Aviation Daily

By Bradley Perrett
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has suspended development of the M100 version of the SpaceJet regional jet as one measure in stanching the cash bleed from the program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
SINGAPORE—Two weeks after the planned closure of Terminal 2, Singapore Changi Airport (SIN) has announced the suspension of Terminal 4 operations
Airports & Networks

By Bradley Perrett
BEIJING—Chinese airlines will run 24 evacuation charter flights from the U.S. between May 14 and June 1.
Airlines & Lessors

AWIN Knowledge Center

By Ben Goldstein
Delta Air Lines will consolidate service from 10 secondary airports into nearby metro hubs, as it looks to eliminate unprofitable flying while adhering to minimum service levels in the CARES Act stimulus law.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Changes in the global rankings of domestic air routes illustrate that Asia-Pacific markets are generally weathering the COVID-19 crisis better than those in other regions.
Airports & Networks

By Sean Broderick
Boeing has updated a 747-400 non-normal checklist following evidence from a UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) report that showed a British Airways (BA) crew confused by its verbiage initiated an unneeded stall-recovery procedure while troubleshooting an issue.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Polina Montag-Girmes
MOSCOW—Russian airlines carried 413,600 passengers under the regional flights subsidy program in the 2020 first quarter, up 44% year-over-year. The
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Ben Goldstein
Frontier Airlines became the first U.S. carrier to announce plans to screen temperatures at the gate, as calls for a uniform screening policy gather steam across the industry and on Capitol Hill.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Italy plans to invest at least €3 billion ($3.2 billion) in relaunching newly renationalized Alitalia and is eyeing the long-haul market, according to economic development minister Stefano Patuanelli.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
The UK’s plan to impose a 14-day quarantine on passengers arriving from abroad will force International Airlines Group (IAG) to rethink its post-lockdown plans, its CEO said May 11, echoing criticisms from across the UK aviation industry.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
Welcome to Routes’ look at how the North American aviation market is 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 Chen Chuanren
SIA Engineering (SIAEC) has remained profitable, even as mass aircraft groundings and disruptions plague the Singapore air hub amid the COVID-19 crisis.
MRO

By Chen Chuanren
The Indonesian government is in the process of helping Garuda Indonesia draft a $1 billion financing proposal as the state-controlled airline has a $500 million Islamic bond (sukuk) due in June.
Airlines & Lessors

Weekly profile of a major airport’s operations, carriers and destinations.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Jens Flottau
Avianca Holdings, one of Latin America‘s largest airlines, has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy in New York after failing to secure a government bailout before the deadline for a $66 million bond repayment due this month.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
SALZBURG—As part of its new program that reconfigures passenger aircraft for cargo operations in the age of COVID-19, Lufthansa Technik has signed its first agreement to convert an Airbus A380.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Along with other measures, such as 30-50% cuts to cash wages, the reduction in force should still mean the company at a minimum remains at cash breakeven.
Supply Chain

By Sean Broderick
An FAA review of the Eastern Caribbean Civil Aviation Authority (ECCAA) found that the agency does not sufficiently comply with ICAO standards, placing the countries it regulates into Category 2 of the U.S. agency’s International Aviation Safety Assessment (IASA) program.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
The big aircraft-leasing players are fond of saying that large, geographically diversified customer lists are the key to keeping aircraft busy and revenue flowing in.
Airlines & Lessors

By Michael Bruno
Boeing formally has decoupled restarting production of the 737 MAX from the recertification effort for the grounded narrowbody, and the OEM and leading supplier
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
Delta Air Lines and LATAM Airlines Group signed their long-planned joint venture (JV) agreement between North and South America, an affirmation of
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
Lessors across the industry are dutifully managing requests for payment deferrals from a majority of customers, but other issues created by the global pandemic are proving more difficult to handle.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Further glimmers of light at the end of the pandemic tunnel have come from a trio of carriers announcing the resumption of services over their networks.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
Turkey’s TAV Airports company has signed a share purchase agreement to acquire 100% shares of Kazakhstan´s Almaty International Airport, together with its consortium partner VPE Capital.
Airports & Networks