Breeze Airways has canceled plans to purchase defunct Compass Airlines’ operating certificate, marking the latest twist in the startup’s plan to launch domestic scheduled service in the U.S. in 2021.
UPS and the Kansas City Aviation Department have agreed to long-term leases that will see the air-cargo titan expand its Kansas City International Airport (MCI) operation.
The agreement to provide 25 million gal. per year of renewable hydrocarbons is the largest yet for Gevo and takes the Englewood, Colorado-based company to more than $1.5 billion in long-term contracts.
FAA’s shift to emphasizing corrective actions over civil penalties for unintentional regulatory violations needs more centralized oversight and data analysis to determine its effectiveness, a Government Accountability Office (GAO) review of the program shows.
The Jetstar Group will have a smaller footprint outside Australia as it pulls out of one overseas joint venture (JV) and some of its other franchises shrink in size.
Starting Sept. 1, Singapore will allow general travel from Brunei and New Zealand, lifting quarantine requirements for arrivals from those two countries at the island-state.
Renewable-fuels producer Gevo has signed a purchase agreement with commodities-trading group Trafigura that will make additional sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) available to end customers.
Brussels Airlines has received the green light from the European Commission for a €460 million ($542 million) bailout package part-funded by the Belgian state that is designed to help the flag-carrier survive the COVID-19 crisis and support its turnaround plan.
The UK has added Portugal to a safe list of “travel corridors,” exempting arrivals from a 14-day quarantine, but removed Austria and Croatia in the latest update to British COVID-19-related travel restrictions.
A commuter operator of Avic MA60 turboprop aircraft will soon begin flying after receiving approvals from the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC).
LATAM Airlines Group continues to navigate its way through the Chapter 11 reorganization process that includes working with suppliers to shrink its fleet as a recovery in passenger demand remains uncertain.
Bratislava, Slovakia-based ACMI wet-lease specialist Go2Sky will end its activities by September 2020 as a result of COVID-19’s impact on the air transport market.
Ground handling company Swissport said creditors had committed to provide €300 million ($354 million) in interim liquidity to fund it through a restructuring plan.
Austrian aerospace parts and services provider FACC expects further challenges in the supplier business in the wake of COVID-19 as it revealed plans to lay off 700 of its 3,700 employees.
