Air Transport

Spanish technology provider Accelya has completed its acquisition of airline-retail specialist Farelogix, just six weeks after the deal was first announced.

IATA reports year-over-year global pax traffic dropped 86.5% in June on 80.1% lower capacity, foreshadowing slower-than-expected recovery due to slow

AAPA reports year-over-year member traffic (RPKs) dropped 97% in June on 93.2% lower capacity; cargo was down 20.3% on 27.2% lower capacity. It adds

JETBLUE had $320m net loss in 2Q20 (vs $179m profit in 2Q19) on 90% lower revenues, and ended quarter with $3.4b in liqudity; its daily cash burn fell

Commercial air travel numbers are not expected to return to 2019 levels until 2024 as the outlook for the pace of recovery becomes more pessimistic.

France may reconsider plans to build a fourth terminal at Charles de Gaulle, Paris’s biggest airport, because of the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on air travel demand.

New segments of aviation represent new revenue streams for troubled air navigation service providers (ANSP).

Chinese carriers OK Airways, Qingdao Airlines and Ruili Airlines have banded together to introduce an unlimited weekend travel pass that can be used across the three airlines.

All flights to and from Vietnamese resort Da Nang have been suspended for at least 15 days after more than a dozen COVID-19 cases sprang up in the popular tourist destination.

The demand dip is triggering delivery slowdowns and orderbook shuffling, but top U.S. carriers remain committed to Boeing’s narrowbody.

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Canadian airline Air Transat restarted commercial operations July 23, resuming a bare-bones schedule of six routes following a 112-day shutdown forced by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Etihad Airways plans to make possession of a negative COVID-19 certificate a compulsory part of passengers’ documentation when traveling to or from the company’s Abu Dhabi base.

Embattled African LCC fastjet is being forced to delist its shares as its funding troubles threaten to reach crisis point, and is facing a challenge over its stake in South African carrier FedAir.

MASAIR, Mexico leased ex-ABX Air 767-300BDSF (24853) with CF6-80C2s from Cargo Aircraft Management (ATSG).

Sasha Johnson to Vice President of Corporate Safety of United Airlines, Chicago.

TAP plans in September to operate about 40% of its normal pre-Covid schedule, or close to 700 weekly flights (76 routes).

VOLARIS had MXP1.6b net loss for 2Q20 (vs MXP119m net profit in 2Q19) on 82% lower revenues, and ended quarter with MXP10b in liquidity. It returned

JUNEYAO AIRLINES, China took delivery of new GTF-powered A320neo (9506) on lease from Aviation Capital Group., China took delivery of new GTF-powered

Author Michelle Dean said, “Crisis forces commonality of purpose on one another.”

Ireland-based regional carrier Stobart Air has helped to backfill the gaping hole in Belfast City Airport’s schedules left by the collapse of Flybe.

ULCC Ryanair said it could not rule out further redundancies or pay cuts if the economic situation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic worsens this winter.

Garmin on July 27 said that aviation applications were among the company’s web-based platforms returning to service following a cyberattack four days earlier.

Southwest Airlines will refrain from laying off workers or cutting pay rates and benefits through year end, despite persistently weak customer demand caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

VISTARA, India took delivery of its first (9297) of six LEAP-powered A321neos to be leased from Air Lease Corporation.