Mango Airlines has lost its operating licenses due to its inactivity in South Africa.
The Air Services Licensing Council on August 3 suspended Mango’s licenses โfor a period of two years, effective immediately, as Mango has not operated the licensed air services for an uninterrupted period exceeding 12 monthsโ.
The airline suspended operations on July 27, 2021 and has not been able to find investors to resume operations.
Previously on December 2, 2021 the grounded airline issued this update:
Mango is pleased that the amended business rescue plan has been adopted by creditors and the shareholder. The business rescue practitioner will now proceed to implement the business rescue plan, with the key deliverable being the completion of the process to solicit a preferred bidder to conclude the acquisition of Mango.
The investor process, including the relevant guidelines and process to be followed by interested parties, is available on the Company website in the business rescue tab. It is anticipated that the process to secure a successful bidder, inclusive of concluding the relevant acquisition agreements, will be completed by the end of March 2022.
โ Korean Air achieved a revenue of KRW 3.3324 trillion (USD $2.5775 billion) and an operating profit of KRW 735.9 billion (USD $569.2 million) in the second fiscal quarter. Despite continued high oil prices and volatile exchange rates over the course of the second quarter, the airlineโs gradual recovery in passenger demand and robust cargo demand led to improved results year-on-year.
โ Growing travel demand due to dropping COVID cases and borders reopening led the airline to post KRW 874.2 billion in passenger revenue in the second quarter, a 307% year-on-year increase.
โ Korean Air recorded a cargo revenue of KRW 2.1712 trillion, a 44% increase year-on-year. While the prolonged war in Ukraine and the lockdowns in China continued to disrupt the global logistics supply chain into Q2, the airline managed to maximize profit by actively transporting high-demand emergency relief supplies, automobile parts, semiconductors and electronics.
โ The airline expects passenger traffic to recover slower than originally forecasted in the second half of the year, as external factors such as the pandemic and oil prices linger. The airline seeks to gradually increase its passenger network capacity to 50% of pre-pandemic levels by September, and will continue to respond flexibly to demand.
โ With the resumption of passenger services following border reopenings, the airline expects to procure additional air cargo capacity through passenger fleet belly cargo space. The airline looks to maximize profit by utilizing scheduled passenger services; operating routes based on regional demand and capacity fluctuations; and through fleet optimization.
โ Despite intensified global inflation and economic contraction, Korean Air is committed to normalizing its passenger business and to maximizing its cargo business profit.
Swiss International Air Lines has made this announcement:
SWISS has agreed to a collaboration with Air Baltic of Latvia for the coming winter timetable period.
The partnership is intended to further stabilize SWISSโs flight schedules and provide even more reliability for its customersโ travel plans. It should also further ease the present pressures on the companyโs cabin personnel.
The collaboration envisages Air Baltic operating up to six Airbus A220-300 aircraft on SWISSโs behalf under a wet-lease agreement.
Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) plans to collaborate with Air Baltic of Latvia in the coming winter timetable period. The collaboration will take the form of a wet-lease agreement (i.e. the lease-in of both aircraft and crew) under which Air Baltic will perform SWISS flights on SWISSโs behalf. The services concerned will be operated by up to six of Air Balticโs highly advanced and CO2-efficient Airbus A220-300 aircraft, which seat up to 145 passengers. SWISS itself operates 21 such twinjets. The Air Baltic aircraft will perform flights throughout the SWISS European route network which had previously been planned for SWISSโs own operation.
Irrespective of this development, SWISS will continue to steadily recruit and train more of its own cabin personnel. The new collaboration with Air Baltic is also viewed as a complement to SWISSโs existing partnership with Helvetic Airways. On the latter front, in addition to the six Helvetic aircraft already operated all year round on SWISSโs behalf, further Helvetic Airways equipment may also be flexibly deployed on SWISS routes in future to cover peaks in demand.
Akasa Air operated it inaugural flight this morning in India. Flight QP1101 departed from Mubai to Ahmedabad.
Thye new airline made this announcement:
Akasa Air, Indiaโs newest airline, today (August 7) commenced its commercial operations with its first flight taking off from Mumbaiโs Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, bound for Ahmedabadโs Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport. The maiden flight took off from Mumbai at 10:05 am with a scheduled arrival at Ahmedabadโs Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport at 11:25 am.
As a symbolic gesture to mark the occasion during the ceremony, Akasa Airโs boarding pass was handed over to the Honourable Union Minister for Civil Aviation, Shri Jyotiraditya Scindia-ji and the Honourable Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation, General (Dr) V. K Singh-ji. Both guests-of-honour addressed the gathering and officially flagged off the event. The Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra Shri Devendra Fadnavis-ji extended his wishes on the commencement of Akasa Airโs operations while addressing the gathering. The ceremony was also graced by the Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation Shri Rajiv Bansal-ji and Joint Secretary(J), Ministry of Civil Aviation Smt. Usha Padhee-ji.
