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Angola's Ministry of Transport, via its official LinkedIn account, announced (11-Dec-2025) it selected a consortium led by Corporación América Airports as the winning bidder on its tender to operate and manage Luanda António Agostinho Neto International Airport under a 25 year contract, with the option to extend for a further 15 years.

Southwest Airlines and Turkish Airlines announced (17-Dec-2025) a partnership to offer passengers single ticket, trans Atlantic journeys between the US and Istanbul from early 2026. Turkish Airlines operates to more than 350 destinations in 132 countries from Istanbul Airport, including 10 airports in the US served by Southwest. International passengers will be able to connect through the shared gateway airports. Southwest announced six partnerships with overseas carriers in 2025 connecting its network to places in Asia, Europe, Middle East, and Africa. [more - original PR]

Background ✨

Southwest Airlines recently entered partnerships with Condor Flugdienst and Philippine Airlines, expanding connectivity for its passengers to Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas via key US gateways such as Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Boston and Honolulu, and is exploring further trans-Atlantic partnerships. The carrier also signed an interline agreement with Hahnair to broaden its global distribution reach to 100,000 travel agencies in 190 markets outside the US1 2 3.

BermudAir introduced (17-Dec-2025) the new AnguillAir sub-brand to commence the following services with Embraer E175 and E190 aircraft:

Background ✨

BermudAir's CEO Adam Scott stated it launched AnguillAir to address Bermuda's seasonality challenges and expected substantial demand growth for Anguilla, positioning the new brand as the only nonstop operator from the US Northeast to Anguilla. He also noted stable US demand and increased Canadian demand for the airline's services1. The AnguillAir launch also marked the debut of dedicated branded aircraft2.

Ryanair announced (17-Dec-2025) plans to open a new two aircraft base at Rabat Sale International Airport in Apr-2026, marking its fifth Moroccan base. The project requires an investment of USD200 million. The LCC plans to operate 20 routes from Rabat in summer 2026, including seven new connections to Milan Bergamo, Baden Baden, Frankfurt Hahn, Nuremberg, Porto, Pisa and Valencia. Ryanair CEO Eddie Wilson stated: "Our latest base opening takes Ryanair's total investment in Morocco to over USD1.6 billion, supporting over 8500 direct and indirect jobs and delivering growth in the local tourism economy". [more - original PR]

Background ✨

Ryanair previously opened its fourth Moroccan base in Tangier, which supported 13 new routes and more than 600 local jobs, with a 70% increase in summer 2024 capacity at the airport1. It also launched its 2025 summer schedule in Morocco, planning to operate 3.7 million seats2. Recent new services to Rabat from Manchester and Dublin formed part of its expanded UK and Irish schedules3 4.

US President Donald Trump announced (16-Dec-2025) the following updates to measures restricting the entry of foreign nationals to the US:

Brazil Ministry of Ports and Airports (MPor) presented (16-Dec-2025) a strategy of BRL1.5 billion (USD272.27 million) in investments to expand and modernise airport infrastructure. Details include:

  • The new public portfolio of airport projects is valid for the 2026/27 cycle. The initiative will focus on regional aviation, increasing air connectivity and meeting growing demand of the air sector, particularly in regions with low air transport coverage;
  • Mpor has structured a portfolio with 34 new projects at 31 airports, distributed across 16 states. The strategy is organised into three priority areas:
    • Projects in advanced stages of construction, with a projected investment of BRL531 million (USD96.38 million);
    • New priority projects to be initiated from 2026 onwards, totalling over BRL1 billion (USD181.51 million);
    • Projects focused on remote regions and the Legal Amazon, with approximately BRL250 million (USD45.38 million);
  • In addition to the construction projects, the Ministry of Planning will continue a schedule of technical studies. These include technical feasibility studies for 22 airports, paving studies for a further 17, and the exploration of nine new regional airports in six states. [more - original PR]

Background ✨

The AmpliAR programme was designed to attract over BRL5 billion in private investment and modernise up to 100 regional airports, with the first phase targeting 19 airports in the Legal Amazon and Northeast regions and an auction scheduled for 24-Nov-20251 2. Recent announcements specified BRL731 million in private investments secured for 13 strategic airports, with concession agreements to be signed between Dec-2025 and Mar-20263.

Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) appointed (17-Dec-2025). Greg Mays as president and CEO, effective 01-Jan-2026. Mr Mays was appointed as president in Sep-2025 and will succeed CEO Mike Berger, who is retiring. Mr Berger will remain with ATSG in an advisory capacity for part of 2026. [more - original PR]

Malaysia Airlines and Royal Air Maroc signed (17-Dec-2025) a codeshare partnership, effective immediately. Malaysia Airlines will add its 'MH' code on services operated by Royal Air Maroc between Casablanca and Doha, London Heathrow and Paris CDG. Royal Air Maroc will add its 'AT' code on services operated by Malaysia Airlines between Kuala Lumpur and Doha, London Heathrow and Paris CDG. [more - original PR]

Malaysia Aviation Group announced (15-Dec-2025) the following highlights from its long term business plan for 2026 to 2030:

  • Capacity expansion by over 50% at an average annual growth rate of 8.5%;
  • Continued fleet renewal, including investment in 40 A330neos, 43 Boeing 737 MAX 8s and 12 737 MAX 10s, supporting a plan to operate a modern mainline fleet of 116 aircraft by 2035;
  • Develop partnerships to extend its global reach;
  • Develop talent and technical expertise through structured upskilling;
  • Strengthen financial resilience by growing third party businesses beyond the airline business, supported by expanded cargo capabilities, end-to-end inflight catering capability and greater synergies. [more - original PR]
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16-Dec-2025 3:16 PM

Wizz Air reopens Suceava base

Wizz Air reopened (16-Dec-2025) its base at Suceava Ștefan cel Mare Airport, stationing the first of two A321neo aircraft allocated to the base. The carrier also plans to expand its Suceava network to 13 destinations and add 130,000 seats in winter 2025/26 with the launch of services to the following destinations:

  • Milan Bergamo: Four times weekly from 15-Dec-2025;
  • Karlsruhe/Baden Baden: Three times weekly from 15-Dec-2025;
  • Birmingham: Three times weekly from 15-Dec-2025;
  • Bologna: Three times weekly from 16-Dec-2025;
  • Venice: three times weekly from 16-Dec-2025;
  • Brussels South Charleroi: Twice weekly from 16-Dec-2025;
  • Larnaca: Twice weekly from 18-Dec-2025.

The carrier will increase Suceava-Dortmund frequency from three to four times weekly, effective 05-Jan-2026. [more - original PR]

Background ✨

Wizz Air previously suspended multiple Suceava routes, including Milan Bergamo, Bologna, Brussels, Dortmund, Larnaca and Venice, from late Oct-2023, before announcing plans to reopen its Suceava base and restore connectivity with new services and increased frequencies for winter 2025/261 2. The reopening aligns with Wizz Air's broader network expansion across Romania, including new routes from Bucharest, Cluj and other regional bases3.

Brazil Ministry of Ports and Airports (MPor) announced (11-Dec-2025) an investment plan for GRU Airport São Paulo Guarulhos International Airport. The set of works and modernisations, estimated at BRL2.5 billion (USD461.73 million) until 2029, aim to expand operational capacity, strengthen security and prepare the airport for growth in domestic and international demand. The plan includes installing new body scanners and facial recognition readers, 98 X-ray machines and 16 EDS Standard 3 units. It also includes terminal expansions, improvements to aprons and taxiways, and the adoption of new monitoring and emergency response technologies. [more - original PR - Portuguese]

Frontier Group Holdings appointed (15-Dec-2025) president James Dempsey as interim CEO, effective 15-Dec-2025. Former CEO Barry Biffle will remain with the company in an advisory capacity until 31-Dec-2025. Mr Dempsey joined Frontier as CFO in 2014. [more - original PR]