LARA editor Mark Thomas summarises the latest happenings across the low-fare and regional aviation industry. It’s been quite a week for Icelandic budget carrier Wow air and its founder and…
The European Regions Airlines Association (ERA) has urged the European Commission to take necessary measures in advance of the UK leaving the European Union to prevent “serious harm to European…
Kazakhstan flag carrier Air Astana has received its first Embraer E190-E2 after the aircraft, in special Snow Leopard livery, arrived at Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport in Astana. The twin-engine aircraft…
China’s Xiamen Airlines has taken delivery of its latest Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, with the US manufacturer flagging up the aircraft as the 2,000th to be handed over to a…
Boeing has delivered new 737 MAX 8s to Fiji Airways and Cayman Airways as both carriers continue to upgrade and modernise their fleets. These are the first MAX 8 aircraft…
Latvian airline airBaltic has received its latest Airbus A220-300 regional jet, the last it will receive this year, bringing its number of the aircraft type in its fleet up to…
ATR ticked off a major milestone recently when it delivered its 1,500th aircraft, an ATR 72-600, to Japan Air Commuter. The turboprop was handed over at the end of October,…
Monarch Aircraft Engineering Limited (MAEL) says it served notice on its contract with Flybe earlier this year before suspending repair and maintenance operations for the airline as of 23 November….
Ultra-low-cost airline specialist Indigo Partners has concluded a preliminary agreement with struggling Wow Air, within hours of the airline abandoning a potential acquisition by its compatriot Icelandair Group. No terms…
The proposed acquisition by Icelandair Group of long-haul low-fare carrier Wow air has been ditched. Icelandair Group had issued a stock exchange release on 26 November stating it estimated it…