Starting today, Akasa Air will offer weekly flights between Mumbai and Ahmedabad.
Progressively adding cities and routes to its network, the airline has already announced a total of five routes along five cities, including Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Kochi, Bengaluru and Chennai.
With a fleet induction plan of two Boeing 737 MAX aircraft each month, the airline is looking to establish a strong pan-India presence, with a focus on metro to tier 2 & 3 route connectivity. The fleet size will be raised to 18 aircraft by the end of March 2023 and over the next four years, the airline will add 54 aircraft, taking its total fleet size to 72.
Alaska Airlines’ airport customer service agents, stores, cargo, ground service and reservations agents, who are represented by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), have ratified a two-year contract extension. The contract passed overwhelmingly and includes increased pay with market reviews to ensure wage rates stay competitive, as well as increases in longevity pay. Job security has also been extended until Sept. 27, 2028.
Alaska’s airport customer service agents, stores, cargo, ground service and reservation agents are responsible for assisting guests with upcoming and day-of travel, managing aircraft material and parts, loading cargo and readying aircraft for departures and arrivals.
The previous contract became amendable on Sept. 27, 2024. Contracts in the airline industry do not expire. Once they become amendable, the current contract remains in effect until a new agreement is ratified.
Hans Airways, the UKโs new long-haul airline readying to fly to India, celebrated the arrival of its first Airbus A330-200 on UK soil this week.
The first aircraft is Airbus A330-202 registered as G-KJAS (msn 950).
The aircraft touched down from Palma Airport, Mallorca to Birmingham International Airport on August 2, welcomed by CEO Satnam Saini, COO Nathan Burkitt and CCO Martin Dunn for Hans Airways, ahead of formal technical handover and technical acceptance signing with the lessor.
Hans Airways has partnered with maintenance and repair overhaul specialist STS Aviation Services for Re-Registration tasks and Entry into service modifications ahead of its important route-proving flight for the UK Civil Aviation Authority in the coming weeks. The A330 will fly as newly re-registered G-KJAS.
Since 2020, Hans Airways has maintained a close dialogue with the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) on its progress. Prior to arriving in Palma, the aircraft underwent a thorough 200-hour inspection in Abu Dhabi (UAE) by Etihad Engineering (work previously contracted by its former airline operator, Air Europa). The aircraft was required to return to Spain, its original country of registration for final contractual, administration, financial transfer and customs clearance. In Palma work included a final internal inspection of the engines and rectification of any defect identified on the airworthiness and positioning flight.
โOur first widebody Airbus arriving into the UK is a big and significant milestone on Hans Airwaysโ journey to launch,โ said CEO Satnam Saini. These past 12 months we are very pleased to have added a wealth of competence and experience to our leadership and management team and recruited and trained up a full complement of exceptional pilots and cabin crew who will be ready to fly as soon as the airlineโs AOC is awarded.
“We are delighted STS has been selected as a long-term key maintenance supplier to support Hans Airwaysโ Airbus A330,โ stated Colby Payne, Head of Sales for STS. โAs a result of this partnership, we have accepted the first aircraft for a maintenance visit at our state of the art, wide-body aircraft MRO facility in Birmingham and look forward to supporting Hans Airways with further projects as its growth continues.โ
Amritsar / Golden Temple will be its first route
Once it has its AOC, together with similar accreditation from Indiaโs DGCA, Hans Airways is planning an initial four times weekly service from Birmingham to Amritsar in North India. Amritsar is a major commercial and cultural centre in the heart of Punjab. The city is the spiritual and cultural centre of the Sikh religion and home to the Harmandir Sahib, famously known as the Golden Temple.
As Hans Airways finalizes slots and timetable, it plans to operate ACMI / charter services, which will help with crew training ahead of the scheduled service operation, Satnam Saini said.
About Hans Airways
Hans Airways is the UKโs newest hybrid, long-haul airline venture, blending value for money fares with a quality inflight service offering. Hans Airways will offer two classes of cabins: Economy class with a 31-inch seat pitch and 274 seats, and Premium Economy (called “Anand Plus”), offering a 56″ pitch and 24 seats. It will offer high quality complementary inflight entertainment and catering as standard.
Breeze Airways, as planned, on Friday, August 4, 2022 brought the first scheduled airline passenger service to San Bernardino International Airport.
Top Copyright Photo: The first scheduled airline passenger flight arrives at SBD. Embraer ERJ 190-100 IGWย N126BZ (msn 19000124) arrives at SBD from SFO (Michael B. Ing).
