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Capacity offered by Brazilian operator Azul continues to grow on a month-on-month basis as the recovery in Brazil’s domestic market is making slow but steady progress.

CAMFIL, Sweden was selected by CTT Systems to supply its air filtration applications for its humidifier products for flight deck, crew rest and cabin.

ALTA reports year-over-year member RPKs dropped 84.8% in August on 80.4% lower ASKs; enplanements fell 82.7%.

GOL ended 3Q20 with R$2.2b of total liquidity and 129 737s (71 in operation/58 grounded) operating at 36% of flight schedule a year ago; it produced R

Remote inspections, virtual training and digital tools are gaining traction as a way to address maintenance challenges during COVID-19.

How Malaysia Airlines is adapting its MRO during the pandemic and stepping up its digitalization efforts.

Aircraft cabins could look different after the COVID-19 pandemic because of various engineering innovations underway.

France to replace Rafales; SDA awards tracking layer contracts; Russian airlifter delayed; and Boeing WGS clears PDR.

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The U.S. Marine Corps and Sikorsky are close to an agreement for six CH-53K Lot 4 helicopters and may seal the deal by the end of the month.

Beyond the glow of the flares sent up by desperate airlines during the COVID-19 pandemic, air navigation service providers (ANSPs) that generate revenue from the fees they charge are struggling too.

People are at far higher risk of being struck by lightning than of catching the novel coronavirus during a flight on a commercial airliner, the latest numbers on onboard transmissions seem to show.

As commercial airlines are forced to restrict routes and travelers remain nervous about exposure to COVID-19 in airport terminals, the private business aviation sector is attracting significant levels of new business.

US DOT says US scheduled pax airlines employed 704,486 workers in Aug vs 706,824 in July 2020 and 743,214 in Aug 2019.

BRITISH AIRWAYS has retired its final two 747-400s (25811/28853) to Kemble and St Athan respectively.

EASYJET expects to post £815m-£845m pretax loss for year ended September 30 (vs £427m net profit a year ago) on 50% lower revenues; it has raised >£2

AVOLON reports that it executed 55 lease transactions in 3Q20 (vs 21 in 3Q19), delivered four new/one used aircraft (vs 8/12) and sold one aircraft

AIR CANADA completed sale/leaseback transactions for nine 737 MAX 8s with Jackson Square Aviation (3) and Avolon Aerospace (6) for total proceeds of

The reopening of South Africa’s borders after a lengthy lockdown triggered by the spread of COVID-19 has seen regional carrier Airlink restarting international services.

A4A reports breakeven load factor for US airlines was 197% in 2Q20 vs 72% in 2Q19 and 85% in 1Q20; it is unlikely to see return to 2019 pax volumes

AZUL reports its liquidity position increased to R$2.3b at end September vs R$2.25b at end of June; it now expects to burn R$2.5m cash per day in 4Q20

NORWAY is expected to get new airline in mid-2021 to compete with Norwegian Air Shuttle; airline is being launched by Norwegian aviation executives

Icelandair plans to sell three of its fleet of Boeing 757-200s to a U.S.-based aviation investment fund for conversion into freighters. The Icelandic

Why it is essential to pay attention to the changing market statistics these days.

If these come true, we will have a much different jetliner supply chain architecture by the mid-2020s.