Air Transport

WIZZ AIR plans July 1 to open new base in Lviv (second in Ukraine) with one A320 serving seven cities (11 weekly flights).

Boeing will slow production of 777 and 787 widebody twinjets as well as development of the next new aircraft program as it continues restructuring to

Boeing is acknowledging that changes to the 737 MAX will not earn FAA approval until after mid-year at least, with both the return-to-service timing and broader macroeconomic landscape driving how quickly production rates increase.

Good news is a rare commodity for the airline industry these days, but some glimmers of hope are continuing to emerge in a handful of Asian countries.

Boeing still is negotiating with the Trump administration over receiving U.S. bailout funds, but company leaders believe they can maintain investor-grade ratings and see a sustainable financial path to when its commercial aircraft business returns to growth in 3-5 years.

Allegiant Air has received permission from the U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) to reduce service at a host of domestic airports below minimum levels outlined in the CARES Act coronavirus stimulus law.

LONDON—The CEO of London’s Heathrow Airport has called for common biosecurity standards for air travel to help the industry gets back on its feet.

African airlines should urgently start moving airliners to freighting duties to help solve a major shortfall in cargo capacity to and from the continent, according to the International Air Cargo Association (TIACA).

Plans to ban all commercial flight ticket sales in Argentina until September have been met with outcry from airline and airport trade bodies.

Ask the Editors: Regional jets just might be a dark horse in the post COVID-19 landscape.

The U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) plans to strengthen the viability of the Essential Air Service (EAS) program, by partially subsidizing carriers for flights canceled owing to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Guadeloupe-based Air Caraïbes has filed the planned schedule for its latest long-haul route, which will connect Paris-Orly (ORY) with Cancun (CUN) in Mexico from October.

AUSTRIAN AIRLINES extended temporary suspension of operations due to COVID-19 by two more weeks to end of May.

KLASJET, Lithuania subleased 737-300BCSF (25263) from BlueBird Nordic to provide cargo charters during COVID-19 crisis.

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.

Icelandair has announced plans to lay off 2,000 staff across the company as a consequence of the COVID-19 crisis.

Welcome to Routes’ weekly look at how Europe's aviation market is responding to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, helping you understand the schedule changes and manage the impact so we can navigate through this crisis together.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for March 2020 showing that demand (measured in total revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) dived 52.9% compared to the year-ago period. African airlines’ traffic fell 42.8% in March.

China Southern Airlines has officially opened what it calls “Daxing China Southern City” at Beijing Daxing Airport (PKX) as China’s largest carrier begins to shift operations to the new airport.