SINGAPORE—Singapore Airlines (SIA) has increased its capacity by 2% for June and July compared to May, albeit a 94% reduction of its schedule planned before COVID-19 hit.
EasyJet has said it will have resumed flights to almost three-quarters of its route network by the end of August as London City Airport (LCY) said separately that it would reopen at the end of June as COVID-19 lockdowns are lifted.
FRANKFURT—TUI Group has reached an agreement with Boeing over compensation for delayed 737 MAX deliveries and a new schedule that will see the airline take outstanding deliveries much later.
Business-rescue practitioners seeking to save South African Airways (SAA) have put forward a draft restructuring plan that would see the carrier’s 49-strong fleet slimmed to 21 aircraft over the mid-term.
The U.S. FAA will order Boeing 777 operators to validate the accuracy of fuel-quantity check systems following reports that inaccurate tank status data caused aircraft to depart with too little fuel for their planned missions, leading to at least 10 diversions.
Southwest Airlines plans to shrink its headcount through employee buyouts, as it seeks to align staffing levels with the decline in demand caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Emirates Airline would welcome a partnership with a large U.S. airline, but alliance-related politics and a long-simmering but recently solved row over subsidies continue to present major hurdles, Emirates president Tim Clark suggested.
The company said it must first meet cost targets and then work out a plan to get a type certificate. Only after the regional jet is declared airworthy will the resumption of manufacturing be considered.
The field of suitors for Virgin Australia has narrowed to two, with Bain Capital and Cyrus Capital Partners shortlisted by the administrator as the preferred bidders.
As airlines and airports around the world respond to the challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic, Routes looks at the current state of the global aviation market.
Bombardier’s exit from commercial aerospace was finalized yesterday with the sale of its CRJ aircraft program to Japanese manufacturer Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) in a deal including its maintenance support services.
Fuel microbes thrive in heat and humidity. At a time when thousands of aircraft are parked, and not spending time at altitude where it’s much colder, the chance of contamination is higher than normal.
Southwest Airlines has said it received its second disbursement of payroll support from the U.S. federal government, which will enable the airline carrying the most U.S. domestic air passengers to avoid furloughs or shrinking the size of the LCC through Sept. 30.
The Global Aircraft Trading System (GATS) went live for digital transactions June 1, paving the way for simpler, lower-cost aircraft transitions, with less physical paperwork.
Embraer, still shaking off its failed commercial tie-up with Boeing, plans to complete a strategic review by September and is talking to several potential partners that could play a role in the Brazilian airframer's future, the company’s top executive said.
