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Thailand’s domestic capacity has bounced back strongly since the early days of the COVID-19 crisis, with LCCs leading the recovery and increasing their dominance of the Thai market.

AIR LEASE CORPORATION priced public offering of 300,000 shares at $1,000 each; sale is expected to close on March 2.

IATA expects airline industry to remain cash negative throughout 2021 (1H21 will be worse than anticipated) with estimated cash burn ballooning to

AEROCOR completed record 58 sales transactions (of 991 industry-wide) for very light jets in 2020, including 31 in 4Q20.

Kuwaiti LCC Jazeera Airways foresees significant demand for air transport starting to return from midway through 2021 and intends to continue with plans to revitalize its fleet.

Business jet deliveries in 2020 fell 20%, while turboprop shipments declined 16% and piston aircraft deliveries were steady, with a decrease of 0.9%, according to data released Feb. 24 by the General Aviation Manufacturers Association during its 2021 State of the Industry press conference.

GTF engine retrofits and orders boost market recovery hopes for Pratt & Whitney.

One year into the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. flight attendants remain trapped in a vicious cycle: furlough, recall, repeat.

Airlines are increasingly leaning on process automation to overcome the erratic demands of the COVID-19 crisis, making systems reliability even more essential, according to aviation information technology (IT) specialist SITA.

CABO VERDE AIRLINES secured US$1.2m emergency loan from Cabo Verde Govt through Caixa Económica de Cabo Verde

Norwegian Air Shuttle is closer to reaching a restructuring agreement to secure its survival.

After delays due to a launch failure and the COVID-19 crisis, Avio is proceeding with the development of an upgraded version of its light launcher, Vega C, planning on a three-year transition over 2021-24.

Nearly 70% of fixed base operators in the U.S. and Canada responding to a survey say fuel sales dropped in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an annual FBO fuel sales survey.

A trial to use cargo drones to carry medical supplies and samples in western Scotland has been extended and expanded.

Singapore Airlines and Korean Air are two of the region’s airlines pushing back aircraft deliveries to delay growth and spending.

The first half of 2020 will go down as a terrible time for the commercial aviation industry. Since June, the active aircraft fleet has been increasing gradually, providing a glimmer of hope for the industry.

Ever since it became obvious that the state loans and guarantees allocated to Air France-KLM to help it survive the COVID-19 crisis would not be enough, executives and ministers in the group’s home countries have been scrambling to come up with a new solution.

A group of major U.S. carriers announced plans to implement voluntary contract tracing for international arrivals, part of a Biden administration effort to better track and contain the spread of COVID-19 through commercial air travel.

UK aviation must have a roadmap out of the depths of the current effective shutdown of international air transport if it is to survive and support the country’s return to normal economic activity, the CEO of London Heathrow Airport has said.

BRITISH AIRWAYS (International Airlines Group) raised its total liquidity to £2.45b after securing two new financing agreements comprising £2b UKEF