Air Transport

A group of nine U.S. Senators urged U.S. carriers to issue full cash refunds to customers for all flight cancellations made during the COVID-19 crisis.

VOLARIS, Mexico now plans to cut capacity by 80% in April (vs original schedule) due to COVID-19.

US DOT reports fuel cost for US scheduled airlines was $1.81 per gallon in February vs $1.98 in February 2019.

The eruption of the Indonesian Mount Tambora in 1815 propelled enough volcanic dust into the atmosphere to visibly darken the sun and cool the global climate in the subsequent months, leading 1816 to be described in contemporary accounts as “The Year without a Summer.”

TUI received German government approval for €1.8b bridging loan from the KfW to increase its financial resources to €3.1b.

PASSUR AEROSPACE responded to request by IATA and developed ITOP Global Contingency Portal (GCP) to provide airlines with real-time sharing of

AVION EXPRESS plans to begin using its A320s and A321s for all-cargo operation, carrying 17 and 24 tonnes respectively.

CLIVE DATA SERVICES says year-over-year air cargo volumes dropped 23% in March.

AMERICAN is now expected to retire 76 older 737-800s, nine A330-300s and 20 E190s, in addition to 51 757s/767s that were previously identified, due to

A virus-driven temporary cut in air traffic is no substitute for lasting emissions-reduction measures, and this is still the time to consider what a sustainable post-COVID-19 airline industry should look like.

UK-headquartered Acro Aircraft Seating has appointed former Collins Aerospace and B/E Aerospace executive Neil Cairns as its new CEO.

Japan Airlines (JAL) and All Nippon Airways (ANA) have made further cuts to their summer international schedules as demand continues to fall amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Russia’s only LCC Pobeda announced Apr. 1 that it will suspend all regular flights until May 31.

Air navigation service providers (ANSPs), particularly those that are privately owned, are taking tough steps to ensure they can survive the slump in air traffic caused by the coronavirus crisis.

Chinese flights are carrying light loads and earning low yields, but the government wants the industry to fly as much as possible.

Astronics, the already embattled provider of aircraft seat technology and other interior products, is “adjusting its workforce” to align with a dropoff in demand due to the coronavirus and sudden economic slowdown.

Airlines with strong domestic networks before COVID-19 could see a faster rebound than those relying on international connections.

AIR ICELAND CONNECT has been integrated into ICELANDAIR; however, its AOC will remain separate. It has five Dash 8s.

In its 2019 annual report, released Mar. 30, China’s largest airline said that despite cutting frequencies internationally and domestically, it has

The liquidators of Air Italy, which collapsed in February, have received several “expressions of interest” in assets of the failed airline.

When the text of the U.S. Government’s “stage-three” coronavirus stimulus effort was publicly released late last week, industry watchers were left scratching their heads over a vague provision requiring air carriers receiving aid to continue serving “all points” in their networks through Sept. 30.

The UK government has vowed to “work non-stop around the world” to keep air routes and critical transit hubs open so that British residents are able to return to the UK, foreign secretary Dominic Raab has said.

Emirates Airline is to receive a capital injection from Dubai to help it weather the COVID-19 crisis.

The pot of $29 billion in loan guarantees available for U.S. airlines comes with more restrictions than comparable amounts of available payroll grants, including minimum staffing requirements, though the preliminary U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) procedures leave several major questions unanswered.