Aviation Daily Roundup: September 27, 2021

The Singapore government will set aside S$130 million ($96 million) and extend the salary subsidy program known as Aviation Workforce Retention Grant (AWRG) by another six months, as part of an effort to tide the aviation sector over into the recovery phase.

As travel demand continues to waver in many parts of the world, airlines are forced to embrace a wait-and-see approach to their operations.

Delta Air Lines’ employee vaccination rate has reached 82% in the three weeks after the company announced it would issue a $200 monthly health insurance surcharge for unvaccinated staff.

Some of the leading Asia-Pacific MRO organizations are pushing ahead with expansion plans despite the fact that their revenues have been dealt a significant blow over the past 18 months by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The sell-off of ITP has been at the top of a list of potential asset disposals as Rolls-Royce looks to rebuild its balance sheet following the pandemic, which has heavily impacted the company’s commercial engine business.

Safran and French energy group TotalEnergies agreed to jointly develop technical and commercial solutions designed to accelerate the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions from the aviation industry.

The figures were in line with the Brussels-based network manager's most optimistic recovery projection for the month.

Qantas has confirmed it will be shifting its Australian gateway for nonstop London flights due to domestic state border restrictions imposed by Western Australia.

In a stock exchange filing HNA Group, now undergoing restructuring, said the two executives were detained by police in Hainan province for “suspected crimes.”