New Zealand’s airlines are cutting back domestic services after travel restrictions were extended because of a resurgence of coronavirus cases within the country.
Ask the Editors: Aviation in Argentina and across almost all of Latin America is in critical condition. Governments have provided little-to-no financial aid for airlines.
New analysis from Airlines for America (A4A) found that New York and New Jersey—two U.S. states hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic—also lost the most commercial airline service in the U.S. in July.
Average repayment periods for Fly Leasing customers have increased in recent months, but the number of lease-deferral requests is decreasing, and the company has revised its expected total deferral-related financial exposure downward.
Cowen & Co. analyst Helane Becker believes U.S. air traffic is on track to recover to 1 million passengers per day by year-end, a modest improvement from current levels, but still a far cry from the 2.5 million travelers who flew each day in 2019.
Although Cebu Pacific suffered substantial losses in the first half of 2020, the Philippine LCC predicts it will be able to secure enough extra funding to weather the COVID-19 crisis.
Lessor GECAS has dipped into the cargo market once again with its latest order for freighters, just hours before Russian carrier S7 Airlines announced its first order for dedicated cargo-carriers.
As the outlook for corporate and international travel remains weak, United Airlines is hoping that the coronavirus pandemic will not dampen demand for warm weather leisure destinations in the U.S. this winter.
Many British Airways (BA) staff are receiving letters this week informing whether they will lose their jobs as the carrier cuts its workforce in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Air France-KLM Group said it has received the green light from pilots on plans for its low-cost unit Transavia to operate domestic routes, while detailing job cuts and base closures planned for its regional subsidiary HOP!
American Airlines became the latest U.S. carrier to disallow passengers from wearing masks with exhaust valves on its flights, aligning its face covering policy with most other major U.S. airlines.
The European Commission (EC) has given the go-ahead for a €30 million ($35 million) government cash infusion for Estonia’s Nordic Aviation Group (NAG).
Icelandair said it has completed agreements with all its creditors and reached a final settlement with Boeing on the impact of the grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX.
Chinese domestic airline activity has virtually recovered to its 2019 level as airlines have laid on more capacity than is profitable, apparently to promote a revival in tourism and business travel.
Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific has revealed new details of significant aircraft delivery deferrals, although the carrier has so far not canceled any of its extensive order backlog.
Airlines continue to seek short-term relief from lessors, but the number of requests is dwindling, and most are meeting payment obligations, senior leasing executives report.
Sky Airline is pushing ahead with plans to expand its international network from Peru despite lower passenger demand as a result of the COVID-19 crisis.
German cabin crew union UFO is recommending its members accept a preliminary crisis deal reached with Lufthansa to avoid forced redundancies despite major uncertainties about the details.
With no finance minister helming the ministry, Thai AirAsia and six other airlines are hoping to go straight to the top and meet with Thai prime minister Prayut Chan-o-cha regarding government assistance.
