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WASHINGTON—The U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) denied motions from Spirit Airlines and JetBlue Airways to halt flying to dozens of markets across the country, signaling a refusal to budge on minimum service levels included in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.

The Pentagon’s Space Acquisition Council will hold an emergency meeting to support the space industrial base in the wake of the novel coronavirus.

Heico leaders said late April 15 they have laid off “some” employees across their aerospace and defense supplier portfolio and have cut work hours and pay at subsidiaries, but they are trying to avoid mass-layoffs as the COVID-19 pandemic rolls back the worldwide aerospace business.

Less than half of the number of aircraft that were flying worldwide in January are flying now because of travel restrictions imposed to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new satellite-based tracking data.

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.