CEO Jude Bricker says the passenger airline’s flexible route network and cargo-handling deal with Amazon have enabled it to remain resilient during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In an effort to facilitate the integration of unmanned aviation into everyday life, the Civil Aviation Administration of China has approved an initial batch of test sites in 13 cities across the country.
UK LCC easyJet has raised $398.6 million from aircraft refinancing and secured union agreement to cut its Berlin-based fleet from 34 to 18 aircraft, with 418 job losses.
Frontier Airlines is well-placed for further expansion over the coming years fueled by ongoing low-cost point-to-point leisure demand in the U.S., according to CEO Barry Biffle.
Raytheon Technologies expects to end 2020 with $10 billion in cash on hand, in part thanks to a new deal to sell its Forcepoint cybersecurity business, but also due to 20% fewer commercial aerospace employees, executives said Oct. 27.
Icelandair’s operations will continue to be “minimal,” after operating just 9% of flights in the 2020 third quarter (Q3), which caused net profits to fall 37.9% to $38.2 million.
The shared need between heavy maintenance providers and their customers to survive the pandemic-driven downturn could foster more long-term agreements that give both sides the certainty they crave, industry executives say.
JetBlue Airways executives sounded an upbeat tone about leisure demand trends headed into the winter holiday season, even as they announced a $393 million net loss for the 2020 third quarter (Q3).
Prior to the pandemic, the average stage-length time flown by a TAP Express Embraer E190-series aircraft was about 1.2 hrs.—a reasonable figure for a regional operator supporting larger domestic and international networks.
IATA has signed an agreement with the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) to increase and improve the automated reporting of meteorological data by commercial aircraft.
An effective pre-flight COVID-19 testing regime is critical to airlines getting through the upcoming winter season and surviving 2021, but governments want proof that such testing is safe before they lift quarantine rules.
Airlines are going to take delivery of significantly less than half the aircraft they originally planned to receive in 2020, according to IATA estimates.
The Indonesia ministry of transport has agreed to inject IDR216.5 billion ($14.7 million) in subsidies for selected airports in the archipelago in a bid to reduce airfares and promote air travel.
Cebu Air, the parent company for Philippines LCC Cebu Pacific, and Singapore Airlines Engineering Company (SIAEC) have terminated two joint ventures in the Philippines, buying out each other’s shares in the Aviation Partnership (Philippines) Corporation (APPC) and SIA Engineering Philippines Corporation (SIAEP).
All Nippon Airways (ANA) plans to create a new low-cost widebody unit and cut back its mainline fleet as part of a major overhaul of its strategy spurred by the COVID-19 crisis.
