Aviation Daily Roundup: June 3

June 03, 2020

European Market Update

Credit: Nigel Howarth / Aviation Week
Welcome to Routes’ look at how the European aviation market is recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic. Routes is part of the Aviation Week Network.

Singapore Airlines Increases Capacity, Green Lane To China Established

Credit: Singapore Airlines
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has increased its capacity by 2% for June and July compared to May, albeit a 94% reduction of its schedule planned before COVID-19 hit.

EU Air Safety List Adds Ban On All Armenian Airlines

Credit: Armenia Airways Air Company
The European Commission (EC) has banned all Armenian-registered carriers from European Union (EU) airspace, following a review of the country’s safety oversight first announced in December 2019.

Delta CEO Expects ‘Nike Swoosh’-Shaped Recovery

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While many airline executives predict the recovery in air travel demand will be U-shaped or V-shaped, Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian thinks it will probably look more like the Nike “Swoosh” logo.

EasyJet To Resume Flights To 75% Of Network In August

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EasyJet has said it will have resumed flights to almost three-quarters of its route network by the end of August as London City Airport (LCY) said separately that it would reopen at the end of June as COVID-19 lockdowns are lifted.

Daily Memo: Finally, Some Good News

Credit: Rob Finlayson
The airline industry has produced almost exclusively bad news ever since the coronavirus pandemic began to have an impact on the industry globally in early March.

China To Experiment With Allowing Seventh Freedom Services

Credit: Sanya Phoenix International Airport
China will experiment with granting the very liberal seventh freedom of the air, contrary to its habit of restricting each international passenger route to its own airlines and those of the country at the other end.

April Cargo Figures Show COVID-19 Effect On World Economy

Credit: Jay Lee
The global air freight market plummeted by 27.7% in April compared to the same month in 2019, as the full effect of the COVID-19 pandemic was felt around the world.

South African To Halve Fleet Under Proposed Restructuring

Credit: South African Airways
Business-rescue practitioners seeking to save South African Airways (SAA) have put forward a draft restructuring plan that would see the carrier’s 49-strong fleet slimmed to 21 aircraft over the mid-term.

TUI Reaches 737 MAX Deal With Boeing, Postpones Deliveries

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TUI Group has reached an agreement with Boeing over compensation for delayed 737 MAX deliveries and a new schedule that will see the airline take outstanding deliveries much later.

India’s Travel Lockdown Hurts IndiGo Earnings

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Indian carrier IndiGo slipped to a net loss in the first quarter of the year, largely due to plummeting demand caused by the COVID-19 crisis coupled with travel restrictions.

UK Government Unveils Quarantine For Inbound Air Passengers

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The UK government has confirmed plans that insist on almost all air passengers arriving in the country self-quarantining for 14 days.

Editorial: ICAO Hygiene Guidelines Reveal Air Transport’s Rock-And-Hard-Place Situation

Credit: China Southern Airlines / Twitter
ICAO has been roundly praised by the global aviation community for its “takeoff guidance” published June 2 and setting out recommended practices for safe air travel while the pandemic continues.

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