The decision by some Australian states to reopen borders for domestic travel has prompted Australia’s major airlines to restore suspended routes and boost frequencies on others.
In a last-ditch effort to prevent mass airline employee furloughs beginning Oct. 1., two U.S. Senate Republicans introduced a bill to extend the Payroll Support Program (PSP) through March 31, 2021.
American Airlines has issued a tentative 737 MAX pilot instruction schedule that would have computer-based lessons begin in five weeks, simulator sessions starting in November and all 4,200 of its 737 pilots trained by February 2021.
Prospects for two South African airlines have taken a turn for the better after the country’s government said it would not allow the national carrier to fail, while regional airline Comair’s creditors agreed a route out of administration.
Delta Air Lines will seek to raise $9 billion in debt backed by its SkyMiles frequent-flier program, amounting to a nearly 40% increase from previous plans to raise $6.5 billion.
The mix-and-match of different testing and quarantine requirements that are currently holding back the region’s recovery must come to an end, and European authorities are on the case.
South American operator Avianca Holdings has hit a stumbling block in its Chapter 11 restructuring after a Colombian court issued an injunction against a $370 million loan the country’s government has offered to the company.
Eastar Jet appears to be making progress in its talks to find a new purchaser that could see the heavily indebted South Korean LCC return to the skies.
RwandAir will not take delivery of two Airbus A330neo or two 737 MAX 8 as had been planned any time soon as the Rwandan flag-carrier must first restore its network and simplify its fleet.
Southwest Airlines is correcting inaccurate weight data for 115 Boeing 737-800s after discovering a 75 lb. discrepancy between what its dispatch team had and the actual figures.
One of the unions representing British Airways (BA) cabin crew and ground staff has accused the airline’s CEO of misleading parliamentarians over whether staff will be subject to “fire and re-hire” tactics at the company.
Elected leaders of the union representing United Airlines pilots unanimously approved a tentative deal that would take nearly 3,000 involuntary furloughs off the table through June 2021, substantially upping the likelihood that pilots will avoid mass furloughs planned across the company this fall.
Icelandair Group is now anticipating a $363 million EBIT loss for 2020 and a further $43 million loss in 2021, before climbing back to profitability in 2022 and building to a $175 million positive EBIT by 2024.
