Air New Zealand to launch ultra-long-haul service to New York JFK in late 3Q22
Air New Zealand (NZ, Auckland Int’l) has confirmed that it will launch non-stop 3x weekly services from Auckland Int’l to… Read More »
Aeromexico invests in fleet after exiting Chapter 11
Grupo Aeroméxico is to invest USD5 billion over the next five years, mainly to expand its fleet, following its successful… Read More »
UK’s flybe outlines 2Q22 launch network
flybe. (BE, Birmingham Int’l) has outlined plans to restart operations on April 13, 2022, and has launched ticket sales for… Read More »
Amelia snatches EU PSO routes from Lufthansa, Air France
Amelia (NL, Paris Le Bourget) has announced it is taking over Public Service Obligation (PSO) routes from Strasbourg, France, to… Read More »
US authorities dissolve Air Peace boss’s US company
US authorities have dissolved Springfield Aviation, the US company owned by Allen Onyema, the chief executive of Nigeria’s Air Peace… Read More »
Brussels backs €30.7mn Covid aid to Bulgarian carriers
The European Commission has approved EUR30.7 million euros (USD33.7 million) in direct Bulgarian government grants as support for the country’s… Read More »
Dublin lends Aer Lingus €200mn, Emerald Airlines €6mn
Aer Lingus (EI, Dublin Int’l) has agreed a new EUR200 million euro (USD220 million) loan with the Irish sovereign wealth… Read More »
South African CAA suspends Lufthansa Technik subsidiary
Procedural issues have seen the indefinite suspension of Lufthansa Technik Maintenance International’s (LTMI) Aircraft Maintenance Organisations (AMO) license by the… Read More »
Virgin Australia win sets Cape Town Convention precedent
In a precedent-setting interpretation of the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment (Cape Town Convention) and the Protocol to… Read More »
China’s EHang secures largest pre-order of eVTOL aircraft
Chinese eVTOL manufacturer EHang Holdings has secured its largest pre-order of 60 autonomous aerial vehicles (AAVs) from Malaysia’s Aerotree Flight… Read More »
Air Canada to add 26 A321neo(XLR)s
Air Canada (AC, Montréal Trudeau) is set to secure twenty-six A321-200NX(XLR)s, including six ordered from Airbus, fifteen from Air Lease… Read More »
Finnair updates flights for summer 2022
Finnair has updated its traffic program for summer 2022, as the closure of Russian airspace impacts Finnair’s Asian traffic. Finnair… Read More »