Korean Air (KE, Seoul Incheon) could place an order for 30 aircraft during next month’s Farnborough Air Show, Bloomberg reported, saying that the flag carrier is analysing whether to select Boeing’s B787 or Airbus’s A350. Korean Air chairman and chief executive Cho Won-Tae told the news agency that the decision will likely be the B787, [...]
The administrators of insolvent Australian LCC Bonza (AB, Sunshine Coast) have cancelled all flights through to June 12, 2024, and told the airline's more than 320 employees that they would remain stood down until the same date. Hall Chadwick said the extension was required to facilitate the final stages of the negotiations with interested parties. [...]
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European charter airlines operating out of Germany, Austria, and the Netherlands will be counting the costs after Germany's FTI Touristik GmbH, parent of Europe's third largest tour operator FTI Group, announced it had filed for bankruptcy on June 3 at the District Court of Munich. In a statement, the company said only the tour operator [...]
Mexicana (MXA, México City Felipe Angeles) has signed a deal with Embraer to acquire 20 new aircraft composed of ten E190-E2s and ten E195-E2s, the airline and the manufacturer announced in separate statements. The regional jets will be delivered starting in the second quarter of 2025. The E190-E2s will have capacity for 108 passengers, while [...]
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Aerolíneas Argentinas (AR, Buenos Aires Jorge Newbery) and SKY Airline (Chile) (H2, Santiago de Chile) have announced a new interline agreement allowing passengers from either carrier to access over 60 destinations in Argentina, Chile, and Peru. The new partnership is set to be implemented gradually during the second half of the year. Through it, SKY [...]
Ellinair (ELB, Thessaloniki) has refuted claims of filing for bankruptcy, asserting that former employees initiated the bankruptcy petition, which is still pending a court decision. The company was reacting to a regulatory filing by the Thessaloniki Chamber of Commerce and Industry on May 22 that documented the bankruptcy application in the Thessaloniki Court of First [...]
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Italy's consumer watchdog (Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato - AGCM) has rejected a request from online travel agency (OTA) eDreams ODIGEO to issue an injunction against Ryanair (FR, Dublin International) over direct ticket distribution, a statement from the low-cost carrier reveals. According to the authority, there is “no danger of serious and irreparable [...]