American Airlines confirms B737 MAX restart by YE20
American Airlines (AA, Dallas/Fort Worth) has confirmed it will resume commercial B737-8 flight operations by the end of the year,… Read More »
Delta, WestJet drop JV plans; claim DOT terms too onerous
Delta Air Lines (DL, Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson) and WestJet (WS, Calgary) have announced they have dropped their plans to establish… Read More »
Air Mauritius postpones watershed meeting
The administrators of Air Mauritius (MK, Mauritius) have obtained permission from the country’s Supreme Court to postpone the watershed meeting… Read More »
easyJet continues sale/lease-backs drive with 10 A320s
easyJet (U2, London Luton) has announced yet another sale and leaseback transaction, this time covering ten A320 family aircraft sold… Read More »
Saudia received $6.75bn in state aid in 2019-2020 – report
The Government of Saudi Arabia funnelled at least USD7 billion into state-owned flag carrier Saudia (SV, Jeddah) in 2019 and… Read More »
Creditors unwilling to fund Jet Airways’ restart
Lenders are hesitant to inject any fresh funds into Jet Airways (JAI, Mumbai Int’l) to finance the airline’s planned resurrection… Read More »
Brussels shuts state aid probe into Air Nostrum CRJ purchase
The European Commission has closed its in-depth investigation into a EUR9 million euro (USD10.6 million) Spanish regional government disbursement to… Read More »
Nigeria lifts ban on Lufthansa, KLM, and Air France
The Nigerian government has lifted its flight ban on Lufthansa (LH, Frankfurt Int’l), KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (KL, Amsterdam Schiphol),… Read More »