Air Transport

The FAA proposed extending a slot rule waiver in place at three congested U.S. East Coast airports through March, in an effort to relieve airlines hard hit by the coronavirus outbreak.

In a year where most airlines have been forced to shrink, Wizz Air has added new bases, expanded existing bases and plans to launch an Abu Dhabi-based

The former Iberia boss takes over at IAG during a critical moment for the group and the aviation industry.

With grim outlooks abounding that commercial aerospace will not see pre-pandemic growth levels until today’s kindergartners are maybe in junior high school, it is hard to find bullishness in the sector.

DELTA says it is still flying with about 30% pax volumes vs a year ago, and is currently burning about $750m cash per month; even when a vaccine is

ICELANDAIR received approval from Icelandic Parliament for government guarantee of previously announced US$120m credit facility from Íslandsbanki and

Krešimir Kučko announced he is stepping down as Chief Executive Officer of Gulf Air by end of September.

AEROTRANSCARGO, Moldova acquired ex-ACG 747-400BDSF (25075) with PW4056s; aircraft had been stored at Liege.

US DOT says US scheduled pax airlines employed 415,154 full-time equivalent (FTE) workers in July 2020, down 7.7% vs July 2019, but up 1.1% vs June

QANTAS is considering possible relocation/consolidation of some aviation facilities, including flight simulator centers in Sydney and Melbourne and

Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian pledged that flight attendants and ground staff will completely avoid involuntary furloughs this fall, although cuts remain on the table for nearly 2,000 pilots.

Gulf Air CEO Krešimir Kučko plans to leave his position by the end of September, the Bahrain-based airline said late Sept. 15.

Financial discipline, innovation and long-term thinking make Wizz the first ultra-LCC to win the industry’s top award

ONEWORLD announced that its 13 member airlines have committed to net zero carbon emissions by 2050.

GA TELESIS joined the Aviation Working Group (AWG) not-for-profit legal entity comprised of major OEMs, leasing companies, and financial institutions

DNATA opened new 6,300 sq meter catering facility at Dublin, Ireland, quadrupling its capacity in Irish market to 40,000 inflight meals per day.

LONDON HEATHROW handled 1.4m pax in August (lower than Frankfurt Airport), down 81.5% vs August 2019. It is urging UK Govt to introduce testing as an

FRANKFURT AIRPORT handled 1.5m pax in August, down 78.2% vs August 2019 (first time below 80% drop since March).

WFS expanded its cargo handling operation at Johannesburg’s OR Tambo Intl. Airport to accommodate new contracts with Lufthansa and Swiss WorldCargo.

IBS SOFTWARE was selected by STARLUX Airlines, Taiwan to provide its iCargo SaaS-based platform to manage cargo business and operational functions.

EC agreed to extend slot waiver rule through March 27 in response to projected low traffic levels for 2020/2021 winter season.

US DOT says US airlines carried 1.6m tons of cargo in July, up 12.8% vs July 2019, the largest annual increase since 2010.

A group of employees from state-owned regional airline South African Express (SA Express) have set up a public limited company and are bidding to save the cash-strapped airline from liquidation.

China is increasing capacity limits on flights between major cities while applying other measures to prevent excessively fast growth in supply.

Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Airways is anticipating the introduction of an air services agreement between the UAE and Israel following humanitarian supplies flights to Tel Aviv.