Netherlands drops cargo tax, plans hike in passenger tax
The Dutch government has ditched its proposed tax on cargo traffic after a study revealed that freighters were likely to… Read More »
FAA ungrounds the B737 MAX
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued a notice ungrounding the B737-8 and B737-9 types, subject to the completion… Read More »
Haiti’s Sunrise Airways to deploy A320 for Cuba routes
Sunrise Airways (S6, Port au Prince) has announced it will upgrade the equipment it uses on its routes from Port… Read More »
AirAsia Japan files for bankruptcy; group hints India exit
AirAsia Group has cemented its retreat from East Asia as 33%-owned subsidiary AirAsia Japan (DJ, Nagoya Chubu) filed for bankruptcy… Read More »
Bulgaria’s Cargo Air drops Boeing for AEI for B737-800(F)s
Citing conversion slot availability, Cargo Air (CGF, Sofia) has cancelled plans for two B737-800(BCF)s from Boeing and instead replaced them… Read More »
Lessors okay Kenya Airways use of two B787s as freighters
Kenya Airways (KQ, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta) is set to join its regional rival Ethiopian Airlines (ET, Addis Ababa) in transforming… Read More »
Croatia Airlines to be recapitalised
Croatia Airlines (OU, Zagreb) is to be recapitalised through a HRK350 million kuna (USD54.7 million) share capital increase in accordance… Read More »
Air India issues tender to raise $826mn in short-term loan
Air India (AI, Mumbai Int’l) has launched a tender seeking short-term loans amounting to INR61.5 billion rupees (USD826 million) to… Read More »
Thai Vietjet adds two aircraft to its fleet to meet route expansion plan
Thai Vietjet has received two 180-seat A320 aircraft, increasing its current fleet to 13. The airline expects to receive two… Read More »
APOC Aviation acquires five CFM56-7B engines
In a move to increase its engine assets base, APOC Aviation has purchased five CFM56-7B engines from a leading North… Read More »
Lombardy Plan: 3.5 billions for infrastructures and other interventions
Thanks to a regional investment of 3.5 billion euros for municipalities, provinces and other entities in Lombardy, a total value… Read More »
Cargo’s Economic Impact Ripples Through the Region
Crews at PIT work to offload a Cathay Pacific cargo flight from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam in September. (Photo… Read More »