Coronavirus

By Kurt Hofmann
Wizz Air is continuing to expand its European network despite its own CEO saying the next six to 12 months will be very challenging for the industry and the LCC itself losing tens of millions of euros every month.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Paris’s second airport Orly is moving toward a late June reopening for commercial flights as its biggest airline, Air France, readies a plan to reduce domestic flights.
Airports & Networks

By Adrian Schofield
The bankruptcy administrator overseeing the Virgin Australia sale is preparing to narrow the bidders to a final shortlist of two candidates, with the winner set to be selected by the end of June.
Airlines & Lessors

By Tony Osborne
A civilian Pilatus PC-12 aircraft made an unauthorized landing at a Royal Air Force (RAF) base in Wales because the aircraft’s pilot wanted to visit a nearby beach.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Wesley Charnock
Welcome to Routes’ look at how the Latin America aviation market is responding to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, helping you understand the schedule changes and manage the impact so we can navigate through this crisis together.
Airports & Networks

By Wesley Charnock
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.
Airports & Networks

By Jens Flottau, Adrian Schofield, Bradley Perrett, Sean Broderick, Ben Goldstein
Governments have provided $123 billion in air transport industry COVID-19 aid but not to all and leaving some with a high debt burden.
Airlines & Lessors

NORWEGIAN AIR SHUTTLE lost NOK3.3b in 1Q20 (vs NOK2b loss in 1Q19) on 19% lower revenues. It says it has reached power-by-the-hour agreements with
Air Transport

ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS secured ¥350b loan from Development Bank of Japan to stabilize its liquidity during COVID-19 crisis.
Air Transport

By Michael Bruno
The longtime dismantlement of Triumph Group is about to explode further, with the company collapsing about three dozen sites to nine, workforce cuts of more than 4,000, the sale of aerostructures programs and other actions in the wake of COVID-19.
Marketplace

AER LINGUS terminated its wet-lease agreement with CITYJET due to COVID-19 crisis and closure of London City Airport.
Air Transport

AMERICAN AIRLINES disputed any suggestions that it would file for Chapter 11; CEO calls bankruptcy a failure.
Air Transport

AEGEAN AIRLINES holds €510m in available liquidity in response to COVID-19 crisis; it plans to apply for loans of €150m.
Air Transport

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Air Transport

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES published its flight schedule from October 31, 2020-January 4, 2021; new schedule focuses on business travel vs leisure.
Air Transport

KENYA AIRWAYS is forecasting 65% drop in pax traffic in 2020, resulting in a $400m in lost revenues. It says it is not going to invest in any new
Air Transport

By Lori Ranson
Most airlines worldwide are working with the major airframers to defer or cancel aircraft deliveries as they attempt to rightsize operations in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Airlines & Lessors

By Molly McMillin
Business aviation activity worldwide fell 52.9% during the first 26 days of May compared to a year ago, bringing activity back to “half-normal,” WingX Advance said.
Marketplace

By Helen Massy-Beresford
One of the side effects of the COVID-19 crisis on the aviation industry has been a new perspective on aircraft emissions.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Alex Derber
After burbling the background for several years, talk of a Boeing 777-200 conversion program is set to reach fever pitch as COVID-19 thrusts the cargo
MRO

By Sean Broderick
American Airlines will cut 30% of its management and support staff, or about 5,000 positions, in anticipation of “running a much smaller airline” for
Airlines & Lessors

PHILIPPINE AIRLINES received US$300m capital infusion from its Chairman to avoid bankruptcy; operations to resume soon.
Air Transport

By Tony Osborne
The novel coronavirus pandemic has added complications to nations deploying on NATO’s Baltic Air Policing mission to Lithuania and Estonia.
Budget, Policy & Operations

UKRAINE INTL AIRLINES expects to resume operations in mid-June, and now forecasts pax traffic will decrease 46% vs original expectations. Under stage
Air Transport