Rarely are there new ideas in Washington, just new conditions for trying old tricks—and one of the latest is a proposal for the federal government to induce new-aircraft manufacturing in the wake of COVID-19’s devastation throughout aviation.

Three lessors—AerCap, Avolon and Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE)—have released 2020 first quarter (Q1) financial results, revealing the initial impact of the COVID-19 crisis.

Qatar Airways plans to more than double the number of destinations it is currently serving by the end of June.

While Hawaiian Airlines plans to delay its Boeing 787 orders due to the COVID-19 crisis, the airline does not expect to have to reduce its current fleet in the medium term.

The Pentagon has awarded 3M a $126 million contract to increase production to 26 million N95 masks per month beginning in October as the novel coronavirus spreads.

As the business aviation sector works to bounce back when COVID-19 travel restrictions begin to lift, in Britain, the industry has a significant additional hurdle to overcome. 

The FAA has named eight companies that will assist the agency in establishing technology requirements for suppliers of remote identification services for small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS).

Howmet Aerospace, one of the few providers of aerospace forgings, castings and other key aircraft ingredients, still expects to leverage price gains out of embattled aviation OEMs in new long-term agreements (LTAs) even as COVID-19 upends commercial air travel nearer term.