Alaska Air Group plans to deploy 80% of its pre-pandemic capacity this summer, reflecting new optimism that an inflection point in travel demand will occur sometime during the first half of 2021.

The European Commission (EC) is proposing member states implement tighter travel restrictions as newer, more infectious coronavirus strains take hold.

For Europe’s airlines, optimism that began in late 2020 over vaccines has not translated into a surge in bookings as hoped.

Aircraft carrying critical COVID-19 vaccines across Europe and over the Atlantic are to be given special priority using a new flight plan code, under a partnership announced by Eurocontrol.

South Korea’s latest LCC Aero K has put the brakes on its planned international expansion because of travel restrictions.

Canada’s latest testing requirements could further stymie the recovery for the country’s airlines.

There is consensus that the widebody segment will take many years to return to where it was.

U.S. President Joseph Biden on Jan. 25 signed an executive order reversing former president Donald Trump’s relaxation of entry requirements for international arrivals, in a bid to contain the spread of several new strains of novel coronavirus that were recently discovered abroad.