Coronavirus

By Karen Walker
Ask the Editors: The TSA and Homeland Security should be mandating such checks and tests.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

AZUL, Brazil reports it ended 1H20 with total liquidity of R$2.3b and expects to burn R$3m cash per day through end 2020.
Air Transport

MTU AERO ENGINES had €13.2m net income for 2Q20 (vs €102.8m in 2Q19) on 30% lower revenues; 1H20 sales fell 8.7%.
Aerospace

SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS announced it is further reducing workforce on commercial programs at Wichita by another 1,100 employees (450 layoffs) due to lower
Aerospace

By Sean Broderick
Safran is projecting a 50% decline in commercial engine aftermarket revenues in 2020, but cautions that airline balance sheets, closely linked to air travel demand, will have significant influence on how quickly the lucrative segment recovers.
MRO

By Adrian Schofield
Auckland International Airport (AKL) is dividing its international terminal into two zones so it can separate passengers when quarantine-free travel bubbles are established.
Airports & Networks

By Adrian Schofield
Japan Airlines (JAL) plans a significant cost-cutting campaign to offset the effects of the COVID-19 crisis, and the carrier has signaled this will include aircraft delivery deferrals.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Inconsistent travel rules are deterring people from flying, dealing a further blow to an aviation sector struggling to get back on its feet.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
Compared to the $84 billion airlines globally are projected by IATA to lose in 2020, Vietjet said its losses were “modest” as it awaits a potential aid package from the state.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
Pratt & Whitney will retrench around 400 jobs—or 20%—of its 2,000 employees in Singapore as demand for engine-related MRO has disappeared amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Maintenance & Training

By Thierry Dubois
As Airbus is reconciling production rates and deliveries, its CEO sees the current situation as manageable for the supply chain.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Henry Canaday
By late July, Chinese domestic flight stood at about 10,000 per day, versus roughly 2,000 per day at the depth of the virus crisis, according to
MRO

By James Pozzi
With the novel coronavirus heavily impacting the bottom lines of some of the aviation industry’s biggest companies, one of its largest MRO providers
MRO

By Jefferson Morris
An Aviation Week panel sees significant changes coming in global military aircraft procurement over the next several years, as countries battered by the biggest global economic contraction since World War II look to simultaneously scale back defense spending and prop up their indigenous industries.
Budget, Policy & Operations

ACI

GOL

By Ben Goldstein
U.S. ULCCs capitalized on a modest rebound in domestic air travel demand during the 2020 second quarter (Q2), but sentiment has soured as top leisure destinations became COVID-19 hotspots in recent weeks.
Airlines & Lessors