The FAA is increasingly relying on contingency plans for its air traffic control (ATC) facilities as COVID-19 coronavirus infections have been detected at several airport towers and one of the 22 air route traffic control centers (ARTCC) responsible for managing en route aircraft.

Fractional operator Flexjet will ferry pilots and flight crews to assignments using its own aircraft rather than its usual method of relying on commercial carriers.

British taxpayers have so far paid £156 million ($180 million) responding to the collapse of leisure company and airline Thomas Cook.

Three major airline bodies have voiced their dismay at the European Commission’s response to the COVID-19 coronavirus crisis, which has left cash-strapped airlines potentially facing unlimited passenger care and assistance bills.

How FFSs are used, rather than how many are available, may be the critical safety factor.

Commercial aviation has weathered numerous crises, and each time it has recovered and grown stronger.

Saudi Arabia’s next major industry is likely to be tourism and its airlines stand to benefit.

A more pragmatic US DOT seeks to refine airline ‘unfair practice’ definitions.