International passengers arriving into England will be required to undergo three self-funded coronavirus tests, in addition to being quarantined.

The impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic may have acted as a “pressure valve release” on the aviation industry’s pilot shortage, but it has not solved the problem, said Sheryl Barden, president and CEO of Aviation Personnel International, based in San Francisco.

The eventual recovery in international air travel is at risk of being slowed if vaccination rates are allowed to lag behind in some countries, according to the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA).

Icelandair will be ready to reintroduce its six Boeing 737 MAX once extensive updates and pilot training are completed. 

Confronted with a dramatic drop in traffic, European ANSPs see a chance to modernize and rethink air traffic management.

Mexican ULCC Volaris is scaling back its capacity growth in the 2021 first quarter (Q1) because of new U.S. international testing requirements and growing COVID-19 case counts in Mexico. 

Rolls-Royce’s civil aerospace division will stop building jet engines for two weeks in summer 2021 as it continues to contend with the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on its business.

Tightening restrictions are getting in the way of airlines’ expectations of a summer recovery.