LCC Air Arabia slipped into the red in the first half (H1) of 2020, seeing a successful first quarter obliterated by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Most airline industry analysts and CEOs agree that consumer confidence will not start to return until a COVID-19 vaccine is readily available.

Inflight entertainment provider Gogo has begun talks to sell its commercial aviation (CA) business, president and CEO Oakleigh Thorne revealed on an Aug. 10 earnings call.

Rolls-Royce has discovered cracks in the intermediate pressure (IP) compressor blades of higher-time Trent XWB-84 engines during scheduled overhaul but said early detection will enable the speedy development of a fix.

Talks over an extension to the Payroll Support Program (PSP) look set to come down to the wire in September, after negotiations toward another U.S. coronavirus aid package broke down late last week.

Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) is gradually resuming flying after a three-month shutdown because of the pandemic, but its main hub operation at Kyiv Boryspil International (KBP) has been mothballed until spring 2021.

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Air France has been authorized to operate a third weekly flight between France and China following weeks of negotiations between the two countries.