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An F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to Carrier Air Wing 11 operating from the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) crashed in the Philippine Sea on June 18.

MESA AIRLINES permanently removed two (of 59) CRJ900s from its capacity purchase agreement with AMERICAN AIRLINES.

QANTAS has canceled all international flights until late October (with possible exception of transTasman Sea routes) due to extended closure of

EMIRATES is adding scheduled service to 10 more cities: Colombo (from June 20), Sialkot (June 24), Istanbul (June 25); Auckland, Beirut, Brussels

JETBLUE AIRWAYS is adding 30 new domestic routes to serve leisure market, which it says is showing some signs of strength as business travel is facing

With the support of a newly appointed associate administrator, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine has expressed confidence that his agency can achieve an accelerated return to the Moon’s surface with human explorers by 2024.

Air-service incentives were a big deal before the COVID-19 pandemic decimated demand.

Qatar Airways Group CEO Akbar Al Baker has told both Airbus and Boeing the carrier will not be taking any aircraft this year or next due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to UK-based Sky News.

Qantas has canceled all international flights until late October, with the potential exception of routes to and from New Zealand.

VISTARA, India is reportedly in discussions with Boeing to defer delivery of six 787s from 2020-2021 to 2022 or 2023.

AIRLINES FOR AMERICA (A4A) reports that US passenger airlines had 2,736 aircraft (44% of fleet) parked on June 14, down from peak of 3,204 aircraft

EUROCONTROL says it handled >8,000 operations on June 17 (first since March 20), including 400 flights by TURKISH AIRLINES (highest number by single

VUELING plans to resume international service (Barcelona-Amsterdam/-Milan) on June 22, adding -Rome/-Copenhagen by end of June.

AIR LEASE CORPORATION is making public offering of $850m in senior unsecured medium-term notes; net proceeds will be used for general corporate

QATAR AIRWAYS says it will not take delivery of any new Boeing/Airbus aircraft in 2020 or 2021 and any aircraft to be delivered in next 2-3 years will

LATAM AIRLINES ARGENTINA ceased operations indefinitely due to current local industry conditions, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic; it has 13

Europe's airlines are expected to lose $23.1 billion in 2020.

IAG´s short haul LCC LEVEL Europe will file for insolvency on June 19, citing the impact of the COVID-19 crisis.

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and shutdown of air traffic on European aviation has worsened in recent weeks, IATA warned, as it called for a coordinated restart of air travel through border openings and continued financial and regulatory support.

Airbus Defense and Space CEO Dirk Hoke has called on Britain to look for closer defense cooperation with Europe after Brexit.

The jury is still out on whether business aviation will see long-term benefits from the raft of redundancies caused across the aerospace sector from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Japanese LCC Peach is poised to become the latest airline to resume flying its full domestic network, and it has set a target date to restore all frequencies on these routes.

China Eastern Airlines has launched an extraordinarily discounted weekend travel offer, describing it as an effort to help get the economy moving

Air cargo traffic is currently proving more robust than passenger traffic.