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United Airlines and its pilot union reached two tentative agreements related to early retirement and voluntary leave packages, as the two sides look to limit the scope of involuntary furloughs this fall.

Japan Airlines (JAL) continues to see rapid growth in domestic demand, allowing the airline to restore its domestic network more quickly than expected.

Austrian Airlines plans to ramp-up operations from its current 20% level of 2019 flying to almost 40% by the end of October, although the carrier’s chief commercial officer said passenger demand is not easy to estimate.

The COVID-19 crisis has not stopped Japan Airlines (JAL) and Malaysia Airlines Berhad (MAB) from launching their long-planned partnership on routes between their home countries.

French leisure airline Corsair is evaluating the launch of long-haul flights from Germany, provided negotiations with potential new shareholders have been completed successfully.

Air Chief Marshal Mike Wigston says in an interview how the RAF is adapting to COVID-19 and looking ahead to transformative initiatives such as ASTRA.

Initiatives such as the European Defense Fund and PESCO could give the European defense industry a leg-up in the post-coronavirus era.

Airbus Defense & Space CEO Dirk Hoke talks with Aviation Week about COVID impact, Europe’s big defense initiatives and other challenges.

Since June, airlines have started to reinstate substantial capacity, and now must hope demand will return as expected.

NORDIC AVIATION CAPITAL received unanimous lender approval to implement standstill/deferral of certain loan payments.

KRÜGER AVIATION, Germany and LUFTHANSA TECHNIK teamed to develop a lightweight (600-800 grams) economy class seat divider provide physical separation

LATAM Airlines Brasil has followed other parts of the Chilean airline group in entering Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

Hawaiian Airlines is preparing to return most of its Airbus A321neo fleet to active service as the carrier ramps up flights between Hawaii and the U.S. mainland.

GOL ended 1H20 with total liquidity of R$3.3b, which represents >12 months of cash reserves (excluding refunds and restricted cash). It estimates it

SR TECHNICS introduced remote table inspections (using video streaming portal) for any engine type or shop visit.

LATAM AIRLINES GROUP formalized second tranche of US$1.3b in DIP financing committed by Oaktree Capital Management and its affiliates.

AIR LEASE CORPORATION delivered only one aircraft (A320neo) from its orderbook in 2Q20 vs 16 in 2Q19, and ended quarer with owned/managed/committed

ROLLS-ROYCE reports that year-over-year widebody engine flying hours were down 50% in 1H20 (75% in 2Q20); MRO activity was broadly stable in 1H20, but

UNITED AIRLINES is planning on cutting its US-based workforce by up to 36,000 employees during 4Q20. It expects year-over-year capacity to be down 75%

When demand for air travel nosedived in March as the COVID-19 virus cascaded into a global pandemic, regulators who oversee slot allocations at the

Deployments by Italian Air Force F-35s to Iceland have provided a template for how the country will use the fifth-generation fighter in the future.

The total number of scheduled seats offered by airlines around the world is on course to break the 50 million barrier next week—the first time the figure will have been achieved in more than three months.

AIRBUS delivered 36 aircraft (A220; 31 A320neos; four A350s) in June 2020 vs 76 (six A220s; 10 A320ceos; 44 A320neos; five A330s; 10 A350s; A380) in

RYANAIR announced its UK cabin crew accepted 4-year agreement on pay reductions of 5-10% and productivity improvements.

HI FLY removed economy class seats on an A380-800 to carry up to 60 tonnes or 300 cu meters of additional cargo per flight.