The FAA plans to “prioritize” a long-stalled rulemaking on system safety assessments (SSAs) and will seek input from both an advisory committee and global peers on how to safely broaden aircraft certification to include international environments.
The largest U.S. airlines intend to capitalize on a modest rebound in domestic leisure travel, as they reorient operations for a multi-year pandemic recovery.
For two of the three large European legacy airline groups it has become relatively clear what kind of state support they can count on as they battle the novel coronavirus crisis.
More European airlines have confirmed plans to expand their flight schedules in June and July, gradually piecing back together networks that have been shattered by the COVID-19 pandemic.
U.S. carriers Delta Air Lines and United Airlines are planning to restart passenger flights to mainland China in June, four months after all routes were suspended following the outbreak of COVID-19.
Qatar Airways has added more onboard safety measures amid the COVID-19 crisis as the flag-carrier ramps up service again and begins its renewed codeshare with American Airlines.
Lufthansa Group is to cooperate with Swiss technology institute ETH Zurich to accelerate the availability of aviation fuel produced using carbon dioxide and water extracted from the atmosphere using concentrated sunlight.
As airlines and airports around the world respond to the challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic, Routes looks at the current state of the global aviation market.
Wizz Air already generates among the highest levels of ancillary revenues as a proportion of earnings across the industry and the Central European LCC’s management expects a further increase in non-ticket income once the coronavirus crisis passes.
Having re-started commercial services in 2015, after more than a dozen years in the airline wilderness, Air Djibouti is embarking on ambitious plans to expand both freight and passenger services regionally and internationally.
Welcome to Routes’ weekly look at how the Middle East and African aviation markets are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, helping you understand the schedule changes and manage the impact so we can navigate through this crisis together.
