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.
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.
The first half of 2020 has been brutal for the aerospace and defense (A&D) sector, and increasingly industry insiders and outside investors are trying to figure out what it means for longer-term prospects.
New projections from IATA indicate steeper drops in demand, revenue and staff numbers than previously estimated for some of the key Asia-Pacific airline markets this year.
Citing the COVID-19 impact and the Filipino government’s inflexibility, a consortium of six companies has dropped a PHP102 billion ($2 billion) proposal to upgrade and then operate Manila Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL).
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has reiterated to Shanghai its general requirement that passenger aircraft arriving from abroad must be no more than 75% full.
American Airlines and United Airlines both suspended flights to Hong Kong International Airport (HKG), citing concern about a strict new COVID-19 testing protocol for international arrivals.
The Pentagon awarded $13.4 million under Defense Production Act Title III as an investment in the U.S. small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS) industrial base.
Breeze Aviation, modifying its start-up plans in part because of the novel coronavirus pandemic, now plans to launch with six months of charter operations starting in October and has cut a deal with defunct operator Compass Airlines to obtain its operating certificate.
Dassault Aviation’s Falcon 6X large, long-range business jet remains on schedule, despite challenges from the novel coronavirus pandemic, with first flight planned for early 2021, the company says.
The COVID-19 pandemic that forced the National Business Aviation Association to cancel its annual 2020 Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition is the latest in a series of event terminations this year for the organization that potentially involve millions of dollars in lost revenue.
Two of Brazil’s major airlines continue to add back capacity despite the rise of COVID-19 cases in the country and Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro’s positive diagnosis for the novel coronavirus.
