by Wole Shadare | Feb 18, 2021 | Airbus, Airlines
Air Côte d’Ivoire, Ivory Coast’s flagship carrier based in Abidjan, has taken delivery of its first A320neo, becoming the first operator of the type in the West-African region. This latest generation aircraft will join Air Côte d’Ivoire’s existing Airbus fleet of six...
by Daniel Martínez Garbuno | Feb 17, 2021 | Airlines
Grupo Aeromexico reported a net loss of 42.983 billion pesos (USD 2.1 billion) in 2020 due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Mexican airline saw a 58.5% decline in the revenues that led it to file for a Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the US. A closer look at...
by Richard Schuurman | Feb 17, 2021 | Airlines
Abu Dhabi’s Etihad and Bahrain’s Gulf Air plan to expand their partnership beyond the current codeshare agreement and will grow their network with new routes, the two Gulf carriers announced on February 17. Etihad CEO Tony Douglas and Gulf Air CEO Waleed Al Alawi...
by Wole Shadare | Feb 15, 2021 | Airlines
The last few weeks brought a flurry of activities in Nigeria’s aviation industry. Airlines are springing up as others are on the verge of starting operations. Just last week, United Nigeria Airline began operations with its Lagos-Enugu route. Green Africa...
by Richard Schuurman | Feb 15, 2021 | Airlines
Low-cost airline Air Arabia has turned the corner on a very difficult 2020 by reporting a small but significant profit of AED 20 million for its final quarter. It remains to be seen if the carrier can keep this up for the current quarter, but measures with cost...
by Richard Schuurman | Feb 12, 2021 | Airlines
Air Canada has ended 2020 with a record-loss of C$-4.647 billion, compared to a C$1.476 billion profit the previous year. The “catastrophic impact of Covid-19 and government-imposed travel restrictions and quarantines” to Canada and between states have cost the...
