Alitalia must repay $1.1B in state aid, Commission rules
Alitalia has to repay state aid, but capital injections given to successor Italia Trasporto Aereo (ITA) are in…
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US airlines hit bumps in recovery as COVID cases rise
Air travel recovery has hit some turbulence due to the rise in COVID cases in the United States,…
easyJet rejects takeover approach, raises $1.7B in rights issue
With the way out of the pandemic still uncertain, British airline easyJet has rejected a takeover offer and…
Cost control, higher revenue help AirAsia Group narrow Q2 net loss
AirAsia Group narrowed its losses in the second quarter of 2021 due to the increase in revenues. On September…
airBaltic says 2023 earliest for IPO to repay state aid
The earliest that Latvian airline airBaltic is planning to float on the stock exchange is 2023, chief executive…
SAS defers A350 deliveries, narrows Q3 losses
Scandinavian airline SAS is deferring deliveries of two A350 aircraft by a year, it said as it reported…
Norwegian sees improving booking trends as H1 loss narrows
Budget carrier Norwegian is seeing a trend for improving bookings, it said on August 31, 2021, after it…
airBaltic reduces losses, eyes promising summer
Latvia airline airBaltic narrowed losses in the first six months of 2021 and said it was seeing better…
Latvian government invests €90 million into airBaltic equity
airBaltic has received €90 million worth of financial support from the government of Latvia and now awaits the…
Thai Airways swings into profit amid restructuring
Thai Airways posted a net profit in the first half of 2021, its first since the beginning of…
Air New Zealand denied capital raise again
Air New Zealand delayed its plans to raise equity capital after the government refused to participate over economic…
Embraer registers first quarterly profit since 2018
Embraer’s Q2 2021 results display an increase in revenue and deliveries, shining a light at the end of…
JAL posts improved Q1 results but recovery remains dimmed
On August 3, 2021, Japan Airlines (JAL) posted its financial results for the first quarter of 2021. Despite…
Eased restrictions help Air France-KLM to narrow loss
On July 30, 2021, Air France-KLM Group announced it had narrowed financial loss in the second quarter of…
SIA narrows loss on robust cargo performance
Singapore Airlines Group (SIA) narrowed financial loss on robust cargo performance in the first quarter of 2021. However,…
Boeing reports first profit in two years
An increase in global vaccinations and the resurgence of travel bookings catalysed Boeing’s 737 MAX sales. On June 30,…
European Commission clears AerCap-GECAS merger
European Commission gives a green-light for AerCap’s acquisition of General Electric’s leasing arm (GECAS) in a deal estimated…
Recovery is inevitable, but we should not take it for granted
It’s 2021 and the aviation industry has survived its worst crisis yet. Now, as every forecast shows a…