Alitalia relaunches with new execs, new name, new routes
Alitalia (AZ, Rome Fiumicino) was officially relaunched as a newco on June 29, with new management, a new company name, and, to mark the occasion, a 20% discount on the domestic and European routes it is now resuming.
The Italian government hopes it has ended years of financial turmoil at the newly nationalised flag carrier, which will receive a budget of EUR3 billion euros (USD3.4 billion) and a fleet of 100 aircraft,...
Latvia's SmartLynx Airlines resumes leisure charters
SmartLynx Airlines (6Y, Riga) resumed leisure charters on July 1, operating its first summer charter of 2020 from Tallinn Lennart Meri to Heraklion with A320-200 YL-LCU (msn 1762).
The...
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Read moreEl Al suspends all flights until further notice - report
El Al Israel Airlines (LY, Tel Aviv Ben Gurion) suspended all of its flights on July 1 until further notice as CEO Gonen Usishkin ordered all aircraft, including those on cargo operations, to return to Israel, sources at the carrier told the business newspaper Globes.
The decision was made after the company's pilots' union announced late on June 30 that pilots would no longer work for the company. Earlier that day, El...
Icelandair restructuring delayed pending lessor support
Icelandair Group's planned share offering and government-backed loan facility have been delayed by ongoing restructuring talks with lessors, a credit card acquiring bank, and Boeing, it outlined in a statement on June 29.
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Read moreGov't to buy Neeleman's stake in TAP Air Portugal
TAP Air Portugal (TP, Lisbon) and the Portuguese government have concluded a final deal to save the ailing flag carrier, with the state set to buy a 22.5% stake from minority shareholder David Neeleman and thus take majority ownership of the carrier, ministers confirmed at a news conference late on July 2.
Following prolonged talks with the airline’s minority shareholders, including Neeleman's and Humberto Pedrosa's consortium Atlantic Gateway, the government will raise...
Miami Air International eyes restart with new owner
Miami Air International (LL, Miami Int'l) is looking to restart under the same brand and a similar strategy after being acquired by Tomas Romero, the owner of Caribbean Sun Airlines, Inc. d/b/a World...
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Read moreAircraft have lost 11% of their value on average
We see that the average aircraft monitored by Collateral Verifications saw an 11% value reduction since the beginning of 2020. This is a significant drop in aircraft values during this unprecedented crisis for the industry.
Read moreAruba Airlines restarts regional flights
Aruba Airlines (AG, Aruba) restarted regional flights from Aruba to Curacao on July 1, after 3.5 months of forced inactivity due to airspace closures in the Caribbean.
The carrier reactivated one of its CRJ200s, PK-CRA (msn 7796), to operate the route. The airline's other two aircraft of the type remain in maintenance, one each at of Jacksonville Int'l, FL and Cochabamba airports.
Aruba Airlines also operates...
São Tome & Príncipe's STP Airways restarts
STP Airways (8F, São Tome) resumed operations on July 3, initially only on its trunk route between São Tome and Lisbon.
The airline is using a B767-300(ER) wet-leased from...
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Read moreIndonesia's Jhonlin Air Transport retires sole ATR
Jhonlin Air Transport (JLB, Banjarmasin) has retired its only Avions de Transport Régional aircraft, ATR42-600 PK-JBA (msn 1004), Skyliner Magazine has reported. The 7.4-year-old turboprop is stored at Singapore Seletar for the time being.
The Indonesian charter specialist retired the turboprop from revenue service as of early January 2020, Flightradar24 ADS-B data shows. It was then ferried from Butte to Seletar on January 13, 2020.
The aircraft...
Nicaragua's La Costeña resumes ops
La Costeña (NIS, Managua) resumed scheduled operations on five routes in Nicaragua on June 26, it said via Facebook.
The carrier is currently operating from Managua to Siuna and Bonanza...
ch-aviation will speed up fleet data development in 2020
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Read moreWe should call it recovery: 19 new aircraft delivered in May
New aircraft deliveries almost dried up in April, when we saw just 15 aircraft delivered by all manufacturers. In May, there was a small sign of recovery – 19 brand-new aircraft were delivered globally.
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