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Facing a $475 billion loss in commercial aviation manufacturing, the A&D industrial base could suffer aftershocks for years.

In a move to promote tourism spending in Bali, Garuda Indonesia is exploring new long-haul flights from the resort island to Europe, India and the U.S. even though the routes would be unprofitable ones.

BOEING delivered 10 aircraft (two 737NGs; 767-2C; two 767-300Fs; 747-8F; 777F; three 787s) in June 2020 vs 37 (seven 737NGs; four 767s; 747-8F; six

US DOT reports US airlines carried 7.9m pax in May, down 89% vs May 2019; international enplanements dropped 98%.

SENIOR, UK reduced employment by further 12% in 1H20 on top of 5% cut in 2H19 (another 19% remains on furlough); it expects its civil aerospace

A British airport has launched a campaign to promote the advantages of flying privately to those who have not done so before.

Nordic Aviation Capital’s (NAC) lenders have agreed to a debt standstill for the next six to 12 months, after 40% of the regional-aircraft lessor’s turnover was impacted by COVID-19.

RYANAIR plans to cut its Ireland-UK schedules in August/September by 1,000 flights; Ireland accounts for <8% of its traffic.

VIRGIN ATLANTIC plans to restart service on July 20 and announced solvent recapitalization that includes £1.2b refinancing package and £2.3b in cost

NBAA announced its support for FAA's notice of proposed rulemaking to develop noise certification standards for supersonic aircraft operating in US

DELTA AIR LINES says due to COVID-19 it is positioning itself to be a smaller, more efficient airline over next several years and is accelerating

DELTA AIR LINES posted $5.7b net loss for 2Q20 (vs $1.4b profit in 2Q19) on 40% lower revenues, and ended quarter with $15.7b in liquidity. It says

TREQ is being formed in Quebec to provide regional airline service with Q400s to fill gaps left by Air Canada's recent announcement to end service on

AVIATION WEEK NETWORK says business turboprop aircraft operations (flight hours) have returned to pre-COVID numbers.

Textron Aviation told employees July 14 that it plans to lay off about 800 employees in Kansas, mostly at its facilities here.

Dutch carrier KLM has secured EU approval for €3.4 billion ($3.9 billion) in government-support measures, which the European Commission (EC) described as “urgent liquidity support.”

China has condemned France’s decision to slash the number of Chinese airline flights to Paris per week from three to just one, which Paris said was in response to China’s "five ones" policy.

British aerospace firms will be less well-resourced to cope with a no-deal Brexit if the UK government and the European Union cannot come to a consensus on a future trading relationship by the end of the year, industry has warned.

The outlook for Eurofighter and F-35 looks bright, but questions remain about the future of the Hawk jet trainer.

Guillaume Faury is optimistic about a market recovery, but pace and timing are among many aspects impossible to predict.

Allegiant Air will relax its pace of growth in the 2020 third quarter (Q3) citing deteriorating booking trends caused by a surge in COVID-19 cases across the U.S.

KLM received European Commission approval for €3.4b Dutch aid measure consisting of State guarantee on loans and a subordinated State loan to KLM to

WESTJET released its updated August schedule that comprises >200 daily flights to 48 destinations in Canada, US, Caribbean, Mexico and Europe

AVIATION WEEK NETWORK announced that due to COVID-19 pandemic, it is moving MRO Americas, MRO Asia-Pacific and MRO Europe to virtual events; MRO

FRANKFURT AIRPORT handled 599k pax in June, down 90.9% vs June 2019; movements fell 79.7%. Year-over-year pax traffic dropped 63.8% in 1H20.