News last week that Frontier, a ULCC, is returning 13 A320neos early and taking on ten A321neos to maintain existing capacity. This move is indicative of two elements. First, the ultra-low-cost carrier business model remains quite challenging, and second, larger…
Singapore Airlines is backed by Temasek Holdings, the Singapore sovereign investment fund that is the airline’s majority shareholder. Temasek is now looking closely at its investment in Air India, as the company is requesting new equity from its owners, primarily…
Icelandair completed its acquisition of a 49% stake in Fly Play Europe Holdco (FPE) on August 20, paying $686,000 for a stake in the Maltese entity holding a European Air Operator Certificate. We flagged this deal back in April, when…
Delta and AeroMexico began operating a code-sharing joint venture in 2016, which operated unimpeded until 2025, when the Trump administration reversed its earlier position and issued a Department of Transportation order that terminated the joint venture. The carriers appealed the…
AirAsia Group is now in advanced negotiations for up to $1 billion in fresh funding from local and international financial institutions, to shore up liquidity. That’s the latest sequence that’s been building since last year, and it’s worth laying out…
In the highly competitive South African market, Airlink faces off against two rivals; an aggressive LCC named Safair and state-owned South African Airways. Few airlines have to operate in a market like this, small and competitive. To make things even…