Aviation Daily

The COVID-19 crisis is set to spark major consolidation in the South Korean airline industry, with Korean Air planning to purchase struggling rival Asiana Airlines.

GE Aviation and New York’s Albany International Airport have announced a digital-focused partnership involving a new app to help airport staff and customers track COVID-19 cleaning protocols.

Eight months into the COVID-19 pandemic, the Canadian ANSP faces what its president and CEO Neil Wilson has called “the toughest moment” in the company’s history.

At the moment, few airlines can look beyond a two-month planning window as COVID-19 has rendered traditional forecasting tools useless.

A focus on providing same-day return flights on European business routes will form a key part of Spanish flag-carrier Iberia’s winter schedule.

Latin American countries—which have implemented some of the most restrictive and lengthiest pandemic-related lockdowns on air travel in 2020—are starting to open up as the region enters its high season.

Rolls-Royce has successfully placed a new rights issue that will yield the manufacturer a much-needed £2 billion ($2.6 billion) in funding.

Southwest Airlines reported softening bookings trends for November and December, reflecting a surge in COVID-19 cases across the U.S.

Air France-KLM Group CEO Ben Smith is reportedly predicting leisure and business demand will rebound as soon as a COVID-19 treatment/vaccine becomes available or rapid tests are put in place.

The British government has again changed its list of countries from which air passengers may travel without having to self-isolate for 14 days upon arrival in the UK.

Thai Airways’ auditor has refused to sign off on the airline’s 2020 third-quarter (Q3) financial report.

The brand of Ryanair’s Austrian carrier Laudamotion will finally disappear from the market once and for all in the coming weeks, Laudamotion CEO Andreas Gruber said.

Singapore Airlines has raised S$850 million ($630 million) in a convertible bond issue exercise reserved for a “variety of institutional investors.”

Vietjet Air has announced a partnership with freight carrier UPS, allowing both airlines to leverage air cargo capacity on each others’ aircraft between the U.S. and Asia, and especially within Vietnam and Thailand.

OGMA will become a Pratt & Whitney-authorized maintenance center for the geared turbofan engine that powers the Airbus A320neo.

Airlines for America (A4A) forecast a modest pick-up in air travel demand over the Thanksgiving holiday, but warned that the outlook for carriers remains “dire” amid a third wave of COVID-19 in the U.S.

In the roller coaster that is the COVID-19 pandemic, bigger is not always better.

Aireon on Nov. 12 announced an agreement with the FAA allowing the agency access to its satellite-routed aircraft surveillance data to evaluate different air traffic control applications.

Tougher travel restrictions imposed across parts of Europe to help curb a second wave of COVID-19 cases have forced KLM to cut its planned seat capacity and flight frequencies.

Eurowings expects that demand from leisure and visiting-friends-and-relatives (VFR) travelers will drive the recovery and so plans to expand its offering to these customers.

Boeing remains bullish about China’s standing in the global passenger aircraft market, estimating 8,600 aircraft deliveries over the next 20 years, growing at 4.4% annually.

Australian carrier Regional Express Holdings (Rex) has revealed new details of its ambitions to rapidly ramp up its proposed new jet services on domestic trunk routes.

Virgin Atlantic would be willing to partner with Flybe should the UK regional airline’s planned resurrection come to fruition.

Emirates expects a “steep rebound” in air travel to take place once a COVID-19 vaccine is available, according to its chairman and CEO Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum.

As it continues to work through a Chapter 11 restructuring, Avianca Holdings is planning to emerge from the process as a much leaner airline.