The COVID-19 pandemic that forced the NBAA to cancel its 2020 Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition is the latest event termination this year for the organization.

After about a four-month delay because of issues related to the spread of the novel coronavirus, the U.S. Army has completed a successful live-fire test of the Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.

The Pentagon appears willing to consider permanently paying companies a greater percentage of the costs associated with the work underway on contracts.

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Airports Council International (ACI) World has published a “playbook” aimed at providing a simple summary of new airport security-focused guidance for mitigating risks amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the association said Aug. 13.

Although Cebu Pacific suffered substantial losses in the first half of 2020, the Philippine LCC predicts it will be able to secure enough extra funding to weather the COVID-19 crisis. 

What makes the ongoing aerospace workforce cuts so tragic is that up until the start of this year, the aircraft manufacturing and MRO sectors were desperate to hire more workers–and in three to five years, they might be again, albeit probably not at the same pre-pandemic levels.

As the outlook for corporate and international travel remains weak, United Airlines is hoping that the coronavirus pandemic will not dampen demand for warm weather leisure destinations in the U.S. this winter.