ 190-100AR on October 28, 2020, as it gears up… Read More »