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Vietnam Airlines plans to restore all of its domestic routes by June, which would mark a rapid rebound from the suspension of all but a handful of flights in April.

The recent decision by Brazil’s largest domestic airline GOL to cancel orders for 34 Boeing 737 MAX narrowbodies has coincided with a compensation payment from the airframer, bolstering GOL’s cash balances to withstand the COVID-19 pandemic.

COLLINS AEROSPACE earned $1.1b on $6.4b in 1Q20 vs $856m on $6.5b in 1Q19; commercial aftermarket sales rose 3%.

LUFTHANSA GROUP is negotiating €9b stabilization package with the German Government that would comprise silent participation and secured loan that

Month-old Raytheon Technologies is slashing billions of dollars in costs and other retrenchments, including workforce cutbacks, as commercial OEM and aftermarket revenue could be halved this year in the wake of COVID-19.

Air France-KLM posted a net loss of €1.8 billion ($1.95 billion) for the first three months of the year, hit by the devastating impact of the COVID-19 coronavirus crisis on its operations.

Airbus delivered just 14 aircraft in April, showing the severe impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the air transport industry.

Spirit Airlines has no plans to abandon its high-density cabin layout in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, signaling confidence in the ULCC business model despite concerns over the health risk posed by crowded aircraft.

SPIRIT AIRLINES lost $27.8m in 1Q20 (vs $56.1m net income in 1Q19) on 10% lower revenues and commenced public offerings of 12m shares of stock and

INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES GROUP lost €1.7b in 1Q20 (vs €70m net profit in 1Q19) on 13.4% lower revenues and says it does not expect last year's level of

ROLLS-ROYCE reduced its delivery projection for 2020 from 450 widebody engines to about 250 and says it plans to announce workforce reductions (said

BOMBARDIER AVIATION earned $7m on $1.5b revenues in 1Q20 vs $664m on $1.4b in 1Q19 and delivered 31 aircraft (26 business jets) vs 28 (24). It expects

Spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic, Rolls-Royce launched what it believes is the first travel-free, fully immersive virtual reality training course for its business jet engines on May 4, 2020.

Rolls-Royce says it is “actively pursuing” changes to its business to better align with medium-term market conditions as the coronavirus pandemic hits engine production and maintenance volumes.

Ask the Editors: Sustainable aviation fuels are technically viable today; it is their economic viability that remains in question.

Although airlines may start poaching grounded aircraft for USM, older narrowbodies and cargo aircraft provide hopeful prospects.

As the traveling public slowly emerges from COVID-19 lockdowns and begins to fly again, the demand for inflight connectivity (IFC) will shift from being a perk to being considered more of a human right, commercial air transport experts predict.

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.

Korean Air plans to restore some international routes in June that have been suspended due to COVID-19 travel restrictions. The carrier’s flight cuts

Frozen for now, the bonfire of A&D consolidation will roar again as COVID-19 leads to a shakeout in the lower tiers.

Retirements sped up, deliveries stretched out as American, Delta, Southwest, United ponder post-pandemic operations.

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.

India has put in place some of the most severe economic, travel and aviation restrictions in the world to combat coronavirus. The strictness has

Leased engines could be more attractive to cash conscious airlines operating in a post-COVID-19 world.

The U.S. Army is checking in daily with Boeing to evaluate how facility closures in India related to the spread of the novel coronavirus may delay delivery of Apache attack helicopters.