Coronavirus

By Ben Goldstein, Sean Broderick
U.S. carriers are cautiously optimistic amid signs of a domestic rebound.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
A move to change the rules of the ICAO Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme (CORSIA) to reflect the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic would risk undermining the entire program, the lobbying group Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) said.
Airlines & Lessors

By Karen Walker
Quarantine rules should be based on science and not be politicized, the head of IATA said Tuesday, as he warned that such rules pose a “major obstacle” to the resumption of air travel.
Airlines & Lessors

By Molly McMillin
Sales of business and general aviation avionics during the first three months of 2020 declined 8.8% from the same period a year ago, ending a streak of 12 consecutive quarters of increased year-over-sales.
Marketplace

By Bill Carey
Most airline passengers are concerned with the health environment on the airplane as opposed to the airport, an online survey by Honeywell Aerospace indicates.
Airlines & Lessors

By Maxim Pyadushkin
MOSCOW—A Russian government official has confirmed that COVID-19 restrictions have delayed the certification of the country’s new Irkut MC-21 narrowbody commercial airliner.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Adrian Schofield
Fiji Airways has decided to lay off half of its employees and seek additional financing to improve its prospects of surviving the COVID-19 crisis.
Airlines & Lessors

By Michael Bruno
The U.S. is girding to ward off Chinese tentacles that could reach into the western aerospace ecosystem after COVID-19.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The UK has begun firing trials of Thales Lightweight Multirole Missile (LMM) from the Leonardo AW159 Wildcat naval helicopter.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Wesley Charnock
Welcome to Routes’ weekly look at how the Middle East and African aviation markets are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, helping you understand the schedule changes and manage the impact so we can navigate through this crisis together.
Airlines & Lessors

By Tony Osborne
Scotland’s National Health Service (NHS) is to trial deliveries by unmanned air systems to speed up logistics between remote medical centers.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Chen Chuanren
Kazakh flag-carrier Air Astana has announced plans to convert its three passenger Boeing 767-300ERs into freighters and create an air cargo division.
Airlines & Lessors

Without flight hours, utilization-based scheduled maintenance will decline; however, calendar-timed service intervals remain for parked fleets.
Z

By Jens Flottau
LATAM Airlines has become the latest high-profile victim of the COVID-19 crisis as it filed for Chapter 11 proceedings on May 26 at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.
Airlines & Lessors

By Bill Carey
Diminished air traffic movements force a reassessment of future manpower needs.
Airports & Networks