Coronavirus

ALASKA AIRLINES plans in 4Q20 to begin Los Angeles-Fort Myers/-Tampa, FL; -Kona/Lihue, HI; -Bozeman, MT; and -Eugene/-Medford, OR. It is also planning

SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS received creditor/union approval for rescue plan that includes R26.7b in state funding and 80% cut in employment; it has

CARGOJET, Canada closed previously announced offering of C$100m of senior unsecured hybrid debentures to be used to pay down its revolving credit

STAR AIR has launched pax charter services in India with three ERJ145s as part of Sanjay Ghodawat Group.

JETBLUE and AMERICAN AIRLINES announced strategic partnership (codeshare and loyalty benefits) to create seamless connectivity for pax in Northeast US

AMERICAN AIRLINES notified approximately 25,000 US-based employees of possible workforce reductions in 4Q20.

Kuwaiti hybrid carrier Jazeera Airways will resume services Aug. 1 as the emirate emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic. National flag-carrier Kuwait

AirAsia has grown to become one of the most influential brands in the Asia-Pacific region, but the group also faces significant financial challenges

Emirates Airline returned the Airbus A380 to its active fleet on July 15, operating the aircraft for the first time since March on routes from Dubai (DXB) to London Heathrow (LHR) and Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG).

To help the aviation industry weather the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) has announced there will be no service fee hikes for its fiscal year ending March 31, 2021.

Ethiopian Airlines plans to grow its cargo fleet with additional freighters after shifting its focus to cargo revenues during the height of the novel coronavirus outbreak.

Lee Hui Fung is pioneering Smart MRO practices in ST Engineering Aerospace. Listen in to how the COVID-19 crisis has actually accelerated the adoption of new MRO technologies.

Long-haul travel restrictions will prolong recovery plans.

L3Harris leaders say their focus remains carrying out their prior plans for their merger of equals.

Tens of thousands of airline employees will soon see pink slips, unless U.S. lawmakers agree on an 11th-hour second bailout.

For far too long, Boeing took its eye off the ball to chase share-price inflation. Calhoun has a golden opportunity to reboot and revitalize Boeing.

Industry experts estimate that anywhere from 2,500 to 3,500 existing aircraft will not be needed by airlines over the next three years. Surplus

American Airlines executives announced in a July 15 staff memo they expect to have 20,000 more employees on payroll than needed in the 2020 fourth quarter and notified 25,000 employees of possible furloughs coming in the fall.

AIRBALTIC received shareholder approval for €250m equity investment from Latvian Govt to combat COVID-19. It has adopted new business plan that will

The board of Russia’s Aeroflot Group is expected to adopt a new strategy on July 16 calling for the parent airline to focus on long-haul operations while the domestic network will be left for the two subsidiaries Pobeda and Rossiya.

Ask the Editors: COVID-19 poses more risk for travelers in shops, restaurants or taxis than in commercial airliners.

Climate policy, not oil markets, increasingly sets future fuel charges.

For many European flag carriers, a return to state governance.

The Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) is eliminating 500 positions, or 27% of its potential workforce, to cope with reduced traffic caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Reeling in March from the suddenness and depth of the COVID-19 crisis, the air transport industry at least cautiously believed that the second half of