Coronavirus

TURKISH AIRLINES plans May 21 to begin four-times-weekly Istanbul-Newark (A330-300).

QANTAS GROUP is adjusting its planned restart of international operations from late October to late December 2021.

SINGAPORE AIRLINES plans June 16 to resume Los Angeles-Tokyo Narita (777-300ER).

HAWAIIAN AIRLINES plans in mid-December to begin Montreal-Honolulu and Toronto-Maui (787).

ATR completed design phase of ATR 42-600S for STOL operations, enabling suppliers to start drawing release for new parts, source all necessary

AIRBUS is looking at increasing A320 Family production to up to 53 per month by end of 2022, according to unconfirmed media reports; it would not

AIRBUS resumed transforming former A380 Lagardère facility in Toulouse into A321 final assembly line (FAL), to be operational by end of 2022 to

POBEDA (Aeroflot Group) has begun operating a full-scale LCC flight program at Sheremetyevo (to 14 domestic destinations), where it plans to base 10

The decision comes after the Australian government released a revised forecast for the recovery of international travel that presented a gloomier outlook than previously projected.

IndiGo is planning to raise INR30 billion ($408 million) through a share sale—less than three and a half months after the Indian LCC giant said it had decided against raising cash.

TSA reports traveler throughput in US of 1,707,805 pax on May 9 (Mother's Day), the busiest day since start of pandemic.

ALLEGIANT announced plan to increase its (A320 Family aircraft) pilot workforce by about 19% to around 1,200.

BOEING delivered 17 aircraft (four 737 MAXs; two 767s; two 777Fs; nine 787s) in April vs six (737NG; 777F; four 787s) in April 2020. It has now

INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES GROUP launched offering of €825m in senior unsecured bonds convertible into ordinary shares.

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, air cargo has taken on a more important role within the broader airline industry–and industry experts believe that it may continue to occupy a greater role than it did before the pandemic as the recovery progresses.

MESA AIR GROUP had $5.7m net income in 1Q21 (vs $1.9m in 1Q20) on 46% lower revenues; it has 123 aircraft.

CEBU PACIFIC, Philippines has secured US$250m funding from International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Indigo Partners.

FRAPORT had €77.5m net loss in 1Q21 (vs €35.7m loss in 1Q20) on 42% lower revenues, and ended quarter with €4.4b cash.

AIR CHARTER SCOTLAND added a second Cessna Citation 525 M2 to its charter fleet at London Biggin Hill.

TRANSDIGM GROUP had $104m net income on $1.2b sales for second quarter ended April 3 vs $319m on $1.4b a year ago.

A pair of U.S. senators penned a letter to seven airlines urging them to promptly issue cash refunds for flights canceled during the coronavirus pandemic, regardless of whether the flights were canceled by the passenger or carrier.

AEA reports global business/general aviation avionics sales were $568.8m in 1Q21 ($305.7m retrofits) vs $660.4m in 1Q20.

HONG KONG AIR CARGO secured approvals from the Air Transport Licensing Authority (ATLA) to operate scheduled services to nine new cities: Chennai

JAZEERA AIRWAYS had KD5.2m net loss in 1Q21 (vs KD6m loss in 1Q20) on 57% lower revenues; it has KD61,305 cash on hand.

The travel bubble established between Australia and New Zealand may be groundbreaking, but two brief suspensions within the space of two weeks highlight the challenges facing such an approach.