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British Airways (BA) is scaling back its long-haul route network during the northern 2021 summer season as part of efforts to cut costs and adjust to the lower level of travel demand.

France will spend an extra €1.7 billion ($2 billion) this year, but uncertainties lie ahead, linked to the pending sale of used Rafales.

A UK government initiative to reduce quarantine durations for international travelers got off to a difficult start after at least one approved COVID-19 test provider was overwhelmed with requests.

WESTJET plans in January to begin Calgary-Liberia, Costa Rica and -Ixtapa/-Cancun/-Puerto Vallarta, Mexico (787).

AIR CANADA priced public offering of 35.4m Class A/B voting shares at C$24 each for aggregate gross proceeds of C$850m.

IATA is hopeful that measures put in place to deal with the fall-out of the COVID-19 pandemic will enable the industry to more quickly respond to future health or other challenges.

SOUTHWEST is projecting year-over-year capacity drop of 40% for 4Q20 (35% in November/40-45% in December) and says it experienced a deceleration in

Finnair is looking to gain support from the State of Finland with an unsecured hybrid loan of up to €400 million ($486 million), the oneworld alliance member said Dec. 16.

Pinched by COVID-related economic woes, New Delhi is still prepared to buy what it needs to counter border threats in Ladakh.

Air cargo operators are gearing up to distribute a COVID-19 vaccine while fighting to overcome a capacity shortage.

Major transit hubs have proven to be particularly vulnerable to the COVID-19 crisis as connectivity falls apart.

Despite the pandemic, the industry continued to make progress in sustainability, space, aviation safety and more.

Beyond COVID-19, the new leadership team at the Pentagon will inherit a huge modernization agenda.

The Boeing-Airbus duopoly cannot count on widebody sales anytime soon, so their hope is to get narrowbody production back to normal.

Transat AT shareholders voted Dec. 15 to approve a revised takeover bid from Air Canada, marking a key step forward for the planned acquisition of Canada’s third-largest airline.

TRANSAT received overwhelming shareholder approval for amended deal to be acquired by AIR CANADA (SPNWS; Oct 16).

UPS acquired MD-1F (48782; parked in San Antonio, TX) from Lufthansa Cargo and now has 40 MD-11Fs.

ALTA members flew 22.1b RPKs in October, down 68.4% vs October 2019; capacity fell 62.6% to 32b ASKs; enplanements were down 62.3%.

BOEING and UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA demonstrated use of thermal disinfection (applying extreme heat (50ºC/120ºF) to surfaces, especially on hard-to-clean

The FAA is allowing pilots and air traffic controllers in the U.S. to receive the first vaccine developed for COVID-19 under their existing medical certifications and has committed to evaluating vaccines from other manufacturers as they are introduced.

December is shaping up to be the weakest air travel month in the U.S. since August, as rising COVID-19 case counts and new government restrictions threaten to undo the modest demand improvement seen during the 2020 third quarter.

IATA has renewed its call for governments to ensure that aviation-sector employees are counted among the essential workers who will receive COVID-19 vaccines early.

A new segregated travel lane designed for selected business travelers will be launched by Singapore as the country enters the last stage of relaxing COVID-19 restrictions.

All four RQ-4s have been delivered and all 40 F-35As will be in 2021. So the 2021 acquisition budget is not rising much.

Long-haul aviation market has changed since the 777X was launched, increasing pressure on Boeing’s business case.