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Delta Air Lines plans to resume service between Seattle and Shanghai via Seoul Incheon on June 25, becoming the first U.S. airline to return to China since flights were suspended in early February as the COVID-19 outbreak escalated.

DELTA AIR LINES plans June 25 to restart twice-weekly Seattle-Seoul-Shanghai Pudong (A350).

KLM plans to operate 5,000 European flights in July and 11,000 in August; it will operate about 1,900 intercontinental flights in July and 2,100 in

UMLAUT, Germany has developed X-Lite Freighter solution comprising cabin-cargo-trolley that can be boarded through pax door and locked into seat track

CARGOJET secured agreement with syndicate of underwriters to purchase C$100m of senior unsecured hybrid debentures.

AEROMEXICO says it has not initiated, nor has it made the decision to initiate, a restructuring procedure under Chapter 11 in the US and it is

AMERICAN AIRLINES announced proposed underwritten public offerings of $750m of shares of its common stock and $750m in convertible senior notes due

PARIS—French airline Corsair is negotiating a rescue plan which could involve new shareholders, a source has told Aviation Daily, confirming information initially reported by online publication La Tribune.

Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr said the airline has made ample preparations to avoid a grounding, in case an extraordinary general assembly rejects the company’s multi-billion bailout on June 25 and the airline is forced to file for insolvency proceedings.

The contest to select a new owner for Virgin Australia has entered the final stages, with the two remaining bidders presenting proposals that call for retaining the core parts of the airline’s operations.

While many MRO providers have started to furlough, lay-off or short-time workers, the full impact of the crisis is yet to be felt, with many analysts

The single-aisle market will be severely affected but less so than widebodies.

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Spirit Airlines is planning to operate around 550 daily flights in July—an aggressive restoration of more than 80% of last year’s scheduled capacity.

Austria’s Ryanair subsidiary Laudamotion plans to become a wet-lease carrier; however, it will have to implement several survival measures deemed necessary to face post-COVID-19 competition.

Spanish LCC Volotea expects in the next few days to continue restarting commercial flights in several countries and to create 200 additional jobs.

Iberia is to retire its fleet of Airbus A340s this year, several years earlier than planned, as it seeks to right-size its fleet amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Delta Air Lines plans to continue reshaping its network by adding 1,000 daily departures in August, building on a similarly sized expansion of July’s timetable, before “taking a pause” and evaluating fall demand trends, CEO Ed Bastian said.

Airports across Poland have convinced Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki to relax air travel restrictions put in place at the height of the COVID-19 crisis as of July 1.

Austrian Airlines hopes to be operating at least a basic hub again at Vienna by the end of July.

Japan Airlines (JAL) intends to raise another ¥300 billion ($2.8 billion) in financing to help it operate through the COVID-19 crisis.

Cathay has gained short-term relief through government support but now must turn its attention to reassessing business and fleet plans.

Post-pandemic regulations could also lead to changes in the way airports manage passenger flow.

The situation calls for companies and leaders that can act fast and think ahead.

Textron plans to lay off nearly 2,000 employees at its TRU Simulation + Training, Textron Aviation and Industrial divisions to cut operating expenses as it restructures in response to challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic, the company said in a Securities & Exchange filing June 18.