Austria’s Ryanair subsidiary Laudamotion plans to become a wet-lease carrier; however, it will have to implement several survival measures deemed necessary to face post-COVID-19 competition.

Spanish LCC Volotea expects in the next few days to continue restarting commercial flights in several countries and to create 200 additional jobs. 

Iberia is to retire its fleet of Airbus A340s this year, several years earlier than planned, as it seeks to right-size its fleet amid the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Delta Air Lines plans to continue reshaping its network by adding 1,000 daily departures in August, building on a similarly sized expansion of July’s timetable, before “taking a pause” and evaluating fall demand trends, CEO Ed Bastian said.

Airports across Poland have convinced Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki to relax air travel restrictions put in place at the height of the COVID-19 crisis as of July 1. 

Austrian Airlines hopes to be operating at least a basic hub again at Vienna by the end of July. 

Japan Airlines (JAL) intends to raise another ¥300 billion ($2.8 billion) in financing to help it operate through the COVID-19 crisis.

Cathay has gained short-term relief through government support but now must turn its attention to reassessing business and fleet plans.