Air Transport

NORWEGIAN is reducing its schedule by 85% and furloughing 7,300 workers; most of fleet will be parked.

US DOT has denied antitrust approval to proposed joint venture between HAWAIIAN AIRLINES and JAPAN AIRLINES.

HEAVILIFT, Papua New Guinea leased ex-Czech Airlines ATR 72-500 (761) from Nordic Aviation Capital.

EUROATLANTIC AIRWAYS, Portugal agreed to lease two 787-8s from AerCap for delivery in early 2021.

CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS agreed to sell six 777-300ERs to BOC Aviation, and lease them back.

SPIRIT AIRLINES leased new GTF-powered A320neo (9075) from AerCap; aircraft was originally slated for Tianjin Airlines.

ALASKA AIR GROUP borrowed $388m from existing credit facilities and now has $1.97m in unrestricted cash and short-term investments with 133

China Southern Airlines has canceled plans to increase services to the U.S., following intensification of Chinese entry controls to prevent reimportation of the novel coronavirus, said several sources close to the airlines.

In what seems like almost an overnight transition, the global air transport industry outlook has plummeted from positive to dire. In December, IATA

Air France-KLM, EasyJet, International Airlines Group and Ryanair all said they will cut most of their flights in the coming days as travel restrictions push demand for air transport close to zero.

After being grounded for almost a year, the Boeing 737MAX is being tested and prepared for re-entry to service. Boeing’s managing director for sub-Sahara Africa, João Miguel Santos, talks to Alan Peaford.

Weekly profile of a major airport’s operations, carriers and destinations.

Safran powers VoltAero; scaling quantum computers; automating dogfighting; eVTOL in Norway; safer batteries; drone delivery bases.

Airlines in Europe have sounded the alarm over what the COVID-19 crisis means for their future.

SAS Scandinavian Airlines has become the latest airline deciding to stop almost all of its flights Mar. 16 and will temporarily lay off 90% of its workforce, the airline said Mar. 15.

The International Civil Aviation Organization’s governing Council today took a key step to stand up its emission offsetting program to help airlines reduce climate pollution, even as the aviation sector reels from the economic fallout of the coronavirus.

Australia has become the latest nation to impose self-isolation rules for all international arrivals, and the list of governments taking such broad

The White House added the U.K. and Ireland to a previously announced ban on most incoming travel from Europe’s 26-member Schengen Zone, reflecting

New Zealand’s government has imposed wide-ranging entry restrictions that will drastically reduce travel from almost every other country. The

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NASA is formulating a new, “multi-tech” strategy to pave the way towards a possible next-generation, subsonic, electrified X-plane

Ryanair subsidiary Laudamotion is working to temporarily reduce work hours of its 900 employees to cope with the dramatic demand drop as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak.