Coronavirus

By Helen Massy-Beresford
France may reconsider plans to build a fourth terminal at Charles de Gaulle, Paris’s biggest airport, because of the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on air travel demand.
Airports & Networks

New segments of aviation represent new revenue streams for troubled air navigation service providers (ANSP).
Airports & Networks

By Steve Trimble
A proposal by Senate Republicans seeks to add billions for defense spending to the COVID-19 relief package, including new money for F-35, P-8 and C-130J procurement.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
All flights to and from Vietnamese resort Da Nang have been suspended for at least 15 days after more than a dozen COVID-19 cases sprang up in the popular tourist destination.
Airports & Networks

By Sean Broderick
The demand dip is triggering delivery slowdowns and orderbook shuffling, but top U.S. carriers remain committed to Boeing’s narrowbody.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Business jet deliveries declined by about 25% in the first half of 2020 compared to the same period a year ago, while turboprop deliveries have fallen
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OEMs still producing aircraft in spite of the overwhelming odds they are facing indicate the complexities of their business and the many other factors they need to take into account.
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COVID-19 has not just rewritten the airline economics rulebook—it has devoured it.
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With so much going on within the aviation sector we want to know your views on the key topics and stories.
Air Transport

By Ben Goldstein
Canadian airline Air Transat restarted commercial operations July 23, resuming a bare-bones schedule of six routes following a 112-day shutdown forced by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Etihad Airways plans to make possession of a negative COVID-19 certificate a compulsory part of passengers’ documentation when traveling to or from the company’s Abu Dhabi base.
Airlines & Lessors

TAP

By Alan Dron
ULCC Ryanair said it could not rule out further redundancies or pay cuts if the economic situation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic worsens this winter.
Airlines & Lessors

Ask the Editors: It is likely that Spirit AeroSystems will try to acquire Bombardier’s aerostructures operations—but for less money.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Alan Dron
LONDON—A sudden upsurge in COVID-19 cases led the UK government to reimpose quarantine measures on travelers arriving from Spain, bringing fresh confusion to airlines and passengers.
Airlines & Lessors

By Ben Goldstein
Southwest Airlines will refrain from laying off workers or cutting pay rates and benefits through year end, despite persistently weak customer demand caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Airlines & Lessors

By Thierry Dubois
Freshly trained Indian Air Force pilots on July 27 ferried five Dassault Rafale fighters to Ambala Air Force Station, where they will become part of the N°17 Squadron “Golden Arrows.”
Aircraft & Propulsion

FAA

By Kurt Hofmann
The Austrian government now requires travelers from 32 nations to get a PCR test on arrival in the country to check whether or not they have COVID-19.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Tony Osborne
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has completed the first flight of a Heron TP medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned air system to be operated by Germany.
Aircraft & Propulsion