Coronavirus

QANTAS plans to activate another five 94-seat E190s (now eight) at Adelaide to cover growing leisure and corporate travel demand; aircraft will be

Taiwan’s health ministry said on May 10 that it will quarantine all China Airlines pilots as a stop-gap solution to curb the spread of new COVID-19 clusters on the island.

Innovative new propulsion technologies are set to shape the regional sector in the years to come.

AIRBUS delivered 45 aircraft (three A220s; three A320ceo Family; 31 A320neo Family; two A330neo; six A350s) in April 2021 vs 14 (12 A320neo Family

LATAM AIRLINES GROUP had US$431m net loss in 1Q21 (vs US$2.1b loss in 1Q20) on 61% lower revenues; it has $1.3b cash.

INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES GROUP lost €1.1b in 1Q21 (vs €1.7b loss in 1Q20) on 79% lower revenues; it has €10.5b liquidity.

AERSALE had $10m net income on $58.4m revenues in 1Q21 vs $1m on $57.1m in 1Q20. It ended quarter with $19.6m cash.

AIR LEASE CORPORATION had $80.2m net income on $475m revenues in 1Q21 vs $133.3m on $511m in 1Q20. Its collection rate was 84% vs 88% for 4Q20 and it

Swiss International Airlines is confronting the greatest challenge in its corporate history as management concluded that a significant restructuring of its business is unavoidable.

Most Europeans are willing to travel by the end of August, demonstrating the “significant amount of pent-up demand which has accumulated following months of travel restrictions,” a new report has found.

While the Australia-New Zealand travel bubble is the first in the Asia-Pacific region, demand has been slow to rebound.

UZBEKISTAN AIRWAYS plans to modify four A320s to all-economy class configuration for 3Q21 and then establish a new LCC by end of 2022 with the aim to

After battling headwinds during the first quarter from a second wave of COVID-19 infections in Brazil, Azul is seeing positive signs for a rebound in demand as its home country’s vaccination rates increase.

US DOT says US scheduled pax airlines employed 713,035 full-/part-time workers in March vs 755,095 in March 2020.

ATSG reported $42.3m net profit in 1Q21 (vs $137.5m in 1Q20) on 3.4% lower revenues. CAM earned $21.5m on $88m revenues vs $15.8m on $79m, and has 85

SWISS announced expected restructuring to meet expected projected medium-term decline in demand of 20%; under proposed plan, its medium-haul fleet

COPA had $110.7m net loss in 1Q21 (vs $74.3m net income in 1Q20) on 69% lower revenues; it has $1.5b of available liquidity.

AFI KLM E&M lost €8m in 1Q21 (vs €3m loss in 1Q20) on 45.3% lower revenues; third-party revenues declined 47.5%.

AIR FRANCE-KLM GROUP had €1.5b net loss in 1Q21 (vs €1.8b loss in 1Q20) on 57% lower revenues; it has €8.5b in liquidity. AIR FRANCE GROUP lost €840m

BOMBARDIER earned $19m on $1.3b revenues in 1Q21 vs $105m on $1.5b in 1Q20; it delivered 26 business jets (16 Globals) vs 26 (nine Globals) a year ago

What now in the post-pandemic world? During several recent trade shows, webinars and Aviation Week interviews, advisors and analysts have shed light on where they think industry giants are going next and why.

AIR NEW ZEALAND restarted Auckland-Adelaide; route was suspended March 30, 2020 due to COVID-19.

ATLAS AIR had $89.9m net profit in 1Q21 (vs $23.4m in 1Q20) on 34% higher revenues; block hours increased 21%.

ALLEGIANT had $6.9m net income in 1Q21 (vs $33m loss in 1Q20) on 32% lower revenues; it has 100 A320 Family aircraft.

FACC earned €0.4m on €118.1m revenues in 1Q21 vs €11.3m on €195.4m in 1Q20; it sees aviation market stabilizing in 2021.