Mexico’s Interjet ejected from IATA BSP, staff plea for help
The Mexican government has rejected a union plea to take control of Interjet (4O, Toluca) as the beleaguered carrier axed… Read More »
Lithuania’s Heston Airlines takes first A320
Heston Airlines (Vilnius) has taken delivery of its first A320-200, LY-FJI (msn 2157), and intends to shortly add a further… Read More »
Kenyan carriers to serve secessionist Somaliland
Kenya Airways (KQ, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta) and other Kenyan airlines will, by end of March 2021, commence direct flights between… Read More »
Cameroon’s Camair-Co moots fleet rebuild
Director-General Louis Georges Njipendi Kuotu told Newsaero that one of the carrier’s two MA-60s – TJ-QDA (msn 903) – had… Read More »
Sandals Resorts Unveils Jamaica Property Upgrades
Sandals Resorts has announced a reimagined Dutch Village at its Sandals South Coast resort in White House, Jamaica, including the debut of the company’s… Read More »
Baha Mar Mega-Resort Reopens
Nassau’s Baha Mar mega-resort re-opened today featuring “heightened safety and health measures,” said company officials. The Cable Beach property’s anchor, the… Read More »
Sandals Chief Questions Resort Link to Grenada COVID-19 Outbreak
Sandals Resorts International was prominent in travel news this week following a COVID-19 outbreak in Grenada that local press reports linked to… Read More »
MSC Cruises Reveals Extensive Summer 2022 Program
MSC Cruises has opened sales for the summer 2022 season in the Caribbean and Mediterranean; the company said the 2022 Northern Europe schedule… Read More »
Aeroméxico set to restart B737 MAX ops
Aeroméxico (AM, México City Int’l) will become the world’s second airline to restart B737-8 operations when it does so on December 21, ch-aviation schedule… Read More »
China’s Hainan Airlines shores up cash pile
Hainan Airlines (HU, Haikou) has diverted funds raised to acquire aircraft in 2016 to instead “replenish the working capital” of… Read More »
Qatar, Saudi Arabia near overflights deal – report
Saudi Arabia and Qatar are in advanced talks about resolving their lengthy diplomatic dispute, three sources familiar with the negotiations… Read More »
Malaysia’s Firefly to launch narrowbody ops in 1Q21
Firefly (FY, Penang) will launch narrowbody operations in January 2021, initially connecting its hub at Penang airport with Johor Bahru… Read More »
Air India loses $18mn London court case against lessor
The High Court of Justice in London has sided with Chinese lessor CALC and ordered Air India (AI, Mumbai Int’l)… Read More »
Hi Fly Malta ends A380 operations
Hi Fly Malta (HFM, Malta Int’l) completed the previously announced retirement of its only A380-800, 9H-MIP (msn 6), on December… Read More »
Israeli carriers eye Morocco routes after recognition
El Al Israel Airlines (LY, Tel Aviv Ben Gurion) and Israir (6H, Tel Aviv Ben Gurion) have said they will… Read More »
Australia’s Rex completes certification to launch jet ops
Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) has upgraded the Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC) of Rex – Regional Express (ZL, Wagga… Read More »
Taiwan’s Starlux Airlines eyes Los Angeles ops from 2022
Starlux Airlines (JX, Taipei Taoyuan) has applied to the US Department of Transportation (DOT) for exemption authority and a foreign… Read More »
China Eastern parent cuts TravelSky stake
China Eastern Air Holding will water down its shareholding in Travelsky Technology after it agreed to sell a 4.97% stake… Read More »
China’s JoyAir looks to shift main operating base
JoyAir (JR, Tianjin) is set to change its main hub from Tianjin, in northern China, to Xi’an Xianyang in the… Read More »
Ravn Alaska restarts scheduled services
Ravn Alaska (7H, Anchorage Ted Stevens) restarted scheduled services in Alaska on November 30, 2020, nearly seven months after its predecessor RavnAir Group stopped… Read More »
Florida’s Aztec Airways maps out growth following investment
Florida’s Aztec Airways (AJ, Fort Lauderdale Executive) is expanding its fleet and adding international and domestic routes following a USD5… Read More »
Spirit Airlines Plane Slides Off Runway in Baltimore
A Spirit Airlines plane slid off the taxiway at a Baltimore airport Thursday, but no injuries were reported. According to WTOP.com, Spirit Airlines… Read More »