Coronavirus

Organizers have postponed the Arsenal of Democracy Flyover and related events in Washington from May until September, given concerns related to COVID-19.

Coronavirus-driven demand declines and a ban on non-essential Canada-U.S. transborder travel have forced Canadian airlines of all sizes to cut back or stop flying.

Small French companies—a major part of Airbus’ and other OEM’s supply chain in Europe—are seeing significant challenges as the COVID-19 crisis pummels the economy.

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As in-person classes are cancelled to prevent the spread of COVID-19, many aviation maintenance schools are scrambling to come up with contingency plans for Part 147 curriculum.

American airports have asked the U.S. Congress for $10 billion in immediate aid to help offset the massive drop in travel levels caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

DELTA is now cutting capacity by 70% (80% international) until demand starts to recover; it says year-over-year revenues are down $2b in March and

ACI is projecting COVID-19 will result in airport industry losses of at least $20-25b in 2020 and is recommending policies to alleviate shortfalls

RYANAIR expects to reduce capacity by up to 80% in April/May, and says a full grounding of its fleet cannot be ruled out.

Tier 2 provider Triumph Group on Mar. 18 announced a fresh round of significant workforce cuts and restructuring in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, Boeing 737 MAX shutdown and other issues.

JETSTAR ASIA is temporarily suspending all services from March 23 to at least April 15, and is grounding its 18 A320s.

The U.S. Air Force has postponed the second demonstration of the Advanced Battle Management System from April to June because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

AIR MALTA is suspending scheduled operations on March 20 until further notice; it will operate special flights for government.

China Eastern Airlines will reduce or suspend flights on 11 European and North American routes, apparently in response to further falls in demand amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.

Airlines in the Asia-Pacific region are making deeper capacity cuts and grounding more aircraft in response to tighter travel restrictions.

ALITALIA is operating special schedule to select destinations to return Italian citizens to country; Italian Government is reportedly looking to re

SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS has cancelled 162 flights (38 international/124 regional) through end of March and says going forward it will operate flights

BDLI and MESSE BERLIN have cancelled ILA Berlin 2020, which had been scheduled for May 13-17.

VIRGIN AUSTRALIA is suspending all international service and cutting domestic capacity by 50%. It is grounding 53 aircraft: five 777s, an A330 and 14

JETBLUE is cuttng capacity by 40% in April/May, with substantial cuts expected in June/July. It is grounding some aircraft and working with Airbus to

Deep schedule cuts at partner United Airlines have forced U.S. regional carrier Trans States to speed up its planned cessation to Apr. 1, the airline’s top executive told employees.

TRANSAT, Canada plans to gradually suspend all air operations after its nation closed its borders to foreign nationals.

ARSA is urging US Govt to provide repair stations with $11b in grants/loans, plus 50% tax credit for contract maintenance through end of 2020; MRO

The European Commission has said airlines do not have to pay compensation for flights canceled because of travel restrictions put in place to slow the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak as they constitute “extraordinary circumstances.”

U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper has notified Congress that the Pentagon will provide federal health officials with 5 million respirator masks and 2,000 specialized ventilators to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.