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By Chen Chuanren
Tourism-dependent Thai Airways has reported a record loss of THB141 billion ($4.7 billion) for 2020 after the sector collapsed following COVID-19-related border closures.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Qantas expects to reopen almost all of its international routes by late October, although they will be operated by smaller widebodies as its Airbus A380s will remain parked.
Airlines & Lessors

By Michael Bruno
Spirit AeroSystems is growing the defense part of its revenue streams faster than expected, which is mildly helping to offset lost work in making airliners, the company’s CEO said Feb. 23.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Adrian Schofield
Air New Zealand has slashed its cash burn by more than half compared to the early stages of the COVID-19 crisis thanks to its cost-cutting efforts.
Airlines & Lessors

By Bill Carey
International and regional procedures have been established for the unlikely but still possible contingency of losing direction from air traffic control (ATC) in oceanic airspace, a situation that occurred in spring 2020 in airspace controlled by the FAA’s New York oceanic control center.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Alan Dron
The UK government plans to set up a taskforce to decide how it can help the travel sector through the COVID-19 pandemic.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Alan Dron
London Heathrow Airport is hopeful that a combination of the UK’s successful COVID-19 vaccine roll-out and its hosting of a G7 summit in June will be catalysts for restoring air services at the hub airport.
Airports & Networks

By Ben Goldstein
Alaska Airlines forecast an improvement in cash flows during the 2021 first quarter (Q1), signaling expectations for a pick-up in domestic passenger
Airlines & Lessors

By Karen Walker
Air New Zealand and Malaysia Airlines are the latest carriers to sign up to trial the IATA Travel Pass, a new digital app that streamlines how passengers can access the COVID-19 tests required for their travel and securely convey results to airlines.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Thailand’s domestic capacity has bounced back strongly since the early days of the COVID-19 crisis, with LCCs leading the recovery and increasing their dominance of the Thai market.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Kuwaiti LCC Jazeera Airways foresees significant demand for air transport starting to return from midway through 2021 and intends to continue with plans to revitalize its fleet.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
Moldovan startup HiSky has opened a base in Romania’s northwestern city of Cluj-Napoca, from where it plans to launch two routes starting in April.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
SunExpress has unveiled its 2021 summer flight plan, which will see the leisure carrier expand its network between Turkey and destinations in Europe and the Middle East.
Airports & Networks

By Kurt Hofmann
Qatar Airways Cargo would consider adding freighter versions of the Boeing 777X and Airbus A350 to its fleet if these aircraft were to come on to the market.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Hard on the heels of its billion-dollar investment deal, urban air mobility startup Archer has committed to launch its first air-taxi network in Los Angeles by 2024.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Chen Chuanren
Garuda Indonesia subsidiary Citilink is reportedly looking to add five ATR 72-600 turboprops to its fleet to increase its foothold in the domestic market, a booming sector especially while borders are closed.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
Advanced air mobility startup Lilium has selected Spanish aerostructures supplier Aciturri to build the composite airframe for its electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) air taxi.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Helen Massy-Beresford
The European Commission has launched a new partnership focusing on electric, hybrid and disruptive technologies which will build on Clean Sky 2 and contribute to a new breed of regional, short- and medium-haul aircraft that will fly by 2035.
Airlines & Lessors

By Ben Goldstein
One year into the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. flight attendants remain trapped in a vicious cycle: furlough, recall, repeat.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Airlines are increasingly leaning on process automation to overcome the erratic demands of the COVID-19 crisis, making systems reliability even more essential, according to aviation information technology (IT) specialist SITA.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Indian carrier IndiGo has signed a sale and leaseback agreement with Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE), covering seven Airbus A321neos.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Norwegian Air Shuttle is closer to reaching a restructuring agreement to secure its survival.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Wet-lease startup Heston Airlines, which is being created by Dublin-based lessor Genesis and narrowbody specialist Heston Aviation, has taken delivery of its first Airbus A320 ahead of a May launch.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
U.S.-based Eastern Airlines has requested approval to grow its fleet as part of plans to add at least seven more scheduled routes to destinations in South America and the Caribbean.
Airports & Networks

By Kurt Hofmann
SWISS International Air Lines’ (SWISS) sister carrier Edelweiss Air may phase out its Airbus A330-300 fleet and keep its aging A340-300 in operation.
Airlines & Lessors