Air Transport

IATA is urging the Hong Kong government to allow exemptions from new crew quarantine rules as quickly as possible, highlighting the damage the requirements will cause to airlines.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is undergoing changing leadership globally and regionally. Alan Peaford reports on developments that will affect Africa.

Nigeria’s NG Eagle has received its first two Boeing 737-700 aircraft. The aircraft, from the fleet of Arik Air, were delivered to Lagos airport from Addis Ababa.

Slashed engineering spending, market coverage gaps and abandoned product developments are endangering Boeing Commercial Aircraft.

UK leisure carrier Jet2 has raised approximately £422 million ($585 million) to help weather further COVID-19 pandemic-related shutdowns.

Garuda Indonesia and Indonesia’s ministry of state-owned enterprises (BUMN) have moved to cut short a lease for 12 Bombardier CRJ1000 regional jets and return them to lessor Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC).

Ask the editors: Aviation Week forecasts that the vast majority of Boeing 767 aircraft in the fleet now will still be operating in 2030.

Africa’s primary hub carrier has decided to continue with the Boeing 737 MAX in spite of the March 2019 crash and subsequent grounding.

U.S. pilot unions are joining airlines and manufacturers in opposing a potential coronavirus test requirement for domestic U.S. airline passengers, though a mandate to move forward with the proposal does not seem imminent.

Air Canada believes improvements regarding Canada’s travel restrictions—particularly on quarantines—could begin in late April.

Boeing and Safran have put their APU joint venture on hold because of changes in the commercial aviation market due to COVID-19, a Safran spokesperson has confirmed.

India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has extended the duration of its 80% limit on how much pre-COVID-19 capacity airlines in the country are allowed to fly.

Boeing delivered 20 long-idled 737 MAXs from its stored backlog to customers in January and one from its production line, an Aviation Week analysis shows.

Hamilton, New Zealand-based aircraft manufacturer Pacific Aerospace has succumbed to financial difficulties and shut down its operations.

The EU is pressing on with increasing the performance of its navigation satellites, despite slow adoption among airlines.

France’s transport minister has called for “fair competition” regarding conditions set to be imposed by the European Commission (EC) on a planned state recapitalization of Air France-KLM.

The Republic of Turkey plans to move ahead with six new airport projects and predicts that the hub of Istanbul will gain even more importance once the COVID-19 pandemic ends.

Germany’s federal government has agreed to grant 12 airports a total of €200 million ($240 million) in financial aid and pledged to support three more in which it holds equity stakes.

Agency’s focus is primarily on pilot human-factors issues.