Talking Points

Flair Airlines (Canada) announced plans to become a 'premium' ultra low cost airline...it's not entirely clear yet what this concept means

Azur Air (Germany) will acquire two 737-900ERs by March. Sister carrier Azur Air (Ukraine) leased it's first last month

Belair (Switzerland), one of Air Berlin's subsidiaries, was acquired by SBC, a German investment company. The new owner plans to restore Belair to operational status as soon as possible

Fly Qeshm (Iran) ordered ten CRJ-900s for delivery starting in February

California Pacific Airlines plans to commence operations April 1st, operating six ERJ-145/E170s from Carlsbad to a variety of west coast and next-state destinations

Centurion Air Cargo (US) seeks to restart operations. The airline has until March 31st to file it's fitness paperwork, or risk losing it's AOC

Domestic Airways (Guyana) obtained it's AOC. Service plans are to be confirmed, but we assume they are domestic in nature

Ethiopian Airlines finalized an agreement with the Government of Zambia to restart Zambia Airways and develop Lusaka as a southern African regional hub. Ownership will be split between Ethiopian 45% and the Zambian Government 55%

Haifu Airlines (China) plans to launch regional operations in 2018 operating ARJ-21s, of which it has signed for 20 aircraft from COMAC

Pegasus Airlines' 737-800 accident at Trabzon becomes the 13th 737-800 written off: eight have crashed, one destroyed by fire and four damaged beyond repair in a variety of air and ground based incidents (some 4,600+ 737-800s are currently in service)