Coronavirus

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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The approval of a European Commission plan aimed at rationalizing inconsistent travel restrictions through a color-coded COVID-19 risk map marks a small step in the right direction for Europe’s airlines—but unfortunately, the beleaguered industry says, it doesn’t go far enough.

BOEING delivered 11 aircraft (737-800A; 747-8F; 767-300F; 777F; seven 787s) in September 2020 vs 26 (two 737NGs; 747-8F; four 767s; seven 777s; 12

PORTER AIRLINES further pushed back its return-to-service date to December 15, from previously announced target of Nov 12.

DELTA is restructuring Airbus/CRJ orderbooks to match deliveries to future network and financial needs, which will reduce its aircraft purchase

DELTA AIR LINES posted $5.4b net loss for 3Q20 (vs $1.5b profit in 3Q19) on 83% lower revenues, ending quarter with $21.6b in liquidity (daily cash

Heathrow Airport Limited (HAL) is seeking to recover around £1.7 billion ($2.2 billion) in lost COVID-19 revenues through changes to its regulated charging structure, triggering a UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) call for industry feedback that will run until Nov. 5.

Sharjah International Airport (SHJ) has inaugurated the latest stage of its phased expansion program.

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.

As travel restrictions continue to hold back demand, airlines face winter capacity cuts.

The announcement today that Cruz is stepping down from BA’s top role, though remaining as non-executive chairman through a transition period, is not really the surprise. The shock is that the leadership change was so long in coming.

Ask the Editors: New training protocol for 737 MAX pilots have yet to be finalized, but a Sept. 30 demo is a good idea of what’s to come.

AIR CANADA reached amended agreement to acquire TRANSAT for lower price (deal is now valued at C$190m), reflecting post-COVID-19 reduction in airline

HAWAIIAN AIRLINES plans November 1 to suspend 'OHANA BY HAWAIIAN inter-island services due to low demand caused by COVID-19 pandemic and quarantine

AEROMEXICO received US bankruptcy court approval for up to US$1b in multi-tranche DIP term loan facility.

AIRBUS delivered 57 aircraft (five A220s; A321ceo; 42 A320neos; two A330s; seven A350s) in Sept vs 71 (seven A220s; eight A320ceos; 40 A320neos; four

US DOT estimates US airlines carried 24.4m pax in August, down 70% vs Aug 2019, but up 2% from 24m in July 2020.

European member states are set to approve a set of measures aimed at harmonizing COVID-19 travel restrictions, according to an EU source.