Aviation Daily

By Kurt Hofmann
Brussels Airlines has downsized its summer operations, which will now consist of approximately 30% of its originally planned European flying schedule and 40% of its long-haul program.
Airports & Networks

By Chen Chuanren
Despite an ongoing flight ban expected to last until the end of May, Filipino carriers Cebu Pacific and Philippines Airlines (PAL) have rolled out special measures as the industry returns to a “new normal.”
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Maksim Pyadushkin
The Russian government plans to save United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) after the country’s only aircraft manufacturer almost doubled its net loss in 2019.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Maksim Pyadushkin
Russian airlines have managed to persuade the government not to include a limit on the number of passengers on commercial flights in new coronavirus-protection guidelines.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

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Weekly profile of a major airline.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Wesley Charnock
Welcome to Routes’ weekly look at how Europe's aviation market is responding to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, helping you understand the schedule changes and manage the impact so we can navigate through this crisis together.
Airlines & Lessors

By Lee Ann Shay
Figuring out how to make passengers comfortable boarding aircraft again, without having to block off middle seats indefinitely, is a problem the
MRO

By Helen Massy-Beresford
An Air France pilots union has expressed concerns over a plan being formulated to restructure the carrier’s domestic network, with low-cost subsidiary Transavia set to take on a greater role at the expense of Air France and regional brand HOP.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
A move to change the rules of the ICAO Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme (CORSIA) to reflect the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic would risk undermining the entire program, the lobbying group Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) said.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Turboprop manufacturer ATR and Finnair have signed a 10-year Global Maintenance Agreement (GMA).
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Worries over a loss of competition on routes between Canada and Europe have led the European Commission (EC) to open an in-depth investigation of Air Canada’s proposed acquisition of Transat.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Jens Flottau
Airlines globally have so far received more than $123 billion in various forms of government aid, but IATA warns that the support is spread unevenly leading to massive market distortion in favor of richer economies.
Airlines & Lessors

By Karen Walker
Quarantine rules should be based on science and not be politicized, the head of IATA said Tuesday, as he warned that such rules pose a “major obstacle” to the resumption of air travel.
Airlines & Lessors

By Bill Carey
Most airline passengers are concerned with the health environment on the airplane as opposed to the airport, an online survey by Honeywell Aerospace indicates.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
A group of major Danish companies is pressing ahead with plans to create what it describes as one of the world’s largest sustainable fuel production facilities.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Maksim Pyadushkin
MOSCOW—A Russian government official has confirmed that COVID-19 restrictions have delayed the certification of the country’s new Irkut MC-21 narrowbody commercial airliner.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Adrian Schofield
Fiji Airways has decided to lay off half of its employees and seek additional financing to improve its prospects of surviving the COVID-19 crisis.
Airlines & Lessors

By Michael Bruno
The U.S. is girding to ward off Chinese tentacles that could reach into the western aerospace ecosystem after COVID-19.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Wesley Charnock
Welcome to Routes’ weekly look at how the Middle East and African aviation markets are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, helping you understand the schedule changes and manage the impact so we can navigate through this crisis together.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
EasyJet has said its finance director Andrew Findlay will step down in a year’s time in the latest twist in an ongoing dispute between management and the LCC’s founder and biggest shareholder, Stelios Haji-Ioannou.
Airlines & Lessors

AWIN Knowledge Center

By Chen Chuanren
Kazakh flag-carrier Air Astana has announced plans to convert its three passenger Boeing 767-300ERs into freighters and create an air cargo division.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
LATAM Airlines has become the latest high-profile victim of the COVID-19 crisis as it filed for Chapter 11 proceedings on May 26 at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Thai Airways has made sweeping changes to its board as it begins its restructuring and the government has reduced its majority stake in the carrier to ease the process.
Airlines & Lessors