Coronavirus

The eventual recovery in international air travel is at risk of being slowed if vaccination rates are allowed to lag behind in some countries, according to the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA).

Icelandair will be ready to reintroduce its six Boeing 737 MAX once extensive updates and pilot training are completed.

Confronted with a dramatic drop in traffic, European ANSPs see a chance to modernize and rethink air traffic management.

Mexican ULCC Volaris is scaling back its capacity growth in the 2021 first quarter (Q1) because of new U.S. international testing requirements and growing COVID-19 case counts in Mexico.

HÉROUX-DEVTEK had $8.4m net income on $150m sales for third quarter ended December 31 vs $8.7m on $157m a year ago.

AIRBUS delivered 21 aircraft (three A220; 16 A320 Family; A330neo; A350) in January vs 31 (two A220s; 26 A320 Family; A330neo; two A350s) in January

Rolls-Royce’s civil aerospace division will stop building jet engines for two weeks in summer 2021 as it continues to contend with the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on its business.

Tightening restrictions are getting in the way of airlines’ expectations of a summer recovery.

A prototype COMAC C919 is heading to Canada in March to conduct certification flight tests involving natural icing conditions.

Air Canada Rouge has become the country’s latest airline to suspend flights to warm weather markets following the Canadian government’s imposition of new travel restrictions for the Caribbean and Mexico.

SKYWEST lost $8.5m in 2020 (vs $340m profit in 2019) on 28% lower revenues; it has 452 aircraft in service vs 483 a year ago.

LUFTHANSA issued €1.6b bond that (with other borrowings in 2H20) completes refinancing of all financial liabilities due 2021.

The National Business Aviation Association has canceled all its in-person events through June 30 because of the COVID-19 pandemic as it explores options for virtual programming.

AEROFLOT GROUP had RUB196.5b net loss in 2020 (vs RUB5.3b profit in 2019) on 58.4% lower revenues.

The head of the largest U.S. flight attendant union warned federal lawmakers that a proposed domestic pre-departure COVID-19 testing mandate would be “devastating” for airlines struggling to scrape by on anemic travel demand.

European airlines which hoped progress in rolling out vaccines­ would lead to some sort of recovery are instead having to face the reality that tighter travel restrictions aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus are going to keep demand down in the near term.

SIA GROUP had S$142m net loss for third quarter ended December 31 (vs S$315m profit a year ago) on 76.1% lower revenues; its fleet totals 185 pax

ALLIANCE AIRLINES has 3-year Qantas contract to provide QantasLink services with three 94-seat E190s, replacing 737NGs; deal includes flexibility to

ALLEGIANT lost $28.8m in 4Q20 (vs $60.5m profit in 4Q19) on 46.5% lower revenues; and $184.1m in 2020 (vs $232.1m profit in 2019) on 46.2% lower

IATA says its baseline forecast for pax demand in 2021 is for 50.4% growth on 2020 that would bring industry to 50.6% of 2019 levels; however, with

UK air navigation service provider (ANSP) NATS is planning to scale back the use of the transatlantic Organized Track Structure (OTS) as new technology enables aircraft to take their own more fuel-efficient route across the ocean.

Hidden among some fairly stark top-level figures for India’s 2021-22 defense budget is some positive news for suppliers to the country and for the Indian military’s stalled modernization process.

Organizers of the European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition, scheduled for May 18-20, have canceled the live event in Geneva and will host a virtual event, the associations announced Feb. 4.

Panama-based Copa Airlines will become the first carrier in the Americas to trial the IATA Travel Pass mobile health app, designed to facilitate air transport amid the pandemic.

Allegiant Air continues to buck trends during the COVID-19 pandemic, with plans to slightly grow its Q1 capacity on 2019 levels while larger operators in the U.S. plan significant cuts through March.