Coronavirus

By Sean Broderick
Ask the Editors: Air Transport and Safety Editor Sean Broderick answers.
MRO

By William Garvey
The Quad/Vent Splitter quadruples ventilator capability to help save lives.
Business Aviation

KAWASAKI HEAVY INDUSTRIES and SUBARU have suspended production of 787 components into early May.
Aerospace

PIPISTREL, Slovenia helped secure donation of 100,000 masks from China, plus thermometers/test kits for COVID-19.
Aerospace

BOEING created Enterprise Operations, Finance & Strategy group to bring together teams responsible for manufacturing, supply chain and operations
Aerospace

By Sean Broderick
The commercial aftermarket could see a 50% decline in year-over-year sales during the 2020 second quarter before beginning what will likely be a long
Maintenance & Training

By Michael Bruno
Aerospace composite provider Hexcel on April 20 scrapped its guidance for 2020 with its financial outlook marred by declining production rates at OEM customers making large commercial aircraft (LCA).
Aircraft & Propulsion

With so much going on within the aviation sector we want to know your views on the key topics and stories.
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By Ben Goldstein
Longtime Delta Air Lines CFO Paul Jacobson will forgo his planned retirement to help guide the company’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Airlines & Lessors

AVATION, Singapore says 30 of its 48 aircraft on lease operate purely on domestic or regional routes, which it expects will be the first sector to
Air Transport

AUSTRIAN plans to restart with about 80% of its previous capacity and does not expect to return to pre-crisis levels until 2023 at the earliest; it is
Air Transport

LEEHAM CO is predicting that airline traffic will return to pre-Coronavirus levels in 4-8 years and airline/aerospace industries are in for a long
Air Transport

AIR CANADA is suspending scheduled transborder service to US on April 27-May 22 to comply with govt restrictions.
Air Transport

AIRBUS says it has received multiple customer requests for aircraft delivery deferrals and is currently considering them.
Aerospace

By Thierry Dubois
Airbus’ A321XLR long-range, single-aisle program is gathering momentum as the first examples of some specific components are being produced, suppliers are being chosen and detailed design activities are proceeding, according to the airframer.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
IATA expects airlines will have to charge much higher fares if social distancing rules are introduced on board of aircraft.
Airlines & Lessors

By Ben Goldstein
The U.S. Treasury Department has disbursed an initial round of financial aid to passenger airlines worth $2.9 billion, as a deal was finalized with six large carriers over terms related to payroll assistance under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bill Carey
North American companies involved in building and operating small drones are proposing systems that could potentially be used in battling the COVID-19 pandemic.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Sean Broderick
Air Canada will suspend its limited transborder flying on April 26, citing the extension of coronavirus-related joint travel restrictions put in place by Canada and the U.S., and reduced demand for repatriating Canadians.
Airlines & Lessors

By Michael Bruno
Lockheed Martin proved April 21 why its is probably the best-positioned company in aerospace and defense to ride out the novel coronavirus outbreak, with the company reporting consensus-beating first-quarter financial results and a positive forecast for 2020.
Budget, Policy & Operations

VIRGIN ATLANTIC began offering voluntary layoffs and sabbaticals and changing pay increase, pension and sick pay policies due to COVID-19. It is also
Air Transport

AIRASIA plans to resume scheduled domestic flight operations in Malaysia on April 29, in Thailand and The Philippines on May 1, in India on May 4 and
Air Transport

LUFTHANSA is currently operating two daily flights carrying protective equipment from China to Munich with A350-900s.
Air Transport

TEXTRON AVIATION is celebrating the 10-year anniversary of the first delivery of Citation CJ4; >320 are now in service.
Business Aviation

UNITED AIRLINES expects to post $2.1b pretax loss for 1Q20 (vs $367m profit in 1Q19) on 17% lower revenues. As of April 16, it had $6.3b of cash, cash
Air Transport