The European Commission has approved restructuring aid worth EUR321.2 million euros (USD364 million) to Condor (DE, Frankfurt International), in line with European Union state aid regulations, a press release from Brussels reveals. The decision came after the German state aid was initially annulled by the EU General Court which expressed concerns that Germany did not [...]
Ryanair (FR, Dublin International) has threatened to cancel its hefty B737 MAX order and look at alternative manufacturers if tariffs threatened by US president Donald Trump make the Boeing narrowbodies more expensive, Reuters reported. In a letter to US lawmaker Raja Krishnamoorthi, a Democrat from Illinois, Ryanair Group CEO Michael O'Leary said the LCC would [...]
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NovoAir (VQ, Dhaka) has suspended all flight operations as it continues to hunt for an investor and attempts to sell its aircraft for cash. ch-aviation analysis of ADS-B data shows the airline's last flight before the suspension was on May 1, 2025, on the Dhaka-Cox's Bazar and return route. It was operated by ATR72-500 S2-AJM [...]
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Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury has told an April 30, 2025, earnings call that nobody wants to pay more for aircraft, but if tariffs spike on European aircraft exports into the United States, the importing airline will have bear it. "It's on them," he said. The chief executives of Delta Air Lines (DL, Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson) [...]
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William Tong, attorney general of Connecticut, has expressed serious concerns over a charter contract for Avelo Airlines (XP, Burbank) to operate deportation flights on behalf of the US Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration Control and Enforcement Agency. The state is now reconsidering the support the airline has received through fuel tax exemptions and public promotion. [...]
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The federal government of Nigeria reopened Enugu Airport on April 28, 2025, following the early completion of emergency runway repairs. The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) had shut the airport on April 22 due to a critical asphalt rupture, initially planning to reopen it by May 6. The closure disrupted operations of at least [...]