In a rare example of an airline announcing growth during the COVID-19 pandemic, South Korean regional startup Hi Air has bought two ATR 72-500s from the manufacturer’s asset-management portfolio.
Machinists union members at Textron Aviation voted June 23 to reject the company’s request to open labor contract negotiations early as it adjusts to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
American ULCCs expanded aggressively in the years following the last financial crisis, capitalizing on the industry’s strict capacity discipline and slow pace of economic recovery.
Dubai-based Emirates is to reintroduce the Airbus A380 to its schedules but on June 24 halted its services to Pakistan, following the discovery of a large number of COVID-19-infected passengers had traveled on one of its flights.
More than a dozen aerospace organizations have urged the European Commission (EC) to link recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic to new measures designed to enhance the sector’s environmental credentials.
The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) will be waiving all parking fees at its airports and extending the 50% discount on takeoff and landing fees to all airlines flying into the kingdom.
EU member states are finalizing a list of countries from which inbound travel will continue to be banned once the region’s borders reopen July 1, using criteria including the health situations in those countries.
IATA is urging governments to replace travel quarantines with multi-step processes that would mitigate the risk of a COVID-19 infected passenger boarding a flight and reduce the chance of any infected person transmitting the disease.
The Indian government has signaled it is willing to discuss establishing bilateral corridors with some countries to facilitate repatriation flights and essential travel.
Sun Country Airlines received a greenlight from the U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) to extend suspensions to a handful of large hub airports through Sept. 30, as it looks to keep a lid on costs while demand remains weak.
