Coronavirus

MTU AERO ENGINES is suspending large proportion of operations across several facilities in Europe, including engine production in Munich and Rzeszów
Aerospace

By Victoria Moores
Emirates Airline and Etihad Airways will suspend all passenger flights for 14 days beginning Mar. 25 following a United Arab Emirates (UAE) government directive aimed at containing the spread of COVID-19.
Airlines & Lessors

HAWAIIAN AIRLINES is significantly reducing network in response to State of Hawai‘i 14-day quarantine order for all arrivals.
Air Transport

AIRBUS has withdrawn its 2020 delivery guidance of 880 aircraft due to current volitility; it delivered 86 in January/February.
Aerospace

EMIRATES is suspending most passenger operations, but will retain cargo service with 777Fs. It is also taking cost reduction measures, including
Air Transport

BOEING says its CEO, Dave Calhoun, and Chairman, Larry Kellner, will forgo all pay until end 2020. It is also suspending dividends and extending pause
Aerospace

DELTA AIR LINES secured new $2.6b credit facility to enhance its liquidity during COVID-19 outbreak; it is also drawing $3b from existing revolving
Air Transport

By Michael Bruno
Major aviation training and simulator provider CAE said it is temporarily laying off at least 465 staff starting March 27 and cutting staff manager salaries in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis.
Marketplace

Nikki R. Haley has resigned from Board of Directors of Boeing over disagreement over company's pursuit of US Govt stimulus/bailout.
Aerospace

By Chen Chuanren
The Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) director general Andrew Herdman is calling for financial assistance from governments to assist the aviation sector and says the crisis should not be used as an occasion to weed out weaker carriers.
Airlines & Lessors

By Molly McMillin
Embraer has placed all employees at sites in Brazil who cannot perform their jobs remotely on temporary paid leave through March 31 because of the virus causing COVID-19, the company said.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By David Casey
Routes' weekly update on how airlines and airports across North America are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Airports & Networks

By Irene Klotz
NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida remained open on March 23 to personnel working on Mars 2020, Commercial Crew and Cargo and other mission-critical programs despite its first confirmed case of the coronavirus COVID-19.
Space

By Adrian Schofield
Hawaiian Airlines plans to cut back its international and domestic networks in the wake of a state quarantine directive that will further deflate demand.
Airlines & Lessors

By James Pozzi
MTU Maintenance will temporarily suspend its MRO operations in Hannover and Berlin in early April in response to the novel coronavirus pandemic.
MRO

By Chen Chuanren
Following the closure of borders at home and abroad, Singapore Airlines (SIA) said it will cut 96% of its capacity until the end of April in what it described as the “greatest challenge” SIA group has ever faced.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
Airbus is faced with an avalanche of requests for delivery deferrals and is preparing for substantial production cuts as many of its customers struggle with the impact of COVID-19 coronavirus on air transport.
Program Management

By Irene Klotz
With cases of COVID-19 on the rise, NASA shutters Stennis and Michoud centers.
Program Management

By Helen Massy-Beresford
The air cargo sector knows it needs to be more sustainable, and efforts are gaining ground.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
Emirates decided to stop most of its passenger flights effective Mar. 25, as the novel coronavirus spread has dried up demand across its network.
Airlines & Lessors

By Henry Canaday
With facilities in 15 Chinese cities, including Wuhan, the origin of novel coronavirus, and four U.S. cities, the HAECO Group was exposed to the virus
MRO

By Jens Flottau, Sean Broderick, Ben Goldstein, Helen Massy-Beresford, Adrian Schofield, Bradley Perrett
IATA wants $200 billion of state aid for airlines to survive. Those that do will be in a very different industry, with fewer players.
Air Transport

By Bill Carey
The FAA temporarily suspended flights to several Northeast U.S. airports March 21 after a controller trainee at the New York Air Route Traffic Control
Airports & Networks

Lori Ranson
Panama’s Copa Airlines will temporarily halt all operations from Mar. 22 through Apr. 21, the airline said Mar. 20, following the mandate by the
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
UK-based LCC easyJet said Mar. 20 that it will cut 90% of its capacity from Mar. 24 as COVID-19 pandemic-related lockdowns, travel restrictions and
Airlines & Lessors