Coronavirus

WESTJET plans in late June to restore regional services (to Charlottetown, Fredericton, Moncton, Sydney and Quebec City) that were suspended in 4Q20

RYANAIR expanded its UK Summer 2021 schedule to include >2,300 weekly flights across 480 routes (26 new).

INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES GROUP secured 3-year, US$1.8b secured revolving credit facility with a syndicate of banks that is available to Aer Lingus

The Airlines Association of Thailand (AAT) is hoping the country’s government will move forward its border reopening plan from October to July, together with a “tourism sandbox” currently planned for Phuket, the Bangkok Post reports.

Ryanair has confirmed its summer schedule from the UK, from where the ULCC intends to operate more than 2,300 weekly flights across 480 routes.

The CEO of Austrian aerospace supplier FACC does not see widebody production rates returning to 2019 levels until the end of the decade.

DFW CEO Sean Donohue discusses the US airport’s recovery strategy, its major network targets, and how the US aviation market will fare in the next few months.

Dubai Airport CEO Paul Griffiths outlines how COVID will continue to impact strategy and how he is confident its role as a major hub is secure in the recovery.

Boosting passenger confidence and creating a sense of well-being aboard aircraft are priorities of cabin interior specialists in the slow recovery from the COVID-19 crisis.

A cross-section of groups from across the U.S. aviation industry called on the Biden administration to develop a risk-based roadmap for rescinding international travel restrictions by May 1.

ALAFCO says it has pushed back future aircraft deliveries to 2024 and beyond via a combination of cancellations and deferrals.

Airlines in the Philippines are canceling many domestic and international flights amid new government-imposed travel restrictions impacting major metropolitan areas.

EgyptAir’s CEO said the airline plans to seek a loan of between EGP5-7 billion ($317-445 million) from the Egyptian government this year.

Biometric and digital technologies were becoming more widespread in air travel before the pandemic hit. Few travelers thought or cared about how their

Europe hopes its Digital Green Certificate will help drive a recovery in air travel demand.

JETBLUE announced intention to offer $650m of convertible senior notes due 2026, subject to market and other conditions.

Air New Zealand plans to launch a year-round route between Auckland and Hobart when a two-way transtasman bubble is started.

AMERICAN AIRLINES substantially completed agreement to sell 18 737-8s to DAE for leaseback; deal was signed in 3Q20.

AIMIA agreed to sell its 20% stake in AirAsia's BIGLIFE (loyalty company) to AIRASIA for 85.86m new shares of stock (2.2% of existing issued shares)

AVCORP INDUSTRIES had C$6.7m net loss on C$151m revenues in 200 vs C$9.3m loss on C$165m in 2019.

Glyn Hughes, director general of The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA), discusses the challenges faced by the air cargo industry during the pandemic, from mobilizing to deliver COVID-19 vaccines globally to coping with the reduction in passenger aircraft belly capacity.

The novel coronavirus pandemic would surely have led to many more airline bankruptcies had it not been for the massive financial support by governments.

China and Southeast Asia are showing mixed signs in the recovery from the pandemic and related downfall in demand for air travel. Guangzhou Baiyun

While the performance of defense markets has remained robust throughout COVID-19 the economic and fiscal impact of the pandemic mean that there are

The government plans to purchase $210 million worth of advance tickets for security personnel at airports to which El Al and Sun d’or will fly to over the next 20 years.