- South African Airways Says Will Try to Operate New Provisional Timetable[Dec. 05, 2019]
South African Airways (SAA) said on Thursday that it would try to operate a new provisional timetable, after its board of directors adopted a resolution to place the company into a business rescue process at the earliest opportunity.
- Hong Kong Airlines Says It Has Drawn up Plans for Cash Infusion in Fight to Keep Licence[Dec. 04, 2019]
Hong Kong Airlines said on Wednesday it had drafted an "initial cash injection plan" that would allow it to make overdue salary payments on Thursday as the carrier battles to keep flying.
- Air France-KLM Says Buying Stake in Virgin Atlantic Not Necessary[Dec. 04, 2019]
Airline group Air France-KLM said on Wednesday it was not necessary to buy a stake in Virgin Atlantic to expand a transatlantic joint venture with Virgin Atlantic and Delta Air Lines.
- Lufthansa Reshuffles Management Board, HR Head to Leave Company[Dec. 03, 2019]
Germany's largest airline Lufthansa announced a reshuffling of its management board on Tuesday, with human resources head Bettina Volkens leaving the company at the end of the year.
- Bamboo Airways to Take Delivery of First Boeing Dreamliner This Month[Dec. 03, 2019]
Vietnamese startup Bamboo Airways said on Tuesday it will take delivery of a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner this month, its first wide-body aircraft, and aims to start direct flights to the United States by early 2021.
- Ryanair Seeks to Delay Operations Chief's Flight to EasyJet[Dec. 03, 2019]
Ryanair launched a bid in Ireland's High Court on Tuesday to prevent operations chief Peter Bellew from joining arch-rival easyJet until 2021, saying he possessed information of immense competitive value and that he had signed a non-compete clause.
- United Orders 50 New Airbus Long-Range Jets to Replace Boeing 757s[Dec. 04, 2019]
United Airlines Holdings Inc announced on Tuesday an order for 50 Airbus SE A321XLR jets to fly between the U.S East Coast and Europe, becoming the latest U.S. airline to ink a deal for the European planemaker 's new passenger jet.
- APOC Aviation Expands Portfolio with V2527-A5 Engine and Sets up New Lease Agreement with Onur Air[Dec. 03, 2019]
Innovative engine leasing & trading and aircraft component & part-out specialist, APOC Aviation, has purchased a V2527-A5 engine from AerSale. The engine is now leased out to Turkish low-cost carrier, Onur Air, for the duration of its remaining green-time. This is anticipated to be 36 months and it will be installed on various A320 family aircraft within the Onur Air fleet. This is the first engine deal that APOC has completed with AerSale and it was counter-balanced with AerSale's own purchase of a significant package of spare parts from APOC.
- Scandinavia's SAS Takes Delivery of Its First Airbus A350 XWB[Nov. 28, 2019]
Scandinavian carrier SAS has taken delivery of its first A350-900, becoming the newest operator of this latest generation, highly efficient widebody aircraft. The airline has a total of eight A350-900 aircraft on order and operates an Airbus fleet of 68 aircraft (51 A320 Family, 17 A330 and A340 Family aircraft). In the coming years, as part of an extensive fleet modernisation, SAS will take delivery of 54 additional A320neo Family aircraft and the remaining seven A350-900s through direct purchase and lease contracts.
- Airbus Celebrates the 100th A220 Aircraft Produced[Dec. 02, 2019]
Airbus has celebrated the 100th A220 aircraft produced for a customer during a ceremony at the aircraft programme's headquarters in Mirabel, Canada. The aircraft, an A220-300, destined for Riga, Latvia-based airBaltic, features a brand new and comfortable cabin layout with 149 seats plus a modernised livery.