BA to restart non-TATL, domestic ops from Gatwick in 1Q21
British Airways (BA, London Heathrow) will transfer three of its London Heathrow long-haul services to London Gatwick at the end… Read More »
US to designate Russia’s UAC, China’s AVIC as military users
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has unveiled plans to add 103 Russian and Chinese entities to its list of… Read More »
Delta aims to block SpiceJet’s US plans, demands reciprocity
Delta Air Lines (DL, Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson) has petitioned the US Department of Transportation (DOT) to deny SpiceJet (SG, Delhi… Read More »
Lebanon’s MEA to stop accepting domestic USD payments
MEA – Middle East Airlines (ME, Beirut) will cease to accept payments for its services in US Dollar transfers from… Read More »
Australia’s Alliance Airlines ramps up E190 purchases
Alliance Airlines (QQ, Brisbane Int’l) has entered into an agreement with Jetran for the purchase of 16 additional E190s and… Read More »
Air Greenland firms A330neo order, delays delivery to 4Q22
Air Greenland (GL, Nuuk) has firmed up a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) it signed with Airbus (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac) in… Read More »
Belavia takes delivery of first Embraer E195-E2
Belavia, Belarusian Airlines, the national carrier of Belarus, took delivery today of their first E2 next generation Embraer aircraft in… Read More »
Passengers Open Plane Door Before Takeoff, Escape via Emergency Slide
Two passengers and their service dog reportedly opened the door of their plane just before takeoff and exited via an emergency… Read More »
Alaska Airlines Announces New Deal for Boeing 737 MAX Planes
Alaska Airlines announced a new agreement with Boeing to purchase 23 additional 737-9 MAX airplanes. Alaska’s new order builds on the carrier’s original… Read More »
FAA Now Wants To Fine Violators of Face Mask Mandate
It’s one thing for airlines to ban passengers who violate the face mask mandate on planes. It’s another to hit… Read More »
Passengers Attempt To Rescue Dying Man on Plane
Three United Airlines passengers who attempted to save the life of a dying man on a flight last week did… Read More »
Royal Caribbean Launches $40 Million Loan Program for Travel Advisors
Royal Caribbean Group is offering three-year, interest-free loans of up to $250,000 to travel agencies under financial stress from the nine-month… Read More »
American Airlines gains Heathrow slot pair from Finnair
American Airlines (AA, Dallas/Fort Worth) has entered into a slot swap agreement with its Oneworld and transatlantic JBA partner Finnair… Read More »
Korea’s T’way Air inks LOI for three A330s
T’way Air (TW, Seoul Gimpo) has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with an unspecified lessor covering three A330-300s it… Read More »
Transat shareholders back Air Canada deal despite late offer
Despite receiving a late and higher-priced competing proposal, “an overwhelming majority” of shareholders in Air Transat (TS, Montréal Trudeau) parent… Read More »
JSX Air sues Santa Ana, CA airport for discrimination
JSX Air (XE, Dallas Love Field) has filed a lawsuit in the Central District Court-Southern Division against Orange County, CA,… Read More »
WDL Aviation formally rebrands as German Airways
WDL Aviation (WH, Cologne/Bonn) has formally rebranded itself as German Airways (GER, Cologne/Bonn), changing its ICAO code, the name of… Read More »
Pakistan’s Serene Air cleared for international flights
Serene Air (ER, Islamabad Quaid-e-Azam Int’l) plans to launch international flights to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE)… Read More »
Arizona’s Mesa Airlines looks at incremental cargo growth
Mesa Airlines (YV, Phoenix Sky Harbor) sees potential for further growth in the cargo sector and is currently evaluating adding… Read More »
FedEx takes world’s first ATR72-600 freighter
FedEx Express (FX, Memphis Int’l) took delivery of the world’s first ATR72-600F, Avions de Transport Régional’s only purpose-built dedicated freighter,… Read More »
Colour changing ‘smart labels’ will ensure face masks keep passengers safe in the skies
Technology that will alert users to the need to replace their face mask has been unveiled by smart packaging company,… Read More »
Priority Freight and Jota Aviation open post-Brexit ‘air bridge’
Priority Freight, a leading time-critical logistics specialist, has teamed up with charter airline company Jota Aviation to set up an… Read More »