Coronavirus

France plans to help Réunion-based Air Austral survive the COVID-19 crisis by providing a €30 million ($35 million) state-guaranteed loan.

AIR FRANCE-KLM expects 1Q21 operating loss of €1.3b and negatvie EBITDA of €750m, better than budgeted assumptions.

DFW says it is planning to reach 80% of pre-pandemic traffic during summer 2021 and make a full traffic recovery by 1Q22.

BOEING listed its 215-acre Commercial Airplanes headquarters facility in Renton for sale; it is looking to sell off 2.5m sq ft of office space (6% of

JAPAN AIRLINES accelerated planned retirement of its last seven 777-200s from FY2021 to FY2020; A350-900s will replace.

AIR FRANCE-KLM says AIR FRANCE has EC approval for €4b in State aid via €1b share offering and €3b loan, while the Dutch State is continuing

AIM ALTITUDE, UK has developed ARCA galley system with new (hot or cold) boxed meal system for hygiene; boxes double as closing waste-containers.

AERO HYGENX, Canada was selected by Hydro-Québec to provide its specially designed RAY autonomous UVC disinfecting robot for cleaning cabins of its

The European Commission has approved a €4 billion ($4.7 billion) French government-backed recapitalization plan for Air France, but in return the flag-carrier must relinquish 18 daily slots at Paris Orly airport to alleviate Brussels’ competition concerns.

The next five years could see a perfect storm of conditions driving demand for new narrowbodies, thanks to oil and related factors.

Singapore will be the first country to accept data and results from the IATA Travel Pass in a collaboration with the airline group.

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The CDC on April 2 stated that fully vaccinated travelers can travel safely within the U.S., do not need to self-quarantine, and can skip testing before or after travel unless it is a requirement for their destination.

IATA is projecting airlines in Africa will lose combined US$1.7b in 2021 on top of US$2b loss in 2020.

EMIRATES plans June 1 to restart daily Dubai-Milan Malpensa-JFK (777-300ER).

AMERICAN repaid $2.8b of revolving loans under three separate revolving credit facilities in a liquidity-neutral transaction.

Kenya Airways and its low-cost unit Jambojet have suspended several domestic services as the East African nation experiences its third wave of coronavirus cases.

DASSAULT AVIATION had €396m adjusted net income on €3.5b sales in 2020 vs €814m on €5.7b in 2019, and ended year with €15.9b backlog (34 Falcons); it

DELTA AIR LINES says it plans to start filling middle seats on flights from May 1; it started blocking middle seats in April 2020.

AIRBALTIC plans IPO to support future growth and return the Latvian state's investment in the form of sale of shares. It says could produce revenue

Two contradictory plans have been announced by the UK government that mean international travel from England would be simultaneously permitted and illegal for a full six weeks.

Air France is considering closing its bases at Marseille (MRS), Nice (NCE) and Toulouse (TLS) as it restructures its domestic network.

Air China and China Eastern Airlines both remained in the red for all four quarters of 2020, racking up annual net losses of CNY14.4 billion (£2.2 billion) and CNY11.8 billion respectively.

Despite recording a pandemic-driven CNY10.8 billion ($1.65 billion) net loss for 2020, China Southern Airlines is optimistic on the prospects for the aviation market in the longer term.

Europe hopes its digital green certificate will help drive an air travel recovery, while the U.S. government is more skeptical.