Airbus Helicopters has delivered its first helicopters using an electronic-delivery process negating the need for the customer to travel to collect the aircraft in light of the travel restrictions caused by the novel coronavirus pandemic.
SINGAPORE—Singapore Airlines (SIA) has increased its capacity by 2% for June and July compared to May, albeit a 94% reduction of its schedule planned before COVID-19 hit.
EasyJet has said it will have resumed flights to almost three-quarters of its route network by the end of August as London City Airport (LCY) said separately that it would reopen at the end of June as COVID-19 lockdowns are lifted.
FRANKFURT—TUI Group has reached an agreement with Boeing over compensation for delayed 737 MAX deliveries and a new schedule that will see the airline take outstanding deliveries much later.
The U.S. FAA will order Boeing 777 operators to validate the accuracy of fuel-quantity check systems following reports that inaccurate tank status data caused aircraft to depart with too little fuel for their planned missions, leading to at least 10 diversions.
Southwest Airlines plans to shrink its headcount through employee buyouts, as it seeks to align staffing levels with the decline in demand caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The field of suitors for Virgin Australia has narrowed to two, with Bain Capital and Cyrus Capital Partners shortlisted by the administrator as the preferred bidders.
As airlines and airports around the world respond to the challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic, Routes looks at the current state of the global aviation market.
Fuel microbes thrive in heat and humidity. At a time when thousands of aircraft are parked, and not spending time at altitude where it’s much colder, the chance of contamination is higher than normal.
