Coronavirus

By Molly McMillin
Shawn Vick is the chairman and CEO of Global Jet Capital, which helps corporations and individuals with the leasing and financing of new and pre-owned business jets.
Business Aviation

By David Casey
Welcome to Routes’ look at how the North American aviation market is 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 Adrian Schofield
Asian markets dominate global rankings as some rebound from the COVID-19 crisis faster than those in the U.S. and Europe.
Airports & Networks

By Michael Bruno
Ask the Editors: With availability of Fed-backed private sector funding, large aerospace companies are unlikely to rely on CARES Act.
Aerospace

By Henry Canaday
Grounding aircraft when bookings collapsed for fear of coronavirus was a painful but easy decision for airlines. Now come the hard decisions, as
MRO

By Kurt Hofmann
While several carriers are announcing resumption of some services over their networks, Austrian Airlines has postponed its restart again.
Airlines & Lessors

With so much going on within the aviation sector we want to know your views on the key topics and stories.
Air Transport

By Lee Hudson
The U.S. Air Force is leveraging the global coronavirus pandemic to advance one of its key development programs, the Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS).
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Sean Broderick
Boeing and Embraer are not working closely together—quite the opposite, in fact, given the recent, last-minute breakup of their proposed commercial union.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lee Hudson
The Pentagon has ousted its expert on industrial policy in preparation for the agency to take an integral role in President Donald Trump’s COVID-19 vaccine effort, dubbed Operation Warp Speed.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Alan Dron
IATA has called on the governments of Saudi Arabia and Jordan to step in with financial support measures for their aviation sectors as they struggle to cope with the COVID-19 crisis.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Tony Osborne
The first of eight Airbus A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transports planned for Europe’s Multinational Multirole Tanker Transport Unit will be delivered to the Netherlands next month, but crew training is being delayed by the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Molly McMillin
The UK government is planning to implement a 14-day self-isolation for aircraft passengers arriving in the country “as soon as possible” as it works to suppress the spread of COVID-19, according to the Opsgroup.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Aaron Karp
American Airlines continues to expand its all-cargo international flight schedule to move medical supplies, personal protective equipment (PPE), perishables and other time-sensitive freight around the world.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Korean Air predicts losses seen in the 2020 first quarter (Q1) will continue though the current quarter, although there are some positive signs for passenger demand emerging.
Airlines & Lessors

By Lori Ranson
Brazil’s Azul Airlines intends to use the recent agreement it reached with Embraer to defer 52 E2s as a blueprint for discussions with other suppliers, including Airbus.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Adrian Schofield
Cathay Pacific is accumulating huge losses as almost all of its flights remain suspended because of COVID-19, and the Hong Kong-based carrier sees little prospect of improvement in the near term.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
Doha-based Qatar Airways will axe more than 9,000 jobs as the COVID-19 pandemic takes its toll on the Gulf carrier.
Airlines & Lessors

By Tony Osborne
Swiss aircraft manufacturer Pilatus says it has revised its outlook downward in the face of the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
Singapore Airlines (SIA) is not expecting its capacity to fully recover for the next 12-18 months and is readjusting its fleet expansion strategy accordingly.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
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.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford, Sean Broderick, Bill Carey, Ben Goldstein, Adrian Schofield, Jens Flottau
More airlines are announcing plans to resume service, particularly in Europe. But health protection rules and new processes are unclear.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Lee Ann Shay
Anca Mihalache, VP Engine Trading at APOC Aviation, has been fielding questions from customers and lessors about the engine market, which has switched
MRO

By Sean Broderick
Boeing has tapped long-time executive and former head of commercial engineering Mike Delaney to lead what the company sees as a pan-industry
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By James Pozzi
The advent of 3D printing is a concept that has been increasingly deployed in the MRO industry in the past five years, albeit at a considerably slower
MRO