Coronavirus

Ask the Editors: Despite pandemic budget challenges, MROs invested in technician-training technology to ensure regulatory compliance.

Seven of the top 10 airports for passenger traffic during 2020 were in China, with Guangzhou (CAN) replacing Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta (ATL) as the world’s busiest.

After hundreds of North American air shows were canceled last year due to the pandemic, the performers are launching for glory again.

Two new airlines will start flying in the coming months in the U.S. While the timing is similar, their business models are different.

The recovery of air traffic in India is going backward as the country experiences a second wave of coronavirus cases that is proving more rampant than its first outbreak in 2020.

Groups representing smaller and low-cost carriers say federal lawmakers would be wise to lay off any potentially costly rules—at least for the time being—to allow airlines a fighting chance to get back to their pre-pandemic financial status.

As some major airlines from Latin America and Caribbean are now operating under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, several airports in the region risk losing connectivity as carriers remove unprofitable routes.

Plans to start a new airline to provide flights from New Zealand to the Cook Islands have been suspended.

Virgin Atlantic should be flying its full fleet again by October or November, according to its CEO, who predicted yields would start to stabilize from the start of 2022.

Emirates Group is entering into talks with the government of Dubai about further financing options to shore up liquidity in case the recovery of air travel continues to be much slower than expected.

Austrian aerospace supplier FACC has developed an antimicrobial surface coating for aircraft cabins that it hopes will boost its position in aftermarket services.

The Australian Federal Court ordered Garuda Indonesia to pay a fine of A$19 million ($14.7 million) to Australia after dropping its appeal for a price-fixing case.

It is “highly unlikely” that NASA will return to the Moon’s surface with human explorers in 2024 due to technical, budget and workplace constraints linked to the COVID-19 pandemic, the agency’s inspector general says.

Spanish regional carrier Air Nostrum has been forced to ask for loans from a fund managed by state holding company SEPI, requesting €103 million ($124 million) which the company plans to repay in seven years.

China’s domestic capacity has surged back after a COVID-19 spike put the brakes on the country’s busiest travel period.

Philippine carrier Cebu Pacific has received a $250 million cash injection in the form of convertible bonds from International Finance Corporation (IFC), IFC Emerging Asia Fund and Indigo Philippines LLC, a subsidiary of serial US airline investor Indigo Partners.

Long-sought changes have the potential to turn Spirit’s 20th-century-style factories into marvels of digitally driven lean manufacturing.

Ask the Editors: Flight crews favor vaccination, but requirements depend on airline policies and local laws, which are changing quickly.

Despite ongoing concerns, MRO providers seeing room to hope as airline traffic rebounds.

Kuwaiti LCC Jazeera Airways is planning to increase its capital as it seeks to mitigate the financial implications of the coronavirus pandemic.

How MROs in North America are moving forward with digital strategies despite COVID-19.

With the end of government support in the offing, French lobbying group GIFAS frets about a transition period for small suppliers.

The exemplary support the French government has provided to the country’s aerospace industry has proved effective damage control.

Heathrow’s CEO sees more short-term potential for long-haul flights than short-haul from his airport given mainland Europe’s latest COVID-19 spike.

Inside MRO speaks with students about the COVID-19 crisis effects, diversity and inclusion barriers and more.