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A change in repair service priorities during the downturn could benefit lessors.

Southwest Airlines remains committed to the Boeing 737 MAX but will stretch out planned deliveries and accelerate retirements of an undetermined

LONDON—British Airways (BA) has formally notified its trade unions of plans for a major restructuring and redundancy program as a result of the COVID

BOMBARDIER plans May 11 to restart aviation/train production in Canada with gradual return-to-work of 11,000 employees.

FORWARDKEYS reports year-over-year pax traffic decline of 50% between January 1 and April 19; Asia Pacific is down 56.1%.

SAS plans to cut its workforce by up to 5,000 full-time employees, including 1,900 in Sweden, 1,300 in Norway and 1,700 in Denmark, in order it says

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Southwest Airlines executives see signs that travel demand may have bottomed out, but are bracing for a slow, bumpy recovery that will require substantial flexibility in everything from short-term flight schedules to the U.S. domestic giant’s long-term fleet strategy.

The company behind the airport serving Lugano, Switzerland has opted to put itself into liquidation after the COVID-19 pandemic destroyed air traffic at the location.

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The spread of the novel coronavirus has changed the way the Defense Department views its supply chain and the military is beginning to understand where the industrial base is “hyper efficient but very brittle,” according to the U.S. Navy acquisition executive.

For all those who believe that things come in threes, there now is the third failed mergers and acquisition (M&A) deal attributable to COVID-19 in April alone.

All Nippon Airways (ANA) is considering deferring aircraft orders in response to the COVID-19 crisis while strengthening its liquidity with new lines of credit.

Delta Air Lines petitioned the U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) for a waiver to suspend service to nine non-hub airports, arguing that further network consolidation is critical to protecting the health of airport workers amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Despite a more than 50% expected drop in MRO spend this year, analysts expect the market to rebound and continue robust growth.

VIRGIN ATLANTIC has scheduled >90 all-cargo flights per week in May using 787-9s that can carry up to 55 tonnes of cargo.

AVIATION INSTITUTE OF MAINTENANCE (AIM) is now offering remote courses to its A&P students using platform developed by FULCRUM LABS.

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES posted $94m net loss for 1Q20 (vs $387m profit in 1Q19) on 18% lower revenues. It now has cash and short-term investments of $9.3b

South Florida-based Spirit Airlines has launched an appeal to the U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) to halt flying to six cities in its network.

BOEING SOUTH CAROLINA plans to resume 787 production on May 3; it was suspended on April 8 due to COVID-19 crisis.

AIRBUS is warning of more severe production cuts beyond the approximate 33% cut (to 40 A320 Family aircraft, two A330s and six A350s per month)

JETBLUE established policy to require all passengers to wear face coverings from May 4 to help slow spread of COVID-19.

Smaller European regional carriers that have government participation or serve niche markets are the airlines most likely to emerge from the current

The surge in demand for cargo services shows no sign of abating since the COVID-19 crisis grounded the vast majority of passenger aircraft and with them their belly capacity.