Coronavirus

John Dowdy
The defense sector is faring well in the COVID-19 crisis, but gargantuan new levels of government debt signal trouble ahead.
Defense

By Michael Bruno
The IFC/IFE sector is reeling along with all aviation. Analysts and executives see sunnier days eventually, but also darkening clouds.
Interiors & Connectivity

AAR

By Ben Goldstein
A group of 13 U.S. Senate Democrats accused Delta Air Lines and JetBlue Airways of exploiting a workaround to the CARES Act’s prohibition on employee pay cuts by reducing hours in lieu of pay rates.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Aaron Karp
RavnAir Alaska, a regional carrier that before the COVID-19 crisis had provided connectivity throughout the state of Alaska prior to shutting down in April, appears to have a way forward that will allow it to resume operations this summer.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
Ecuador’s flag-carrier TAME is to be liquidated as part of a series of measures the country is taking to rebalance the economy in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Airlines & Lessors

By Bill Carey
Among its many financial ravages, the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 has exposed the vulnerability of fee-based business models for providing air traffic services.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
Alcohol wipes have been identified as a possible cause of wires shorting out on aircraft, causing at least one in-flight smoke event, a NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS) report reveals.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

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Air Transport

By Mark Carreau
NASA’s Osiris-Rex asteroid sample return mission team is relaxing previous plans to descend to the surface of its target, called Bennu, to gather surface pebbles and soil for return to Earth, in part due to work constraints imposed by the coronavirus pandemic.
Space

By Kurt Hofmann
Lufthansa subsidiary Austrian Airlines has taken the next steps to receive €767 million ($833 million) in financial assistance from the state to survive the COVID-19 crisis.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
FRANKFURT—The German government is in the final stages of negotiating a support package for Lufthansa that would give the airline access to around €9 billion ($9.9 billion) in new liquidity, coming just in time to avoid a possible insolvency process.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
Welcome to Routes’ look at how the Asia-Pacific 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.
Airlines & Lessors