Air Transport

ACI reports year-over-year pax growth of 1.9% in January; cargo dropped 4.4%.

London City Airport is ceasing operations until the end of April after seeing flight schedules slashed in light of the coronavirus pandemic.

VIRGIN AUSTRALIA GROUP extended cuts in domestic capacity from 50% to 90% (remaining 10% retained for transportation of essential services, critical

Another fast-changing aspect of the COVID-19 pandemic related to the air transport industry is the criticality of air cargo and how some state

The UK government has effectively told the country’s airlines they must exhaust all avenues to shore up their cash reserves and protect their liquidity before turning to the country’s treasury for assistance.

IATA has called on governments to help ensure air cargo supply lines stay open to allow them to help contain the spread of the coronavirus, saying bureaucratic procedures need to be streamlined to avoid unnecessary delays.

Korean Air is introducing new measures to reduce its costs and boost revenue to offset the sharp drop in demand caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

NASA has renamed its urban air mobility Grand Challenge the Advanced Air Mobility National Campaign, a seemingly simple name change that signals recognition that industry’s interest is in more than just downtown air transportation.

Regional turboprop manufacturer ATR, following a pause in its activities for four days last week, is resuming production at its Toulouse final assembly line.

Domestic airline activity in mainland China will rise strongly next week according to data from CAPA and OAG.

Virgin Australia Group plans to stand down 80% of its workforce as the carrier cuts almost all of its domestic flights.

Travel data and analytics expert, Cirium, has launched new analysis offering verified daily updates on the number of in-storage aircraft amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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Russia’s Aeroflot has announced more reductions to its international network as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic-induced decline in demand.

WestJet will cut its workforce by nearly 50%, with the vast majority of reductions coming via voluntary options offered by the airline.

The owners of London Heathrow airport says it is repurposing its operations to meet increased demands for air freight.

LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT handled 5.8m pax in February, down 3.8% vs Feb 2019; cargo traffic dropped 7.8%.

Fitch Ratings is modeling debt-risk evaluations for the U.S. airports it covers using a baseline case that shows significant drops in 2020

Lufthansa Technik (LHT) is already seeing a massive impact from the COVID-19 crisis but cannot predict the extent of the damage to the global aviation industry.

Bogota-based Avianca announced it will temporarily cease all passenger flying, as a cascading series of travel restrictions across Latin America forces carriers to halt operations or scale back to skeletal levels.

LCC Norwegian has moved swiftly to access an initial tranche of state-backed aid, to enable it to negotiate the current financial crisis.

Japan’s two major airlines have both announced significant cuts to the start of their summer schedules to offset lower traffic resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Following a warning last week of coming cutbacks—and on the heels of previously announced cost-saving goals months ago before the COVID-19 pandemic—major Tier 2 provider Triumph Group on March 24 said it will eliminate 500 staff and contractor jobs by May 1.