VIENNA–Air navigation service providers (ANSPs) must prepare to negotiate with airlines to reduce air traffic control (ATC) fees once traffic returns after the COVID-19 pandemic, Austro Control’s MD told Aviation Daily.

The big security and health crises that have touched the airline industry in recent decades have changed the way we travel, with everything from airport temperature checks to restrictions on liquids, laptop bans and shoes-off security checks becoming—temporarily or permanently—a part of the airport and on-board experience. 

With the majority of fleets parked outside during the COVID-19 crisis, the MRO is looking to contingency plans for dealing with severe weather.

Russia’s space activity is likely to be limited due to coronavirus restrictions, officials say.

Etihad Airways anticipates slowly increasing the number of passenger flights it operates from May 1, as it starts to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Senior executives at United Airlines are planning for substantial workforce reductions once the federal prohibition on layoffs attached to payroll support under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act expires this autumn. 

A review of Britain’s defense capabilities has been paused in the wake of the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Ryanair Group CEO Michael O’Leary expects the airline industry will recover from the COVID-19 pandemic faster than most executives and commentators believe—but only via a vicious price war.