RwandAir will not take delivery of two Airbus A330neo or two 737 MAX 8 as had been planned any time soon as the Rwandan flag-carrier must first restore its network and simplify its fleet.
Southwest Airlines is correcting inaccurate weight data for 115 Boeing 737-800s after discovering a 75 lb. discrepancy between what its dispatch team had and the actual figures.
One of the unions representing British Airways (BA) cabin crew and ground staff has accused the airline’s CEO of misleading parliamentarians over whether staff will be subject to “fire and re-hire” tactics at the company.
Elected leaders of the union representing United Airlines pilots unanimously approved a tentative deal that would take nearly 3,000 involuntary furloughs off the table through June 2021, substantially upping the likelihood that pilots will avoid mass furloughs planned across the company this fall.
Raytheon Technologies is on its way to cutting at least 15,000 employees in response to the company’s recent merger and the fallout from COVID-19, the aerospace and defense giant’s CEO told an investor conference, and likely more will occur.
An airline industry consensus has emerged that rapid testing as a precondition for travel is needed. The rub now is convincing governments to endorse the requirement.
The Salt Lake City (Utah) Department of Airports and Delta Air Lines forged ahead this week with the opening of a revamped Salt Lake City International (SLC) despite the COVID-19 pandemic.
The purpose-built freighter variant of the ATR 72-600 made its first flight Sep. 16 in Toulouse, as part of a program ATR hopes will culminate with the first delivery to Fedex by year-end.
Panasonic Avionics is launching inflight products designed to support airlines in their efforts to address passenger concerns about hygiene when flying during the pandemic.
Bombardier on Sept. 16 said it finalized terms of the sale of its train business to Alstom for $8.4 billion (€7.15 billion), including a $350 million price cut from the memorandum of understanding unveiled in February.
Icelandair Group is now anticipating a $363 million EBIT loss for 2020 and a further $43 million loss in 2021, before climbing back to profitability in 2022 and building to a $175 million positive EBIT by 2024.
Kazakhstan-based Air Astana is continuing to reopen its Central Asian network, with flights from its Almaty (ALA) hub to Bishkek (FRU), Kyrgyzstan, starting from Sept. 20.
Italian CAA ENAC has called a meeting with Irish LCC Ryanair to discuss reports that the airline may not be fully complying with national COVID-19 mitigation measures.
