Air Transport

UK LCC easyJet has raised further liquidity by selling over 300 London Stansted (STN) slots to Irish rival Ryanair and refinancing another 10 Airbus A320s, after posting its first ever full-year loss—totaling over £1 billion ($1.3 billion).

Boosted in the short term by the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, Boeing forecasts the air cargo market is set for solid growth over the next 20 years—driven by a surge in e-commerce traffic, a steady increase in air freight demand and an underlying drive towards lower cost, more sustainable aircraft.

AIR INUIT purchased ex-CommutAir Dash 8-300 (527; to be converted to cargo) in deal arranged by Airstream Intl. Group.

AVMAX, Canada acquired two Dash 8-100s (341/389) out of bankruptcy from Ravn Alaska, and, along with Dash 8-100 (215), leased the aircraft to the new

US DOT says US scheduled pax airlines employed 404,869 full-time equivalent (FTE) workers in September, down 10.5% vs Sept 2019.

ONEWORLD received tentative approval from US DOT for antitrust immunity for proposed addition of AER LINGUS to alliance.

AVOLON praiced private offering of US$1b of senior unsecured notes due 2026; offer is to close on/about November 23.

ALLEGIANT AIR announced plan in 1Q21 to add nine new routes to two new cities: Orange County, CA and Spokane, WA.

UNITED AIRLINES began offering free COVID-19 testing (rapid Abbott ID Now COVID-19 test) on Newark-London Heathrow.

Europe’s airports will have to adapt to a “new normal” that does not take for granted ongoing traffic growth, ACI Europe said.

Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines and SWISS International Air Lines (SWISS) will introduce a buy-on-board catering system on all short- and medium-haul flights starting in spring 2021.

This webinar took place November 17, 2020 and was sponsored by L3 Harris Technologies. One of the airline industry’s most highly regarded executives

The Spanish regional carrier plans to reduce salary costs by 25% to avoid layoffs and to reduce its fleet by one third, equaling about 14 aircraft.

Ask the Editors: “Embraer does not need to be saved,” says CEO Francisco Gomes Neto, but the company is looking for new partners.

Closed borders and quarantine requirements abroad have left Chinese vacationers little choice but to travel within the country, boosting domestic traffic in October beyond 2019 levels.

This webinar took place November 17, 2020 and was sponsored by L3 Harris Technologies. Robin Hayes joined New York-based JetBlue Airways in 2008

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released guidance to ensure that the air cargo industry is ready to support the large-scale handling, transport and distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine.

Former Angolan Air Force fighter pilot, Rui Carreira, became CEO of TAAG Angola in autumn 2018. No stranger to fast-paced mission-critical decisions, he is now reformulating the 80-year-old airline’s strategy as it battles against Covid-19.

Airlines that have taken delivery of COMAC ARJ21s have grown to seven from two in only 16 months, with China Express Airlines the latest to receive the type.

The head of one of Africa's most vibrant airlines says the continent has been especially hard hit by COVID-19 and also discusses conditions for resuming 737 MAX service.

The airline industry and its main aircraft suppliers will be in survival mode at least through the upcoming winter season and until a broadly distributed COVID-19 vaccine allows public life worldwide to return to normal.

Chris Zweigenthal speaks about how better testing can eliminate mandatory and universal quarantines that kill passenger demand.

For the air transport industry, news of vaccine progress provides a glimmer of hope that the air travel recovery might come within the more optimistic forecasts.

After a roller-coaster of a few years, can long-haul LCC Norwegian Air Shuttle carry on without more government support?

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