Coronavirus

Finnair said it is now in a healthy financial position after a recapitalization and extensive cost-cutting that addressed the havoc wreaked on its business by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

Conditions remain challenging in the first quarter of 2021, in which the group expects to operate 40% of pre-pandemic capacity as ongoing COVID-19 lockdowns and travel restrictions stifle flying

The North Atlantic Datalink Mandate requiring that aircraft be equipped with datalink communications in oceanic airspace, suspended temporarily because of the COVID-19 pandemic, will be reinstated on Feb. 25.

Groupe ADP, the operator of Charles de Gaulle (CDG) and Orly (ORY) airports, said pre-pandemic levels of traffic at its Paris airports are not expected to return until 2024-27.

The U.S. aerospace industry provided a foreign trade surplus of around $43 billion in 2020, the U.S. Commerce Department reported this month, a notable achievement amid the onset of COVID-19 but almost half the sector’s 2019 level.

AUSTRIAN plans March 25 to begin Vienna-Hanover, Germany (E195); route was previously served by Eurowings.

AUSTRIAN plans to cautiously increase its flight schedule with a clear focus on tourist destinations, which includes resuming service to >20

FINNAIR has agreed to sell one new A350-900 (TBA; for delivery in 2Q22) to JLPS Holding Ireland for leaseback; aircraft will be its 17th of 19 A350s

AEROMEXICO posted MXP42.5b net loss in 2020 (vs MXP2.4b loss in 2019) on 58.5% lower revenues. It filed Chapter 11 in June 2020 and says it intends to

Lufthansa announced major changes to its ab initio pilot training program Feb. 17, as the airline grapples with the fall-out of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ryanair has lost its cases against state aid awarded to French and Swedish airlines, following two rulings by the EU’s Luxembourg-based General Court.

Ask The Editors: Regulators working on the 737 MAX were not buoyed by the pandemic, but COVID-19 was not a major factor on downtime.

In the post-pandemic era, supply chains will become stronger and probably – but not always – shorter.

Lawmakers prod FAA to finish technical training standards revamp.

US DOT reports US airlines carried 30.4m pax in December, down 62% from 79m in December 2019; international pax fell 66%.

ORIX was appointed exclusive remarketing agent for 14-aircraft package (12 737-8s/two 787-9s) leased to NORWEGIAN.