EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Thai Lion Air Taking Cautious Approach To Restoring Capacity
Note: Thai language version of article is lower down หมายเหตุ: บทความภาษาไทยอยู่ด้านล่าง Thai Lion Air (TLA) is in no rush to actively restore services and resume vigorous growth, even though there…
Singapore Lessor Avation Still Waiting For Virgin Australia Pay-Out
Virgin Australia went into voluntary administration in early 2020 and was sold later that year to Bain Capital for A$3.5 billion (US$2.3 billion), but some creditors are still waiting to…
Philippines’ Cebu Pacific Boosting Capacity On Some ATR Routes Using A320s
Cebu Pacific Air has now restored its domestic passenger capacity to pre-COVID levels and is increasing capacity even further by putting Airbus A320s on some routes traditionally served by its…
Leasing Company Avation Appoints Former Airbus Exec As Head Of Commercial Development
Avation has appointed former Airbus executive, Soeren Ferre, as head of commercial development to help the Singapore-based aircraft lessor to grow now that the airline market is recovering. The leasing…
Malaysia’s Firefly Forsees Full Recovery In Domestic Market Soon
Firefly, the regional airline of flag carrier Malaysia Airlines, is expanding internationally now that it has a positive outlook with regards to the Malaysia overseas airline market recovery. Philip See,…
Chorus Aviation Completes Acquisition Of Falko Regional Aircraft
Chorus Aviation has announced the completion of the acquisition of Falko Regional Aircraft, claiming it is now the world’s largest regional aircraft lessor. It says Falko and Chorus combined has…
India’s SpiceJet Faces Full Safety Audit Following Incidents
Indian low-cost carrier SpiceJet is facing a full safety audit by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) due to several incidents on various aircraft types in the last six…
Taiwan’s Uni Air Upgrading ATR Avionics Systems To Improve Situational Awareness
EVA Air’s regional airline Uni Air is going to upgrade the Thales avionics system on its ATR fleet to improve situational awareness, especially for landing at challenging airports in bad…
Australia’s Regional Express Reportedly Eyeing Cobham Aviation Services
Regional Express (Rex) is reportedly considering whether to acquire Cobham Aviation Services’ two businesses, a move that would allow it to gain more market share. The Australian Financial Review, without naming…
India’s Winair Aviation To Acquire 79% of TruJet
Winair Aviation, a newly founded transport-related company, is set to acquire a majority stake in financially-troubled regional carrier TruJet, and plans to restart the operations by year-end. Winair Aviation says…
Taiwan’s Uni Air Sees Faster Domestic Market Recovery
EVA Air’s regional airline Uni Air sees potential for the domestic travel market to recover faster than the international market and is looking to work with stakeholders in this segment….
Qantas Airways To Buy Alliance Airlines
Australia’s flag carrier Qantas Airways (Qantas) is fully acquiring Alliance Aviation Services, the parent company of charter operator Alliance Airlines (Alliance), so as to better serve the growing resources sector….