Swiss regional carrier Helvetic Airways has abruptly stopped its significant growth strategy for 2020 in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Singapore finance minister Heng Swee Keat has announced the country’s second round of financial relief worth S$48 billion ($33.1 billion) to tide the country through the COVID-19 disruption. 

Embraer said it expects a further delay in the closure of a deal for Boeing to purchase its commercial aircraft business as it recorded a strong year in its executive jet division in 2019.  

China will cut air services to every foreign country to a minimum of one weekly flight per airline, as the country tries to avoid re-importing COVID-19.

Alaska Airlines announced plans to cut its schedule by 70% in April and May, citing the “historic and unprecedented falloff in demand” caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. 

The European Commission (EC) has issued updated air cargo guidelines, calling on member states and other countries to help facilitate the operations that play an important role in transporting medical supplies and equipment amid the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Austrian aerospace parts and services provider FACC expects further consolidation in the supplier business in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Latin American and Caribbean carriers’ attempts to operate vital cargo services or repatriation flights are being hampered because the region’s governments are not reacting quickly enough to the fast-changing COVID-19 situation, IATA said Mar. 26.