The airport issued this statement:
San Bernardino International Airport (SBD) marked local history on August 4 with the launch of first-ever scheduled passenger flights. Breeze Airways began daily nonstop service from SBD to San Francisco International Airport (SFO), with one-stop, same-plane service to Provo Airport (PVU) in Utah. Book seats at FlySBD.com.
Breeze, an airline founded by aviation entrepreneur and JetBlue founder David Neeleman in 2021, focuses on connecting travelers in underserved cities with air service to the U.S. destinations they want to visit most, through efficient and affordable flights.
Passengers on the inaugural arriving Breeze Airways flight from SFOโwhich received a water arch welcome by San Bernardino County firefightersโincluded Provo Mayor MichelleKaufusi, Breeze Airways President Tom Doxey, along with other Breeze team members. Arriving passengers were greeted in the terminal by airport staff, and each received a welcome gift bag filled with SBD-branded items.
โWe have the rare honor of being the very first commercialย airline to fly intoย San Bernardino, marking a major milestone for the airport and its community,โ said Doxey. โWe congratulate the government leadersย and airport officialsย that helped make this happen and look forward to serving the residents of the region.โ
To inaugurate the outbound Breeze Airways flight, airport and airline representatives christened the Embraer E-190 aircraft by spraying bottles of sparkling wine as journalists and other invited guests looked on from the airport tarmac.
Back at Gate 3, the departing flight ceremonies included a DJ playing upbeat San Franciscoโthemed music, trivia games, an inaugural cake cutting, event-themed balloon decor, remarks from airline and airport officials, and a ribbon cutting.
SBD marked history once again when Breeze Airwaysโ flight to SFO pushed back from the boarding gate as the airportโs first departing commercial flight, with passengers and crew members receiving a water cannon salute by airport firefighters.
The San BernardinoโSan Francisco flight service details follow:
Flight Number
City Pair
Departs
Arrives
MX 603
SFO-SBD
10:10 a.m.
11:40 a.m.
MX 602*
SBD-SFO
1:55 p.m.
3:25 p.m.
Flights operate daily. All times are local. SBD-SFO flight time is 90 minutes. *One-stop, same-plane service to PVU departs SFO at 4:00 p.m., arriving at 6:50 p.m. Flight time is 1 hour, 50 minutes.
In other news, the growing airline also opened the new destination of Provo, Utah:
Not only did we open our sixth base in Provo City Government with the help of Mayor Michelle Kaufusi and many others, but we also launched service in Provo to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) and San Bernardino International Airport – SBD. And, on top of it all we became the Official Hometown Airline for BYU Cougars. We are so grateful to our inaugural Guests that joined us on this incredible journey, the Seriously Niceโข team members and local officials in each location that welcomed us with open arms, and of course the wonderful communities that we now get to be a part of.
Spirit Airlines on August 5 launched its first Idaho service at Boise Airport (BOI). The daily, nonstop route connects Las Vegas’ entertainment and attractions to Boise’s vibrant, tree-lined city and its surrounding outdoor recreation opportunities.
Las Vegas is one of Spirit’s largest airport operations with about 70 flights each day, which now provides one-stop options between BOI and more than a dozen cities across the airline’s route map.
American Airlines is taking the ability to relax and unwind during travel to the next level through the redesign of its Admirals Club lounges across the United States. Customers will first experience the new look of the design at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) this fall. The clubโs opening will signal the start of a reimagined premium Admirals Club design for the largest airline in the world.
Customers can access the Admirals Clubย lounge through their itinerary, select cobranded credit card, or their membership, which could be discounted depending on their AAdvantageยฎย status.
Chicago-based DMAC Architecture & Interiors created a unique vision for American. When customers step inside, they will be welcomed by signature brand elements and references from local landscapes and landmarks that tell the story of each city and create a sense of place. Wellness will uniquely shine through selective design elements that set a tone of calm and familiarity. Sustainability is also built into the new design in intentional ways, such as branded elements made of renewable American walnut in every lounge.
โOur focus in working with American is to create a meaningful environment for guests to experience the airlineโs inspirational brand and airport lounge in a fresh, new way,โ comments Dwayne MacEwen, Founder and Principal of DMAC Architecture & Interiors. โLounges will include a collection of thoughtfully designed memorable spaces, with opportunities for guests to engage, retreat and rejuvenate. The new design of the Admirals Club lounges offers a bespoke hospitality experience in which every detail is curated for guests to feel cared for at each touch point during their visit.โ
Fireplace and natural wood bring the comfort of home into the DCA Admirals Club
Admirals Club lounges currently in the works include Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR), Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) and Denver International Airport (DEN), which will also feature the reimagined new design.
Amritsar / Golden Temple will be its first route
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