Airports & Networks

By Tony Osborne
Airliners have the electrical, oxygen and airflow systems installed that could make them cost-effective temporary hospitals.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Wesley Charnock
Routes' latest update on how airlines and airports across the Middle East and Africa are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Airports & Networks

By Tony Osborne
Technology to grow capacity is no longer a priority as ANSPs fight to stay solvent through the coronavirus pandemic.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

While Africa remains the continent least-affected by the global COVID-19 pandemic, almost every nation now has confirmed cases of the disease and numbers are increasing. Health experts consider Africa as a whole to be a few weeks behind most of the rest of the world in terms of the spread of the disease.
Airports & Networks

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Air France-KLM said it would suspend over 90% of planned capacity in April and May because of the global COVID-19 crisis as its own statistics and those of European airports showed massive drops in March passenger traffic.
Airlines & Lessors

By Aaron Karp
The LCC plans to continue to serve every city in its network.
Airports & Networks

By Adrian Schofield
Aviation is included in larger stimulus package.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
JetBlue Airways and Spirit Airlines have applied for emergency exemptions to the minimum service order outlined in the US government’s CARES Act.
Airports & Networks

By Chen Chuanren
Malaysia Airlines temporarily suspended interstate service across peninsular Malaysia on April 8 after domestic flights were deemed to be operating at an uneconomical level following the country’s lockdown.
Airlines & Lessors

Emirates will resume passenger services to Amman, Jordan from 8 September.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
Welcome to Routes’ look at how the Asia-Pacific aviation market is responding to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, helping you understand the schedule changes and manage the impact so we can navigate through this crisis together.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
Routes' latest update on how airlines and airports across the Asia-Pacific region are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, with a focus this week on the South East Asia market.
Airports & Networks

By Adrian Schofield
Cathay Pacific and other Hong Kong-based airlines will gain substantial financial benefits from a new COVID-19 aid package unveiled by the government.
Airlines & Lessors

By Tony Osborne
A UK-based group is proposing using stored widebody airliners as intensive care units as countries grapple to find hospital capacity to cope with the coronavirus pandemic.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
Lufthansa is to permanently decommission more than 40 aircraft including six Airbus A380s, reduce Eurowings’ long-haul business and scrap its Germanwings brand.
Airports & Networks

By Chen Chuanren
The airport serving the city located in the Chinese province where the coronavirus outbreak started sees scheduled domestic flights again.
Airports & Networks

Eurocontrol member states agree that airlines need relief from air traffic control payments because of COVID-19 pandemic.
Airports & Networks

Emirates will resume passenger services to Kuwait City from August 5 and Lisbon from August 16.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
Welcome to Routes’ look at how the European aviation market is responding to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, helping you understand the schedule changes and manage the impact so we can navigate through this crisis together.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
Routes' weekly update on how airlines and airports across Europe are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Airports & Networks

By Chen Chuanren
Wuhan Tianhe Airport (WUH) reopened its gates to scheduled commercial operations on April 8, marking the end of China’s 76-day lockdown of the city and the resumption of normal service to the airport.
Airports & Networks

By Aaron Karp
The revision helps carriers with seasonal demand profiles seeking government aid during COVID-19 pandemic.
Airports & Networks

By Chen Chuanren
The initial ban of three days was deemed not long enough.
Airports & Networks

By Chen Chuanren
The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) has extended the temporary ban on all international flights to the country from April 6 to April 18 as part of efforts to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By David Casey
How airlines around the world are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Airports & Networks