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Network airlines with efficient hub structures will be central to the aviation industry’s recovery and lead the rebuild of long-haul traffic, according to KLM CEO Pieter Elbers.

Vietnamese prime minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s government on Dec. 1 ordered the temporary suspension of international flights to and from Vietnam, a day after the first community COVID-19 case was reported.

Australia’s aviation market has been deeply affected by the coronavirus pandemic, but there is a strong hope that there will be a resumption of air movements in its domestic market before Christmas

The pandemic panic is mostly over in some parts of the world as 2020’s end nears, while in others COVID-19 is rampaging or resurging.

Airlines in Southeast are seeing different fates as their respective governments grapple with various stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.

China Express Airlines boosted scheduled capacity by more than 3 million seats in the third quarter compared to the year-ago number.

Routes in Asia and Russia had the greatest nonstop two-way capacity in the third quarter.

Troubled long-haul LCC Norwegian Air Shuttle will seek a five-month protection period for restructuring at a Dec. 7 court hearing as part of the examinership proceedings it initiated in November.

US TSA screened 1.18m passengers on Sunday, November 29 (largest single day since March), down 60% from a year ago.

BOMBARDIER and ALSTOM announced receipt of all regulatory approvals required for previously announced sale of Bombardier Transportation to Alstom

SKYSERVICE, Canada says it sold record seven light jet/turboprop business aircraft over past 12 weeks; it is HondaJet dealer.

HONEYWELL introduced fourth-generation Combined Hydrocarbon Ozone Catalyst (CHOC4) to remove VOCs that can cause "smell-in-cabin" events.

Heathrow Airport (LHR) is compiling a report into the effectiveness of COVID-19 pre-departure testing systems now being trialed by several airlines.

FLIGHTAWARE reports US commercial airlines averaged 16,622 flights per day during Thanksgiving week (Tuesday, November 24-Sunday, November 29), which

CONDOR has concluded its restructuring process as part of the protective shielding proceedings and pronounced itself as a healthy company.

As some hubs in the U.S. lose a certain level of panache during the COVID 19 crisis, Panama’s Copa Airlines believes its long-standing “Hub of the Americas” will become even more strategic in a post pandemic world.

American Airlines chairman and CEO Doug Parker believes the US industry is in “good condition for riding out the crisis.”

Viva Air is gearing up for further expansion in the Latin American market with the potential launch of a third airline, as well as the broadening of its Colombian domestic and international route network.

Latvian carrier airBaltic is exploring the potential of adding new medium and long-haul routes as the airline reshapes its network in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Brussels Airlines is being further integrated into parent Lufthansa Group and the Belgian flag-carrier expects to play a more important role in Lufthansa’s hub system.

The governments of Singapore and Hong Kong have confirmed that the air travel bubble (ATB) between the two cities will be pushed “beyond December 2020” because of the high COVID-19 case counts in Hong Kong.

Australian airlines are ramping up their domestic fleets as interstate borders reopen, although prospects are more bleak for widebodies.

A total of $52 billion is expected to be spent on heavy airframe maintenance (C & D checks) over the next decade, with demand below average at a 1.3% CAGR.

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AVION EXPRESS, Lithuania launched financial restructuring process, which will include in-court protection from creditors.