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Aircraft engines MRO providers are forecasted to lose $1.5 billion in revenue as airlines turn to green time engines from parked aircraft amid the pandemic to preserve cash.

The sweeping measures taken by the Chinese central government to tackle the COVID-19 outbreak have softened the impact felt by MRO provider Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Company (GAMECO) but such market conditions are difficult to find elsewhere.

The decision by some Australian states to reopen borders for domestic travel has prompted Australia’s major airlines to restore suspended routes and boost frequencies on others.

The return of a downcycle harbors major changes to the commercial aerospace supplier base.

In a last-ditch effort to prevent mass airline employee furloughs beginning Oct. 1., two U.S. Senate Republicans introduced a bill to extend the Payroll Support Program (PSP) through March 31, 2021.

House Democrats have filed a bill that would fund the federal government through Dec. 11 to avoid a shutdown on Oct. 1.

The state of Hawaii has pushed back plans to launch a pre-travel COVID-19 testing program for out-of-state arrivals until Oct. 15, marking a two-week setback from earlier plans to partially re-open on Oct. 1.

LUFTHANSA GROUP plans to move forward with third package (cutting monthly operating cash flow by €100m) within its restructuring program, which

AMFA says it has won abritation against ALASKA AIRLINES preventing any mechanic layoffs initiated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

IBA projects that >1,000 aircraft will be returned to lessors in 2021 without clear options for onward placement, which will also drive a

Ask the Editors: The rest of this year will be relatively quiet for MROs, but then the return will start happening in 2021.

Lufthansa decided to deepen the cuts to its fleet and staffing levels after determining that air transport is not recovering as fast as it had hoped.

Aviation training specialist CAE on Sept. 21 announced the launch of a new “Airside” online portal with career and training resources for pilots.

Prospects for two South African airlines have taken a turn for the better after the country’s government said it would not allow the national carrier to fail, while regional airline Comair’s creditors agreed a route out of administration.

An intermediate engine between the current LEAP turbofan and one that would enter service in 2035 with slashed greenhouse gas emissions is not in the cards, according to Safran CEO Philippe Petitcolin.

The U.S. airframer said the conversion lines had been launched to meet strong demand in express traffic and e-commerce markets.

As the downturn is slashing demand, Airbus plans to adapt workforce by the summer of next year.

Drawing on government funding into hydrogen propulsion, the manufacturer is working to define a commercial airliner to enter service in 2035.

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Air navigation service providers (ANSP) should accept the “new reality” that European air traffic activity will not recover soon from the COVID-19

WASHINGTON—Restrictions limiting border crossings between Canada, Mexico, and the U.S. to essential travel have been extended through Oct. 21 as the

Airline-industry groups are among 25 travel and tourism organizations that have called on the European Commission (EC) to replace quarantines with a common testing protocol for the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19.

The mix-and-match of different testing and quarantine requirements that are currently holding back the region’s recovery must come to an end, and European authorities are on the case.

ALPA reached tentative agreement with United to prevent pilot furloughs until June 2021.

South American operator Avianca Holdings has hit a stumbling block in its Chapter 11 restructuring after a Colombian court issued an injunction against a $370 million loan the country’s government has offered to the company.