Air Cairo wet-leases two B737-800s
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Oman Air sacks 1,000 employees amid business restructuring
Oman Air (WY, Muscat) has laid off around 1,000 employees in an effort to cut costs and bring its workforce to the levels of similarly-sized airlines. Chairman Saeed bin Hamoud Al Maawali said during a media event that Oman Air had 4,300 employees before restructuring and that the figure should be reduced to 2,700, the [...]
Riyadh Air eyes Boeing jets rejected by Chinese carriers
Riyadh Air (RXI, Riyadh) is interested in acquiring Boeing aircraft that Chinese carriers have opted not to take amid the trade war with the United States, should the opportunity arise, CEO Tony Douglas told Reuters on April 28. In an interview with Bloomberg published on the same day, Douglas said that there was no hard [...]
Turkmenistan Airlines restarts Moscow ops, MAI exits Russia
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Syria withdraws permit for Türkiye's AJet
The Syrian authorities have stopped AJet (VF, Istanbul Sabiha Gökcen) from launching its Istanbul Sabiha Gökcen-Damascus route shortly before the first flight was due to take place on April 21, 2025, reportedly demanding reciprocal traffic rights to Türkiye, the Middle East Eye has reported. Flightradar24 ADS-B data shows that the flights scheduled for April 21 [...]
Air India joins queue for Chinese Boeings
Air India (AI, Delhi International) wants to take up to ten B737 MAX aircraft that are no longer required by Chinese carriers, according to Reuters, which cites sources close to the matter. Talks are reportedly underway. However, it joins a line of airlines keen to pick up the unwanted aircraft. Air India wants to send [...]
Pakistan's PIA halts India overflights
PIA - Pakistan International Airlines (PK, Islamabad International) stopped overflying Indian airspace on April 27, 2025, as tensions between the two countries escalate in the wake of an April 22 terrorist attack in Indian-controlled Kashmir. ch-aviation analysis of Flightradar24 ADS-B data shows that the Pakistani carrier's flights from Islamabad International and Lahore International to Kuala [...]
Malaysia Airlines mulls more widebody aircraft orders
Planning is underway at Malaysia Aviation Group (MAG) for three major widebody aircraft campaigns, its managing director Izham Ismail told the New Straits Times. He says the orders should take care of aircraft needs into the 2040s. MAG operates Malaysia Airlines, Firefly, Amal by Malaysia Airlines, and, until it is taken over by the Sarawak [...]
CEO says Korean Air short of aircraft despite trade dramas
The chief executive of Hanjin Group, which owns Korean Air (KE, Seoul Incheon), has told CNBC that he is short of aircraft despite some signs of softening demand and the impact of tariff uncertainty. "We are short by five or six aircraft," Walter Cho told the outlet. "We've had to cut down on routes to [...]
Thai Airways inks JV for B777-300ER conversions
The CEO of Thai Airways International (TG, Bangkok Suvarnabhumi) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Kansas Modification Center to begin converting B777-300ERs into freighters. Chai Eamsiri says the joint venture aligns with the government’s policy to position Thailand as a Southeast Asian aviation hub. The conversions will take place at an aircraft maintenance [...]