A survey from Gallup and Franklin Templeton of over 10,000 American recent flight passengers found 52% of respondents are not comfortable flying during the COVID-19 pandemic, suggesting that airlines’ efforts to persuade customers about the safety of flying have had limited success.
Ryanair will increase flights to more than 60% of its normal schedule throughout August following the “successful resumption” of services at the end of June.
Sentiment in the airline industry improved slightly, although the overlying mood remained downbeat, according to the latest IATA Airline Business Confidence Index.
Lessor Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) turned in a reduced net profit of $121.7 million for the first half (H1) of 2020, compared to $197.1 million for the year-ago period.
Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian confirmed that 20% of the company’s workforce voluntarily departed the week of July 27, raising the odds that Delta will avoid mass furloughs of the proportions previewed recently by American Airlines and United Airlines.
Air New Zealand has begun operational use of required navigation performance (RNP AR) approaches with its ATR 72-600 fleet, the first time the technology has been employed on this aircraft type.
Russia’s largest airline group Aeroflot is to soon receive a massive cash injection from its major shareholder, the Russian government, through a rights issue.
Lufthansa Group said the collapse in demand for air travel following the outbreak of COVID-19 leaves it no choice but to start making redundancies in Germany and scrap 100 of its aircraft.
Vietnam Airlines will reportedly halve the pay of its pilots and cabin crew after the flag-carrier saw a 68% year-on-year (YOY) fall in revenue for the second quarter.
Sixteen Republican Senators signed on to a letter urging the chamber’s leadership to extend the CARES Act Payroll Support Program (PSP) until March 2021, signaling growing bipartisan consensus that more aid will be needed to avert mass layoffs this fall.
Upping the ante from the successful “airport boarding” experience in July, Taiwan’s four carriers all launched flights-to-nowhere in line with Father’s Day celebrations on Aug. 8.
Garuda Indonesia’s financial situation worsened as lessors took legal action for unpaid leases and government aid to help the flag-carrier weather the COVID-19 crisis has yet to arrive.
Frontier Airlines has issued formal furlough notifications to 35% of its flight attendants and pilots, becoming the latest U.S. carrier to warn of coming job losses following the end of federal payroll support on Oct. 1.
The major U.S. airlines have removed near-term bankruptcy risk from the table, helped by massive infusions of public and private financing—but their regional affiliates have not all been as fortunate.
Australian regional and charter carrier Alliance Aviation is buying a fleet of Embraer E190s to take advantage of growth opportunities it foresees in the local market.
A city government in eastern China will take a stake in privately held Ruili Airlines, extending a trend toward growing state ownership in the country’s commercial aviation sector.
Vietnam’s Pacific Airlines has unveiled its livery and branding, transitioning from its former guise Jetstar Pacific after Qantas announced its exit from the joint venture in mid-June.
