Coronavirus

Key takeaways from Aviation Week’s MRO BEER virtual event in June.

Dave Davis, president and CFO at Sun Country Airlines, talks about how the airline’s new asset policy will aid its MRO.

Short-haul demand picking up, but Europe’s network carriers need progress on a long-haul turnaround.

IATA reports global pax traffic was down 62.7% in May (vs May 2019) on 53.7% lower capacity; cargo traffic rose 9.4%.

IATA Director General Willie Walsh sees a risk that the rebound of demand for air travel could be significantly faster than the increase in capacity.

South African airline operator Comair has suspended all scheduled LCC Kulula.com and British Airways franchise flights until July 30.

Qatar Airways plans to expand the functionality of the IATA Travel Pass mobile app by linking the vaccination status of personnel to the electronic document.

AIR CANADA plans in August to resume international service of 17 routes to 11 destinations from Toronto and Montreal.

The Indian government has decided to raise its cap on airline domestic operations, allowing Indian carriers to add back more capacity as demand increases.

EUROPEAN COMMISSION opened investigation into €190m in Romanian state aid to support restructuring of TAROM.

PORTER AIRLINES pushed back its return-to-service date to September 8 from previously announced target of August 3.

TSA screened 2,147,090 pax on July 1, up from 2,088,760 on July 1, 2019.

JET2.COM restarted operations from Leeds, Birmingham, East Midlands, Manchester, Newcastle and London Stansted.

Spiraling coronavirus infection rates have led to a more than three-week suspension of flights for fledgling South African LCC Lift.

ETIHAD began Abu Dhabi-Phuket (787-9), Phuket's first international flight since closure due to pandemic.

PORTER AIRLINES reached agreement with Government of Canada for loans up to $270.5m, which include $20.5m for passenger refunds for flights cancelled

“It’s all about gauge, gauge, gauge”—that's how United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby described the company’s recently announced 270-aircraft narrowbody order on an investor call June 29.

LUFTHANSA announced plan to strengthen its premium services from Munich Airport and and is temporarily reactivating five A340-600s in summer 2022 to

KLM says (with 11 destinations) its Africa network is now restored to its 2019 levell; it plans to add Mombasa in winter 2021.

SWISS plans July 2 to begin three-times-weekly Zurich-Los Angeles (777-300ER).

European airlines and airports have sent a joint plea to the EU to come up with a single method of processing passengers’ COVID-19 documentation, fearing chaos at airports if even a truncated summer holiday season materializes.

HONEYWELL AEROSPACE unveiled Presidents' Perspectives video whereby its top regional sales leaders provide their insights into future of the