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 »
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 »