Air Transport

Bahrain International Airport has opened its new passenger terminal, with first flights operating from the facility Jan. 28.

Creditors of HNA Group, parent of multiple Chinese airlines including the country’s largest private carrier Hainan Airlines, filed an application to a Chinese court to place the company in bankruptcy Jan. 29.

Rwanda’s flag-carrier RwandAir is launching a new route to Central African Republic’s capital Bangui, while its flights to London have been suspended by the UK government.

The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has joined other global regulators in approving the return to service (RTS) of the Boeing 737 MAX.

Gulf carriers Emirates Airline and Qatar Airways aim to reroute more passengers from Africa via their respective hubs in Dubai (DXB) and Doha (DOH) once the COVID-19 pandemic eases.

In 2020 airlines in Asia-Pacific registered just 18% of the passenger volumes seen in 2019, a decline not previously seen in the history of commercial aviation in the region.

As Europe clears the MAX's return, 777X and 787 woes cap a horrible year and record loss for Boeing. Listen in as Aviation Week editors discuss on Check 6.

Flagship Boeing widebody is suffering from production-quality issues forcing time-consuming rework on airplanes most do not need.

New business aircraft deliveries worldwide for the month of December 2020.

Southwest Airlines plans a measured re-entry into service for its Boeing 737 MAX aircraft and projects ending 2021 with 69 of the type in its fleet.

PSA AIRLINES (American Airlines) announced on January 28 that most of its CRJ fleet was temporarily taken out of service (out of an abundance of

YEMEN AIRWAYS purchased ex-VivaAerobus A320-200 (2752) with V2500s from AerCap.

JetBlue Airways is joining other U.S. airlines in bracing for a tough 2021 first quarter (Q1), while continuing work to crystallize its strategy for serving London.

Eurocontrol has revised downwards its traffic forecasts for the first half of 2021, after the year’s first few weeks were marked by declining demand.

On March 4, Singapore Airlines (SIA) will begin flying Boeing 737-800s being absorbed into the SIA fleet from SilkAir.

British LCC easyJet expects to fly no more than 10% of its 2019 fiscal second quarter capacity in the first three months of 2021.

BLACKROCK increased its ownership stake in ATLAS AIR WORLDWIDE HOLDINGS to 14.2%.

AIR TRANSAT is cancelling flights out of Toronto through April 30 due to COVID-19 restrictions imposed by Canadian Govt.

T. Allan McArtor to Vice Chairman of the Board of GlobalX, Miami.

The airline industry is still far from recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic. As countries continue to tighten travel restrictions, the situation is

SAS signed record 3-year, SEK3.4b deal with Apollo (tour operator) to operate charter flights with A320 Family aircraft.

AEROMEXICO GROUP reached satisfactory agreements with its pilots and flight attendant unions during restructure of CBAs.

PEGASUS plans April 23 to begin three-times-weekly Antalya-Chisinau, Moldova (737/A320).

EASYJET had £165m revenues for first quarter ended December 31, down 88% from a year ago; enplanements fell 87%.

JETBLUE AIRWAYS had $381m net loss for 4Q20 (vs $161m profit in 4Q19) on 67.4% lower revenues; and $1.4b net loss in 2020 (vs $569m profit in 2019) on