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For airlines to recover from pandemic, they will need their aftermarket suppliers. But will they be ready?

Snapshots of Aviation Week data on commercial aircraft and airline activity for recent months.

Japan’s major airlines are drastically cutting back widebody fleets while also increasing their focus on medium-haul LCC subsidiaries.

As new lockdowns threaten further drops in demand, airlines are hoping for a 2021 recovery.

Slowdown in aircraft deliveries puts initial-provisioning material in play.

While the pandemic has hit global air traffic, airlines operating ATRs are seeing improving utilization and faster recovery.

As it prepares to become a pure-play business aviation company, Bombardier has launched a cost-cutting effort in a bid to be profitable on deliveries of 100-120 aircraft a year, down from the 150-plus expected before COVID-19.

Emirates Airline has offered some pilots unpaid leave of up to one year, as it seeks to slim its workforce in the teeth of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Although Canada’s border with the U.S. remains closed, and domestic quarantines remain intact in some areas, the new CEO of ULCC Flair Airlines remains bullish about the long-term opportunities for the ultra-low-cost model over the long term.

International demand will lag the pure U.S. domestic market’s recovery for years, creating a headwind for carriers that rely on international flow to boost their throughput and altering how they rebuild their networks, an analysis from the Swelbar-Zhong consultancy suggests.

According to the trade union representing British pilots, the UK government seems set on a deliberate course to destroy the country’s airline industry.

Lessor Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) found new business in the teeth of the COVID-19 pandemic and pulled in more cash from lessees in the 2020 third quarter (Q3), the company said Nov. 4.

Lufthansa Group subsidiaries Swiss International Airlines (SWISS), Austrian Airlines and Brussels Airlines continue to implement measures to overcome the coronavirus pandemic.

Manufacturers are expected to deliver 6,376 new civil and commercial helicopters worth $30.4 billion at retail prices from 2021 through 2030, while the worldwide fleet is projected to expand at a 1.4% compound annual growth rate, according to Aviation Week Network’s new 2021 Helicopter Fleet & MRO Forecast.

Thai Airways has put a total of 34 aircraft up for sale, including all of its Boeing 747-400, 777-200 and 777-300, as the flag-carrier turns to more fuel-efficient aircraft for the handful of international flights it now operates.

Almost all of Cathay Pacific’s eligible pilots and cabin crew have accepted the revised contract terms that are a key part of the Hong Kong airline’s cost restructuring efforts.

American Airlines President Robert Isom shares his views on the Boeing 737 MAX return and how the airline is positioning itself for recovery.

Seven years after the demise of the X-51 program, the Pentagon puts Boeing back in the running for hypersonic cruise missile programs.

European airlines’ capacity plans were already indicating that traffic levels would fall further in the coming weeks. As lockdown after lockdown begins, the mood within the industry is gloomier still.

Reflecting the rapid rise of COVID-19 infection rates in some key markets, IATA’s latest figures show how the recovery of air passenger traffic stalled in September as cargo continued to trend upwards.

Malindo Air, the Malaysian offshoot of Indonesia’s Lion Air, has begun a retrenchment program that will affect 2,647 staff, prompting action from the government to assist affected staff.

The Dutch government has given the go-ahead for a €3.4 billion ($4 billion) bailout to help KLM weather the COVID-19 crisis after a pilots union agreed to conditions set by the government, removing a last-minute obstacle to the funding.

With work reduced to documentation, it is not clear how the group is preserving corporate knowledge for a possible restart.

Global business aviation activity was down 15% through most of October compared to a year ago, spurred by leisure demand in the charter market, according to WingX Advance data.

The Corporate Angel Network raised $275,000 in a virtual auction through sponsorships, auction items and donations, it announced.