Air Transport

AEGEAN agreed to purchase 25% of ANIMAWINGS, Romania (charter startup with A320) from Memento for €412k.
Air Transport

IAG

IAG agreed to transfer various slots in Spain from Iberia and Air Europe to VOLOTEA in conjunction with its buyout of Air Europa.
Air Transport

TAROM took delivery of third/fourth new ATR 72-600s (1622/1624) on lease from NAC as part of deal for nine.
Air Transport

DELTA AIR LINES says it currently expects approximately $2b in cost savings in 2020 from recent fuel price declines.
Air Transport

DELTA AIR LINES plans to reduce planned system capacity by 15 points, including 20-25% international and 10-15% domestic, to offset demand declines
Air Transport

DAE

DAE received authorization to repurchase US$300m in bonds through the open market; to date, it has repurchased approximately US$555m of principal
Air Transport

BOC AVIATION, Singapore agreed to purchase 22 GEnx-powered 787-8s from Boeing for delivery in 2020-2021 for lease to AMERICAN AIRLINES; aircraft were
Air Transport

ETHIOPIA issued interim report on crash of Ethiopian Airlines' 737 MAX 8 in March 2019 that focuses on role played by flight control system and
Air Transport

By Kurt Hofmann
Lufthansa subsidiary Austrian Airlines has applied to temporarily reduce work hours for its 7,000 employees as the airline copes with a dramatic drop in demand because of the COVID-19 outbreak.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
Russian aerohydrodynamic institute TsAGI has completed a new series of wind-tunnel tests on a low-drag, low-noise concept for a short-range airliner.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
To assist airlines with easing their overheads amidst the COVID-19 outbreak, the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) has announced that it will defer land, take off and parking fees for local airlines for a year.
Airports & Networks

By Thierry Dubois
Eurocontrol and its partners have issued a report aimed at helping advance the use of artificial intelligence in aviation and especially air traffic management (ATM).
World ATM Congress

By Graham Warwick
Irelandia Aviation, the company behind five different low-cost carriers around the world, has invested in Skyports, a UK developer of infrastructure
Advanced Air Mobility

By Helen Massy-Beresford
European airports are facing “a shock of unprecedented proportions,” airports industry group ACI Europe said Mar. 10, as it called for airports, airlines, national governments and the European Union to work together to face what ACI termed a “full blown crisis.”
Airports & Networks

By Jens Flottau
Norwegian has come out with a dramatic call for help from governments as the airline decided to make deep cuts to its capacity and lay off “a significant share of its workforce.”
Airlines & Lessors

By Guy Norris
Boeing has asked co-workers of an employee at its Everett facility who tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus to stay at home and self-monitor.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Airlines flying from “disease infected zones” to Thailand must now obtain health certificates from passengers confirming they are not infected with the COVID-19 coronavirus before they are allowed to board flights to the country.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Vincent Chappard
The new subsidiary was created as part of a joint venture between Bolloré Transport & Logistics and the Ethiopian company CLS Logistics. It is set to offer Ethiopia a wider world of capabilities and solutions to support industry, business growth, and to power greater development in regional logistics.
Air Transport

Air Botswana general manager, Agnes Khunwana, tells Victoria Moores how she is working to stabilise operations and cut costs after a frustrating and turbulent fleet-transition year, which has laid the foundations for future growth.
Air Transport

By Adrian Schofield
Qantas will ground most of its Airbus A380 fleet for the next six months after announcing further deep cuts to international capacity citing a significant drop in demand caused by the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak.
Airlines & Lessors

By Bill Carey
The UK will need people skilled in airspace design as it rolls out a major, nation-wide update of its airspace system, British Transportation Secretary Grant Shapps has said in an exclusive interview with Aviation Week Network.
World ATM Congress

By Adrian Schofield
Japanese government and airline ambitions for 2020 are under threat from the COVID-19 outbreak.
Airlines & Lessors

Paul Everitt
To succeed in trade talks, the government will need arrangements with industry based on evidence, not ideology.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Weekly profile of a major airport’s operations, carriers and destinations.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Sean Broderick
The Ethiopian Transport Ministry’s interim report on the crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 (ET302) focuses on the role played by a now-redesigned 737 MAX flight control law implicated in an earlier MAX accident as well as inadequate pilot training.
Safety, Ops & Regulation