Air Transport

ZIPAIR plans October 16 to start passenger services with twice-weekly Tokyo Narita-Seoul (787).
Air Transport

By Helen Massy-Beresford
European member states are set to approve a set of measures aimed at harmonizing COVID-19 travel restrictions, according to an EU source.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Alan Dron
The new variant takes the Airbus A330-900's maximum take-off weight (MTOW) to 251 tonnes, a nine-tonne increase on the previous 242-tonne figure.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Weekly profile of a major airport’s operations, carriers and destinations.
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By Aaron Karp
Hawaiian Airlines will suspend its ‘Ohana by Hawaiian interisland passenger and cargo services effective Nov. 1, citing the “economic challenges of low travel demand caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and quarantine restrictions.”
Airports & Networks

By Chen Chuanren
Chinese airlines carried 13.3 million passengers over the week-long holiday between Oct. 1 and Oct. 8, with the domestic market seeing double-digit growth.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores, Helen Massy-Beresford
British Airways CEO Alex Cruz is to cede his role to Aer Lingus CEO Sean Doyle, as part of a management reshuffle announced by parent company International Airlines Group (IAG).
Airlines & Lessors

Abu Dhabi’s Hope Consortium has achieved a major milestone in steering the global logistics industry towards worldwide COVID-19 vaccine distribution after facilitating the transportation and storage of two million vaccine doses in partnership with G42 Healthcare.
Air Transport

The government of Nigeria has announced that it has signed a Bilateral Air Service Agreement (BASA) with Morocco and Rwanda.
Air Transport

By Sean Broderick
More than a year after the purchase was announced, the realities of the COVID-19 pandemic have forced both sides to re-think how much airlines are worth.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Fleet upheavals caused by the coronavirus pandemic may have an impact on the feedstock available for conversion.
Aircraft & Propulsion

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) issued a joint statement calling for urgent government intervention to prevent an employment catastrophe in the aviation industry.
Air Transport

By Ben Goldstein
Full-service carriers in the U.S. are targeting domestic schedule cuts greater than 40% on average in November, a report from Bloomberg Intelligence shows.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
LCC Norwegian has started consultations with staff at its London Gatwick base regarding more than 250 possible redundancies, as the COVID-19 pandemic shows no signs of easing.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Lessor Avolon saw an improvement in its revenue collection rate in the 2020 third quarter (Q3), but said it continued to be affected by deferral arrangements and late payments from customers.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
Airbus booked no new orders in September and lost three commitments for A220-300s from Macquarie Financial Holdings while delivering 57 aircraft, the
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Alan Dron
The announcement of a UK government taskforce to look at ways of easing the devastating effect of national quarantine measures on international air travel has drawn mixed responses from the country’s aviation sector.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick, Guy Norris
Boeing’s Charleston, South Carolina facility, tabbed to be the lone Boeing 787 final assembly site starting in mid-2021, has been splitting production
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
American Airlines will transfer operations to Beijing Daxing International (PKX) from Beijing Capital International (PEK) in March 2021, joining several other oneworld alliance members at the Chinese capital’s newest airport.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
Two decades is a lot of time in commercial aviation, and global economics.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lori Ranson
Capacity offered by Brazilian operator Azul continues to grow on a month-on-month basis as the recovery in Brazil’s domestic market is making slow but steady progress.
Airlines & Lessors

ALTA reports year-over-year member RPKs dropped 84.8% in August on 80.4% lower ASKs; enplanements fell 82.7%.
Air Transport

GOL

GOL ended 3Q20 with R$2.2b of total liquidity and 129 737s (71 in operation/58 grounded) operating at 36% of flight schedule a year ago; it produced R
Air Transport

MESA AIR GROUP began revenue cargo flights for DHL Express out of Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport with 737-400Fs.
Air Transport

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