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Data link and ADS-B will be instrumental for improved European air traffic management, but key countries are late in implementation.

Ask the Editors: A failed joint venture around the C-390 has left doubt about future collaboration between Boeing and Embraer.

Vienna Airport operator Flughafen Wien AG is preparing a trial of COVID-19 rapid testing on departing passengers in cooperation with Austrian Airlines.

The Japanese government has decided to significantly reduce domestic landing fees in order to help airlines weather the COVID-19 crisis. According to

Implementation of Germany’s plans to introduce mandatory 14-day quarantines for travelers from high-risk countries will be delayed by several weeks and could allow for substantial exemptions, mainly for business travelers.

For suppliers and servicers, China’s aviation recovery compared with depression elsewhere creates a dilemma: Run to China or run away?

AirAsia Japan has already shut down, and its franchises, including the group’s long-haul unit, are under extreme pressure.

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A return to relative normalcy for commercial passenger airlines depends on one thing above all else: consumer confidence.

United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby said the air transport industry has “turned a corner” in its recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, although that newfound optimism was not reflected in the carrier’s latest quarterly results.

Eurocontrol may have to further revise its traffic forecasts downwards—after already cutting them once—as tightening COVID-19 restrictions and rising infection numbers in many European countries lead to a deteriorating situation for the region’s airlines.

El Al Israel Airlines will add six destinations back to its route network from Oct. 18.

The arrangement will also have no restrictions on the reason for traveling, meaning Hong Kong and Singapore could potentially be the first pair of cities available for international leisure travel in the region.

AirAsia X envisages operating a much smaller fleet of Airbus A330s in the long term following its planned resumption of flights with just a handful of aircraft early in 2021.

UNITED AIRLINES had $1.84b net loss for 3Q20 (vs $1b profit in 3Q19) on 78.1% lower revenues, ending quarter with $19.4b in liquidity (daily cash burn

AEREOS, TX demonstrated that its built-in antimicrobial high-touch aircraft interior parts are 99% effective against odor and stain causing microbes.

LUFTHANSA is taking four A350-900s out of storage for service out of Frankfurt, replacing 4-engined 747-8s and A340-300s.

WESTJET plans Nov 2 to indefinitely suspend operations to Moncton, Fredericton, Sydney and Charlottetown, while significantly reducing service to

Actor and pilot Harrison Ford has become a spokesperson for Airlink, a Washington DC-based rapid response relief nonprofit organization responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The scale of the COVID-19 epidemic on the UK’s air traffic has been laid out in a report by Eurocontrol, the European air traffic control organization.

An unexpected outbreak of COVID-19 in the coastal city Da Nang this July dashed Vietnam Airlines’ hopes of revenue recovery in the third quarter.

OEM trims 20-year fleet size, delivery projections in first forecast since pandemic started.

BEIJING CAPITAL INTL AIRPORT handled 22.3m pax in January-September, down 70.3% vs a year ago; cargo fell 40.2%.

LONDON HEATHROW handled 1.3m pax in September, down 81.5% vs September 2019; air cargo fell 28.2%. It says York Aviation estimates that the UK economy

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