JetBlue Airways (B6, New York JFK) and Spirit Airlines (NK, Fort Lauderdale International) have said they will continue their legal battle to keep their tie-up alive, announcing late on Friday, January 19 that they will appeal a federal judge’s decision to block JetBlue’s planned USD3.8 billion acquisition of the ultra-low-cost carrier. The two airlines “reported [...]
Mesa Air Group has signed a new agreement with United Airlines (UA, Chicago O'Hare) that includes an improved block-hour rate for an existing capacity purchase agreement (CPA) and the repayment of debt to the mainline carrier with Mesa's shares in electric aircraft start-up Heart Aerospace. United agreed to extinguish the outstanding USD10.5 million bridge loan [...]
The US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned Iraq's Fly Baghdad (IF, Baghdad) and its Chief Executive Officer and owner, Basheer Al-Shabbani, for allegedly "providing assistance" to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF) and its proxy groups in Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon. The airline denied being involved in any illegal activities. "For [...]
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Pakistan's caretaker government has less than three weeks to make a series of decisions concerning the partial privatisation of PIA - Pakistan International Airlines (PK, Islamabad International) ahead of a general election on February 8. Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar ul-Haq Kakar's administration has supported privatising 51% of the state-owned carrier. However, according to the Express [...]
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Lion Air (JT, Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta) can return its three B737-9s to service now that Indonesia's Ministry of Transportation (Kementerian Perhubungan) has lifted its temporary ban on the aircraft type operating in the country. The ministry lifted the ban after inspections of the three aircraft. Lion Air is the only operator of the B737-9 in Indonesia. [...]