Air Transport

Airbus has begun using an “e-Delivery” remote process for aircraft handovers as a way to ensure health and safety amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

Air France-KLM is in advanced negotiations with the French and Dutch governments for state and state-backed loans that would enable the group to face the expected liquidity requirement in the third quarter of this year, according to group executives.

Rarely have production-rate changes been so highly anticipated as the expected news from Boeing.

Italian aircraft-interiors specialist Aviointeriors has unveiled two social-distancing seat designs, aimed at safeguarding against COVID-19 contamination, which could be available within a short time frame.

German regional carrier Luftfahrtgesellschaft Walter (LGW) filed for self-administered insolvency April 22 after it lost its only wet-lease contract with Lufthansa subsidiary Eurowings.

AEROMEXICO had MXP2.5b net loss in 1Q20 (vs MXP1.3b loss in 1Q19) on 14% lower revenues; capacity fell 9.1% mainly due from COVID-19 crisis and 737

ALLEGIANT finalized deal with US Treasury to receive $171.9m in relief under Payroll Support Program, which it says will cover 76% of budgeted payroll

US TREASURY concluded Payroll Support Program agreements with Allegiant Air, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines, Spirit Airlines

Wizz Air expects to enter new markets in Europe and increase the scale of its planned Abu Dhabi venture once travel restrictions imposed by the COVID

Wizz Air expects to enter new markets in Europe and increase the scale of its planned Abu Dhabi venture once travel restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 crisis have been eased, the Hungarian airline’s founder and CEO József Váradi has said.

ACI reports global airport industry revenue was $178.2b in 2018, up 4.3% vs 2017; revenue per passenger fell 1.7% to $17.95 ($7.03 was non

DELTA AIR LINES posted net loss of $534m for 1Q20 (vs $730m profit in 1Q19) on 18% lower revenues; it ended quarter with $6b in unrestricted liquidity

ZIPAIR Tokyo has filed an application with the U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) to launch nonstop flights to the U.S. later this year. The airline

Delta Air Lines posted its first quarterly loss since 2014, as the coronavirus crisis battered air travel demand around the world.

CALC says Chinese clients comprise 65% of its fleet of 139 owned/managed aircraft (92.8% are narrowbodies), the majority of which are state-owned

SHEREMETYEVO AIRPORT, Moscow had year-over-year cargo growth of 8.8% in 1Q20.

Indian Ocean-based Air Mauritius has been placed into administration as travel restrictions and border closures in all its markets have led to a complete erosion of the company’s revenue base.

Lufthansa Group continues realigning management positions as a result of the challenges posed by the COVID-19 crisis.

Lufthansa subsidiary Austrian Airlines plans to reduce its fleet by 20 aircraft, or 25%, from 80 aircraft as a result of travel restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Major passenger airlines reinvent themselves on the fly as cargo carriers to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Trained dogs will help meet new cargo screening rules.

Several European environmental groups have complained that governments are providing airlines with financial bailouts during the COVID-19 pandemic without having them signed up to measures to improve their environmental performance.

BEIJING—China’s Tongcheng Group will merge its airline Air Travel with its travel agency business, taking another step toward reproducing the successful formula of rival Spring Travel.

This webinar took place April 22, 2020 The Air Transport Webinar will feature a fireside chat with József Váradi, the founder and CEO of Wizz Air, one

Vertis AVIATION – the aircraft marketing company that operates across Africa and the Middle East – has signed an exclusive marketing agreement to offer an Embraer 145-LR from its West African base.