AFRAA has released an impact assessment analysis showing a 90.3% year on year passenger traffic reduction for the month of May; recovery is expected to start from Q3 2020 with domestic flights, followed by regional and intercontinental flights within Africa.
Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 third-scale demonstrator for the Mach 2.2 Overture airliner is now planned to fly by mid-2021, CEO Blake Scholl told the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Aviation Summit in Washington on March 5.
Southwest Airlines pilots will go through simulator sessions as part of their preparation to fly the Boeing 737 MAX when the model is cleared to return, CEO Gary Kelly confirmed Mar. 5.
Aircraft manufacturers and suppliers widely expect the COVID-19 coronavirus crisis to result in a short, sharp shock to the air transport sector, but nothing disruptive yet to their business models, according to comments made during the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s 2020 Aviation Summit.
El Al Israel Airlines has cut 1,000 jobs and implemented other drastic cost-cutting measures in response to the Israeli government’s new entry regulations to counteract the ongoing COVID-19 virus outbreak.
Canada has taken up the mantle of leading an international effort to improve airspace safety over and near conflict zones, Transport Minister Marc Garneau said.
Etihad Airways has narrowed its full-year net losses as the carrier continues to improve its operating performance through the transformation program it began in 2017.
A senior U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) official overseeing international aviation agreements said the department will only approve applications for immunized airline alliances “when the competitive benefits are clear and demonstrable.”
IATA is hoping for a global standardization in processes by stakeholders on how confirmed or suspected COVID-19 cases are handled at airports, which in turn will increase the industry’s effectiveness in dealing with the outbreak.
The Chinese government said it will pay subsidies to support international air connections, as local airlines planned further restoration in domestic capacity.
Southwest Airlines is projecting a $200-300 million first-quarter operating-revenue shortfall due to a sudden dip in bookings that the airline is linking to COVID-19.
