Delta Air Lines is on track to test its entire workforce for COVID-19, as the carrier looks to reassure passengers about the safety of flying during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Despite positive signs for a recovery in domestic demand, Brazil’s Azul has reached a deal with its lessors for a significant reduction in payments for 2020 and plans to defer more than 80 aircraft deliveries to 2024 and beyond.

As Europe gets back to work after the traditional summer break, Air France-KLM CEO Ben Smith will be rolling up his sleeves for the next phase of plans to revamp Air France—plans which have become even more important since the COVID-19 crisis.  

Etihad Airways believes its restructuring measures, which had been implemented before the COVID-19 pandemic hit earlier this year, will help the Abu Dhabi-based carrier return to full operations faster.

Blanket quarantines of passengers flying between countries should be replaced by risk-based testing protocols backed by health certificates and other tactics that reassure the traveling public amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Airports Council International (ACI) World said Aug. 14. 

Cathay Pacific is the latest Asia-Pacific carrier to scale back its capacity recovery plans as COVID-19 infections spike in different parts of the region.

Worldwide turboprop utilization in July reached its highest levels so far in 2020, with 85,574 multi-engine flight hours and 61,510 single-engine flight hours, according to Aviation Week Intelligence Network flight tracking data. 

New Zealand’s airlines are cutting back domestic services after travel restrictions were extended because of a resurgence of coronavirus cases within the country.