Plug Power plans to develop the fuel-cell power system for startup Universal Hydrogen’s planned conversion of the De Havilland Canada Dash 8-300 regional turboprop to zero-emissions hydrogen-electric propulsion.
U.S. airlines are continuing to push Congress to approve additional federal payroll support, even after initiating a mass round of furloughs that swept up tens of thousands of workers on Oct. 1.
Qatar Airways said it will boost its presence in Africa with the resumption of service to Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg, South Africa. By the end of 2020, the carrier plans to rebuild its network to 124 destinations worldwide.
Breeze Airways now plans to lease Embraer E-Jets from sister operator Azul after previously explaining to the U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) it was sourcing aircraft elsewhere.
Malaysia Airlines Berhad (MAB) is hoping its owner, sovereign wealth fund Khazanah Nasional, will bail it out as the flag-carrier will otherwise run out of cash to pay lessors and suppliers after November, according to a Reuters report.
Two Australian states will soon allow New Zealanders to enter without the need for quarantine, which represents a major step in creating a travel bubble between the two countries.
The Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) has decided to cancel its annual general assembly that was planned for Nov. 12 in Fukuoka, Japan, taking the event online instead.
The number of flights in European airspace continued to decline in September, Eurocontrol data showed, as industry groups renewed calls for the introduction of an EU-wide COVID-19 testing program to spur demand.
The largest aviation group in Africa, Ethiopian Airlines Group, has announced that it will cover the medical insurance costs - including repatriation, evacuation and quarantine - related to COVID-19, as of 1st of October 2020 until 31st of March 2021.
The Faroe Islands’ national carrier Atlantic Airways has received a license from the U.S. Port Authority to launch services from the archipelago’s capital Vágar to New York.
Air Canada has finalized an order for an initial batch of 25,000 rapid-response COVID-19 test kits, as it looks to convince the Canadian government to relax its 14-day quarantine rule for international arrivals.
Partners in a joint Portugese-Brazilian venture to develop a multipurpose light transport aircraft hope to have the twin-turboprop ATL-100 on the market by the beginning of 2026.
