Cathay Pacific Group’s April and May capacity will be reduced to just 4% of its normal total following plunging demand and a widening list of travel restrictions following the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
Fractional operator Flexjet will ferry pilots and flight crews to assignments using its own aircraft rather than its usual method of relying on commercial carriers.
Three major airline bodies have voiced their dismay at the European Commission’s response to the COVID-19 coronavirus crisis, which has left cash-strapped airlines potentially facing unlimited passenger care and assistance bills.
Some aerospace suppliers' production facilities are based on continuous processes, as opposed to the manufacturing of discrete objects, and the current COVID-19 coronavirus crisis is therefore creating headaches about operational continuity, an analyst has warned.
Former Trump administration UN Ambassador Nikki Haley has resigned from aerospace and defense giant Boeing’s board of directors in opposition to the company’s $60 billion bailout bid, the company said March 19.
The UK’s second largest airport, London Gatwick, has announced night closures, job cuts and reduced pier capacity to mitigate lower passenger demand in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Representatives of smaller aviation suppliers are pushing for COVID-19 pandemic-related financial relief and prompting eligible companies to tap into newly available government programs, such as Small Business Administration (SBA) loans.
Compass Airlines will cease operations in early April following capacity cuts by American Airlines that include a significant drop in flying at Los Angeles International Airport.
International services in the Asia-Pacific region are continuing their rapid freefall, with many airlines in the region grounding their remaining international flights and more carriers likely to follow in coming days.
The FAA said Mar. 19 that it will begin a thorough cleaning of the air traffic control (ATC) tower at Las Vegas McCarran International Airport (LAS) after a controller there “presumptively tested positive” for the COVID-19 coronavirus, causing it to temporarily close the tower.
Lufthansa Group plans to make massive cuts to its over €3 billion ($3.4 billion) in planned investments this year, as the airline prepares for an extended period of no or very little demand.
A growing number of airlines in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) have temporarily suspended flights as governments grapple to contain the COVID-19 pandemic.
The largest U.S. airlines slashed the bulk of their schedules for the next several months, forced to scale back to once-unthinkable levels by the total collapse in global air travel caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Qantas has revealed plans to suspend all scheduled international flights for at least two months because of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. The reduced operations mean two-thirds of its staff will be stood down.
Environmental groups have welcomed a decision by ICAO on eligible carbon credits under a scheme to offset emissions from aviation and believe the system is flexible enough to cope with the dramatic drop in global flights following the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak.
Constant Aviation, a Cleveland-based maintenance, repair and overhaul specialist, says concern over the COVID-19 pandemic has triggered a wave of inquiries from business and commercial operators over applications of a specially developed anti-microbial protection treatment for aircraft interiors.
Airbus UK and Rolls-Royce have joined a list of companies that have responded to a British government call for the rapid production of medical ventilators to treat people suffering with the COVID-19 virus.
