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Southwest Airlines will seek a round of pay cuts from its labor unions as part of a push to reduce costs enough to avoid involuntary furloughs through the end of 2021.

Honeywell projects deliveries of 7,300 new business jets from 2021 to 2030 valued at $235 billion, down 4% from its 10-year forecast a year ago, the company said in a new Global Business Aviation Outlook.

BSI launched new global Aviation Verification of Compliance audit scheme to help aerospace organizations prepare for next normal after COVID-19.

AVIANCA secured US bankruptcy court approval to access $2b in DIP financing, consisting of $1.27b Tranche A senior secured financing and $722m Tranche

SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS TECHNICAL (SAAT) reached payment agreements with several customers, including South African Airways and Mango Airlines, and

The Singaporean government is looking to focus on COVID-19 testing and unilaterally lifting borders restrictions for travelers coming from countries with low infection rates as “protective measures” to revive its air hub.

TAP AIR PORTUGAL announced Portuguese State increased stake in airline from 50% to 72.5%; David Neeleman left company.

VIRGIN GROUP is expected to take 5% in VIRGIN AUSTRALIA as part of a new agreement with incoming owner Bain Capital.

TRAX was selected by Global Crossing Airlines to provide eMRO software.

ALASKA secured $1.3b loan facility, secured by frequent flyer program revenues, seven 737NGs, six E175s and 36 engines, from US Treasury Department it

KLM is considering early retirement of its A330s (it has eight -200s/five -300s) before planned removal from service in 2025.

UNITED AIRLINES plans October 21 to resume four-times-weekly San Francisco-Shanghai (777-300ER).

United Airlines will begin flying nonstop to mainland China from Oct. 21 for the first time since late February when the COVID-19 crisis began to escalate worldwide.

ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS teamed with Jamco to develop/test new hands-free lavatory lock knob and door handle.

NBAA announced its first-ever Virtual Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (VBACE), scheduled for December 2-3.

SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS is closing its facility at McAlester, OK due to downturn in commercial aviation from COVID-19 and grounding of 737 MAX; it will

European air traffic has fallen again, dropping to 44.8% of 2019 levels in the week to Oct. 4, Eurocontrol data showed, as travel restrictions and uncertainty over rising COVID-19 infection rates in many countries continue to hold back demand.

AirAsia Japan confirmed that it has ceased operation as of Oct. 5 after the COVID-19 crisis compounded the carrier’s challenges in the competitive Japanese LCC market.

Singapore’s Changi Airport has imposed pay cuts as high as 30% on its staff in preparation for an uncertain recovery across its various portfolios.

New customers are entering the business-aviation market through charter and membership programs, but will they stay?

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Corporate Angel Network’s (CAN) annual auction and cocktail fundraiser typically is held on the second night of the National Business Aviation

David Coleal was appointed president of Bombardier Aviation in May 2019, after leading its business aircraft division beginning in 2015. Coleal’s position was eliminated Oct. 1 in a restructuring as the company prepares for the sale of its transportation division.

Breeze Airways now plans to lease Embraer E-Jets from sister operator Azul after previously explaining to the U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) it was sourcing aircraft elsewhere.

Malaysia Airlines Berhad (MAB) is hoping its owner, sovereign wealth fund Khazanah Nasional, will bail it out as the flag-carrier will otherwise run out of cash to pay lessors and suppliers after November, according to a Reuters report.