Air Transport

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WESTJET is suspending all of its US transborder and international operations for at least 30 days starting on March 23.

LUFTHANSA CARGO is continuing with normal operation (sans China) with 11 777Fs (four AEROLOGIC) and six MD-11Fs.

LUFTHANSA GROUP had €1.2b net income for 2019 (vs €2.2b in 2018) on 2.5% higher revenues; its network airlines earned €1.8b in 2019 (vs €2.4) on 2%

FLIGHTRADAR24 says at one point on March 19 it was tracking about 9,900 flights worldwide vs 15,100 a year ago.

AIR ASTANA and FLYARYSTAN, Kazakhstan are suspending most of their scheduled flights through April 15.

AIR CANADA is reducing capacity by at least 50% and will gradually suspend the majority of international and US transborder flights (to small number

AMERICAN took delivery of first (65990) of 22 GEnx-powered 787-8s on lease from BOC Aviation (SPNWS; March 13).

BOC AVIATION confirmed (as of March 16) it has placed all 60 of its remaining aircraft scheduled for delivery in 2020.

TUI AIRWAYS, UK leased ex-Pegasus 737-800 (33605) from BBAM.

AIR SEYCHELLES took delivery of new LEAP-powered A320neo (9394) on lease from Air Lease Corporation (SPNWS; Dec 13).

AIR ANTWERP, Belgium is suspending operations on March 20 until at least april 10 in compliance with government measures.

ALLEGIANT is cutting capacity by 15% in April/May, but expects drop to grow to 30-35%; flexible scheduling for seasonal peaks, adjusted regularly to

A growing number of airlines in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) have temporarily suspended flights as governments grapple to contain the COVID-19 pandemic.

The largest U.S. airlines slashed the bulk of their schedules for the next several months, forced to scale back to once-unthinkable levels by the total collapse in global air travel caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Thai Airways has appointed Chakkrit Parapuntakul as acting president following the Mar. 12 resignation of its former president Sumet Damrongchaitham.

Qantas has revealed plans to suspend all scheduled international flights for at least two months because of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. The reduced operations mean two-thirds of its staff will be stood down.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is appealing to governments in Africa and the Middle East, as part of a worldwide campaign, to provide emergency support to airlines as they fight for survival due to the evaporation of air travel demand as a result of the COVID-19 crisis.

Following instructions from the Rwandan Ministry of Health regarding the global fight against Covid-19 coronavirus, RwandAir has temporarily suspended its commercial passenger flights.

Environmental groups have welcomed a decision by ICAO on eligible carbon credits under a scheme to offset emissions from aviation and believe the system is flexible enough to cope with the dramatic drop in global flights following the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak.

Draft sent to the U.S. contained a probable-cause statement despite report’s status as an interim update

Constant Aviation, a Cleveland-based maintenance, repair and overhaul specialist, says concern over the COVID-19 pandemic has triggered a wave of inquiries from business and commercial operators over applications of a specially developed anti-microbial protection treatment for aircraft interiors.

Mitsubishi Aircraft on Mar. 18 conducted the first flight of the first SpaceJet prototype that conforms to the new, certifiable design of the regional jet.