Coronavirus

NAV CANADA reports year-over-year traffic increase of 48.6% in May 2021.

South Korea is easing entry restrictions for certain categories of travelers, a move that could help boost international inbound traffic.

The move comes as European travelers seek to take advantage of easing COVID-19 restrictions.

On June 14 European Union leaders attended an official signing ceremony for the rules, which include the introduction of the EU Digital COVID Certificate.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore and Changi Airport Group will fund a monthly special allowance and cater meals for workers over a six-month period, as well as subsidizing the cost of personal protective equipment (PPE).

Airlines are hoping the G7 summit in Cornwall, England, and the U.S./EU summit in Brussels will lead to North Atlantic travel corridors being put in place.

The timing of the move has drawn criticism from the CEO of Smartwings Group who also bemoaned that Eurowings’ parent Lufthansa had received state aid from Germany while his group had not received any from the Czech government.

AVATION, Singapore expects PHILIPPINE AIRLINES to enter restructuring in coming weeks; its 777-300ER on lease with PAL will be retained at lower rates

XEOS (Lufthansa Technik/GE Aviation joint venture), Poland is freezing operations due to slowdown of GEnx-2B shop visits from slowdown of 747-8 flight

TRANSAT now plans to partially resume airline operations (suspended Jan 29) on July 30; it plans to reduce costs/increase flexibility, particularly by

SWOOP says following a sustained pattern of new daily bookings on par with pre-pandemic levels, it will proceed with planned fleet growth, inducting

The IATA Travel Pass will go live “within weeks,” as the airline representative body attempts to breathe life back into the international travel sector.

How the leasing market for aircraft and engines is changing as commercial aviation comes out of the pandemic.

Airframe and engine OEMs share how they will adjust their MRO strategies long-term.

The powerplant stalwart has proved relatively stable, and independent maintenance providers are ramping up their capabilities for the engine.

As Italia Trasporto Aereo prepares its long-awaited launch, its challenges will not be limited to its own operations.

CANACCORD GENUITY reports that 3,951 of current fleet of 18,028 Airbus/Boeing narrowbody aircraft (22%) are in storage. It adds that Boeing's 737 MAX

LATAM expects June 2021 capacity to be 64% lower than June 2019; capacity in May 2021 was down 69.2% vs May 2019.

AIRASIA TELEPORT plans to acquire a 737-800F (TBA) in 3Q21 to add to two A320s joining fleet in Zero-LOPA configuration (modified by Asia Digital

JETBLUE says it expects 2Q21 capacity to be 15% lower than 2Q19; revenues are projected to be down 30%-33% vs 2Q19.

CATHAY PACIFIC reports Hong Kong SAR Govt agreed to extend drawdown period of HK$7.8b loan facility by 12 months to June 8, 2022. It says it currently

SOUTHWEST expects year-over-year capacity increase of 87% for 2Q21 (16% drop vs 2Q19); however, capacity in August is projected to be 39% higher than

IATA reports global pax traffic was down 65.4% in April (vs April 2019) on 54.5% lower capacity; cargo traffic rose 12%.

Recent moves to relax some of Hong Kong's strict travel rules have certainly helped the airline but this is still not enough to provide the scale of recovery the carrier desperately needs.

How the airline is coping with fleet management and MRO coming out of the pandemic.