Kenya's new cabinet secretary nominee for transport and roads, Davis Chirchir, has suggested the government increase its current 48.9% stake in Kenya Airways to 80%, given its KES600 billion shilling (USD4.6 billion) cumulative support to the airline since 2017. Chirchir appeared before the National Assembly's Committee on Appointments on August 1 during a four-day vetting [...]
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The managing director and promoter of SpiceJet (SG, Delhi International) will sell 10% of his stake in the carrier in a bid to raise around INR30 billion rupees (USD357 million) to help keep the airline afloat, according to The Economic Times. Singh, along with family members and entities associated with him, currently holds a 47.8 [...]
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SAS Group, the holding company of SAS Scandinavian Airlines (SK, Copenhagen Kastrup), delisted from the Scandinavian stock exchanges Nasdaq Stockholm, Nasdaq Copenhagen, and Oslo Børs on August 14 ahead of its expected emergence from restructuring at the end of the month. In a statement, the group marked August 13 as the last day of trading [...]
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Canada Jetlines (AU, Toronto Pearson) has announced it is working to raise additional capital to continue operations following the resignation of four executives, including CEO Brigitte Goersch. In a statement on August 12, the airline confirmed the resignations of board members Ryan Goepel, Beth Horowitz, and Shawn Klerer, and Goersch as CEO. "The continuing operations [...]
The Irish liquidators of GTLK Europe, a former subsidiary of Russia's state-owned GTLK - State Transport Leasing, have placed another of its A319-100s up for sale. JY-AYC (msn 2762) is an 18.3-year-old aircraft which was last operated by Royal Jordanian, and earlier by East Star Airlines, Chengdu Airlines, and Germania. The aircraft has been parked [...]
El Al Israel Airlines (LY, Tel Aviv Ben Gurion) says it has signed an agreement with Boeing (BOE, Washington National) for the purchase of twenty B737 MAX with options for up to 11 more. The carrier said in a statement the firm order jets will deliver between 2028 and 2031 while those optioned, if firmed, [...]