Coronavirus

Slovak Boeing 737 wet-lease operator Go2Sky has reversed an earlier decision to cease operations and close the company, after reaching an agreement with its lessors.

QANTAS says it had expected group domestic capacity to be at 60% of pre-COVID levels by now, but due to continued border closures, capacity is now <30

AIRBUS is considering an increase of A320 Family production in 2H21 from 40 to 47 per month, and has asked supply chain to prepare; it stresses no

GO2SKY, Slovakia has reversed its decision to shut down and now plans to restart 737-800 ACMI services in 2021.

AMERICAN AIRLINES permanently retired its fleet of 15 A330-200s, and has removed >150 aircraft from its fleet through early retirements or by placing

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) will issue an update on its plans for the SpaceJet regional jet program on Oct. 30.

The depth and length of the impact of the COVD-19 pandemic on the air transport industry struck hard in October.

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The Air Transport Action Group (ATAG) predicts COVID-19 will have a 16% impact on traffic 30 years from now, the group said in a report, “Waypoint

A recovery to 2019 levels of profitability remains distant, but carriers believe they can stem daily losses in the medium-term future.

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Southeast Asia’s airline industry is being shaken up by a wave of restructuring programs prompted by the COVID-19 crisis, with most of the region’s flag-carriers looking to downsize to survive.

Malaysia Airports has sued AirAsia X for MYR78.2 million ($19 million) in overdue charges, which comes as the long-haul LCC embarks on a MYR63.5 billion debt restructuring.

AIR BELGIUM is placing two (921/938) of its four A340-300s into storage at Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrenees due to overcapacity from the COVID-19 pandemic.

SINGAPORE CHANGI handled 90,200 pax in September, down 98.4% vs September 2019; air cargo dropped 26.9%.

EUROCONTROL reports single-day network aircraft movements totaled 12,221 on October 20, down 61.2% vs a year ago.

DELTA plans October 31 to operate its final 777 flight on JFK-LAX as part of previously announce plan to retire fleet.

CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS has deferred delivery of its initial 777-9s to beyond 2025; it has 21 777Xs on order.

HAWAIIAN plans in December to restart Honolulu-Boston/-JFK, plus other routes, and will operate its entire 13-city US mainland network as State of

IATA has revised down its 2020 pax traffic forecasts for Middle East and Africa to reach 30% of 2019 vs 45% as it projected in July; it does not

LUFTHANSA GROUP estimates it lost €1.3b in 3Q20 (vs €1.3b profit in 3Q19), and ended quarter with €10.1b in liquidity.

IAG estimates it lost €1.3b in 3Q20 (vs €1.4b profit in 3Q19) on 83% lower revenues, and ended quarter with €6.6b in liquidity.

ALASKA had $431m net loss for 3Q20a (vs $322m profit in 3Q19) on 71% lower revenues; it ended quarter with $5.5b in liqudity.

SOUTHWEST says it is in discussions with Boeing to restructure its MAX order book, and continues to evaluate its fleet needs in light of current