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UNITED AIRLINES reached agreement with ALPA on cost concessions to eliminate furloughs due to COVID-19 pandemic.

US DOT says US scheduled pax airlines employed 706,824 workers in July vs 699,723 in June 2020 and 743,917 in July 2019.

MEGGITT reports Civil Aerospace revenues of £432.3m in 1H20, down 27% vs £588.9m in 1H19; aftermarket sales fell 25% (27% large jets/33% regionals/10%

UNITED AIRLINES plans in December 2020 to begin Chicago-New Delhi (787). It then plans in 2021 to begin Washington Dulles-Accra/-Lagos; SFO-Bangalore

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American Airlines is in talks with Boeing to potentially defer 18 737 MAX aircraft scheduled for delivery in 2021, as the airline looks to conserve cash amid the extended industry downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

United Airlines and its pilots have reached a tentative agreement that would take nearly 3,000 involuntary furloughs off the table, the union’s airline leadership said Sept. 9.

Middle East launch customer Qatar Airways has installed Inmarsat’s GX Aviation broadband service on most of its Boeing 777 and Airbus A350 airliners, the parties announced Sept. 9.

With just a few weeks left until the start of the 2020 fourth quarter, U.S. airline executives have come to accept that the rest of the year will likely be anything but predictable.

ULCC Wizz Air is continuing its pandemic-era expansion progress with the opening of yet another base.

Ask the Editors: Mitsubishi’s inexperience with developing commercial aircraft has led to a series of delays in its regional jet program.

Shareholders in International Airlines Group (IAG) gave their backing to a €2.75 billion ($3.25 billion) rights issue during the company’s annual general meeting (AGM) held Sept. 8.

Ryanair Holdings Group CEO Michael O’Leary has said he is now anticipating just 50 million passengers for fiscal 2020-21, two-thirds fewer than the 149 million passengers carried by the Irish LCC in 2019-20.

Oman Air plans to resume limited scheduled services from Oct. 1, the airline said Sept. 9. The carrier has effectively been closed for several months, except for repatriation and cargo flights.

21 AIR, NC entered into long-term sub-service partnership agreement with Aircraft Engine Lease Finance/Maleth Aero to begin cargo charters with two

TRUENOORD purchased two E195s (407/429; leased to PORTUGÁLIA) from Azul, increasing its fleet to 50 aircraft.

AIR ASTANA plans October 2 to begin Almaty-Frankfurt (A321LR).

CAE announced 15-year Cebu Pacific contract for ATR 72-600 pilot training out of joint venture with the airline at CAE Clark training center in the

The air navigation service provider of Hong Kong will introduce satellite-based surveillance of aircraft in its flight information region beginning early next year, data provider Aireon announced Sept. 9.

BOEING delivered 13 aircraft (two P-8As; two 767Fs; two 767-2Cs; three 777Fs; four 787s) in August vs 18 (737NG; three 767Fs; three 777s; 11 787s) in

BOEING announced new orders in August from EVA AIR, Taiwan for three 777Fs (previously ordered five; all delivered) and an undisclosed customer for

AirAsia has restructured its engineering operations into a wholly owned subsidiary, which will provide MRO services to the group’s airlines and also third-party customers.

Virgin Australia confirmed plans to keep 56 of its Boeing 737s when it exits the administration process, which means it will cut almost 30 aircraft from its narrowbody fleet compared to pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels.

Airbus has completed three test flights using two of its own Airbus A350s with the autopilot engaged in its Fello’fly wake vortex-riding project.

Wary of the current lack of air cargo capacity, IATA has urged the freight industry, governments and public health agencies to work together to prepare the transportation of COVID-19 vaccines around the world if and when they become available.