Coronavirus

The European Commission (EC) has put forward a plan for a Digital Green Certificate to provide proof of a passenger’s COVID-19 health status, with the aim of facilitating a travel recovery within the EU.

U.S. airlines are seeing an elongation of the booking curve, a sign that air travel may finally be starting to return to something resembling normalcy.

The latest additions to the UK’s ever-changing list of “red list” nations that are deemed to have high rates of COVID-19 infections will have an unusually large effect.

Virgin Atlantic has taken a further step to bolster its liquidity as it awaits the hoped-for return of passengers later this year.

Ask the Editors: Private aviation providers report a spike in inquiries and increased sales to former first-class airline passengers.

Health travel apps need government standards.

A host of U.S. airlines forecast improved bookings for spring and summer travel, driven by continued positive momentum in COVID-19 case counts and vaccinations.

A cruel irony of the downturn in commercial aerospace is that there may not be enough workers to staff the recovery.

UK leisure carrier Jet2 and Irish LCC Ryanair are both planning to draw down funds under the Bank of England’s COVID Corporate Financing Facility (CCFF), which is set to close March 22.

The House of Commons transport committee has urged the UK government to release its travel restart plan on April 12 and to allow international travel to resume from May 17.

Australia and Singapore are holding discussions on an air travel bubble that would allow quarantine-free travel for residents between the countries from July.

Hill wants to maintain its supply chain and not be “held to ransom” by suppliers, in a bid to keep maintenance costs low for customers.

International travel is expected to build in the third quarter, and bilateral corridors will still be important.

The upheaval caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent ongoing logistics effort to distribute vaccines has seen the air cargo sector turned upside down.

What do the myth of Sisyphus and the commercial aerospace sector have in common? A lot of ups and downs.

Active fleet surpasses 100, but several Asia-Pacific regulators remain in wait-and-see mode.

Lessor BOC Aviation says it is in good shape for the coming financial year, in another sign of the strengthened position of the leasing industry amid the coronavirus pandemic.

U.S. federal lawmakers are sending airlines another $14 billion to prop up payrolls until Sept. 30, which they hope will see the industry through to recovery.

Air France has begun a month-long test of a smartphone app that carries secure records of passengers’ COVID-19 test results on flights from Paris to Guadeloupe and Martinique.

Lufthansa Cargo (LHC) CEO Dorothea von Boxberg has said COVID-19 vaccine volumes will not have as much of an impact on the air cargo market as the industry once believed.

As vaccinations pick up across the U.S., airlines are taking steps to prepare for a snapback in demand—whenever that may happen.

United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby believes the European market should be one of the strongest performers once the coronavirus pandemic is over.

U.S. airlines are set to receive another $14 billion in payroll support after House lawmakers approved the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package on March 10.

Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly believes the airline is moving beyond the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic as widespread vaccinations could help move the needle on demand later in 2021.

The Royal Schiphol Group, whose major asset is Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, does not anticipate passenger volumes returning to 2019 levels before the middle of this decade, the airport said in its annual report.