NASA is slowing reopening some of its facilities, including parts of the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi, where work to prepare the first Space Launch System (SLS) for a static test fire has been on hiatus for two months due to the coronavirus pandemic.

SkyWest Airlines will see its Delta Air Lines regional fleet reduced by 55 Bombardier CRJ-200s, as carriers look to downsize their regional operations amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

GOL Linhas Aéreas is to reopen bases in Brazil at Foz de Iguacu (IGU), Navegantes (NVT) and Maringa (MGF) in May as the carrier seeks to restore services that were suspended because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

IATA officials are in talks with Argentinian ministers in hopes of persuading the government to bring forward its ban on all air travel and the sale of flight tickets.

NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley have begun a two-week quarantine ahead of a flight test of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS.)

U.S.-based lessor Aircastle has posed a $34.2 million 2020 first quarter (Q1) net loss, driven by $34.8 million in costs related to its acquisition by Japanese investor Marubeni Corp. and Mizuho Leasing, which closed in March.

The COVID-19 pandemic may create momentum in the light business jet segment should it lead to what some expect will be an increase in passengers turning to private aviation. 

Worldwide business aviation activity fell 58% in the first two weeks of May compared to a year ago, an improvement from the 70% drop in traffic in April, according to WingX Advance.