Vietnam Airlines (VN, Hanoi Noi Bai International) has secured a three-year extension on VND4 trillion dong (USD158 million) worth of government loans that were falling due later this month. Per a Bloomberg report, Viet Nam's National Assembly approved the extension, to July 2027. A week ago, ch-aviation reported on a statement on the National Assembly's [...]
Korean Air (KE, Seoul Incheon) has denied reports that the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) may require the carrier to surrender slots at certain US airports in exchange for approving its merger application with Asiana Airlines (OZ, Seoul Incheon), according to the Korean-language newspaper Viewers. Reportedly, the DOJ wants to see US carriers snag [...]
Mesa Airlines (YV, Phoenix Sky Harbor) will furlough 53 pilots, citing a significant and unexpected reduction in flight crew attrition levels. First reported by Airline Geeks, the carrier operating as United Express on behalf of United Airlines (UA, Chicago O'Hare) has since sent an announcement to more junior first officers via email. Mesa Airlines’ pilots [...]
Boeing (BOE, Washington National) has restarted widebody deliveries to China after an almost two-month gap caused by a regulatory review, ferrying two B777-200Fs to Air China Cargo (CA, Beijing Capital) in late June 2024. Reuters reported that B737 MAX and B787 deliveries are also expected to restart shortly. B-223S (msn 67834) and B-223T (msn 67835) [...]
The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) says it was not party to the sale agreement of the three aircraft formerly operated by the defunct LIAT 1974 Ltd, dba LIAT (Antigua and Barbuda), over which it holds mortgages. Its only role, it underlined, is to provide the necessary consent for the sale, which it has already done. [...]
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The European Commission has cleared Lufthansa Group's proposed EUR325 million euro (USD353 million) bid for a 41% stake in Italy's state-owned ITA Airways (AZ, Rome Fiumicino), subject to "full compliance with remedies" offered by the Lufthansa parent and the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF). The decision follows an in-depth investigation of the proposed [...]
The Royal Australian Air Force (ASY, Richmond, QL) is readying to take delivery of two B737-8(BBJ)s to replace its two B737-700(BBJ)s used to fly around senior politicians and assorted other dignitaries. The first replacement aircraft, A62-001 (msn 67959), operated a series of test flights around Dallas, Texas, for much of June before ferrying to Camp [...]
Colorful Guizhou Airlines (GY, Guiyang) has signed a dry lease contract with CDB Aviation for three A320-200Ns. The first of the trio, B-32GZ (msn 11866), was delivered on June 14, 2024. The brand new aircraft, completed at Airbus's Tianjin site, entered commercial service on June 20, 2024, with its first flight from Guiyang to Hanzhong. [...]
Creditors of Bonza (Sunshine Coast) have voted to liquidate the airline at a meeting in Sydney on July 2, 2024. This followed the release of a scathing report by the administrators, Hall Chadwick, last week, who suggested the low-cost carrier may have traded while insolvent and that creditors may walk away with nothing after Bonza [...]