Airlines & Lessors

Thousands of workers have taken voluntary buyouts, but thousands more face layoffs and furloughs come Oct. 1.

Delta Air Lines and Virgin Australia have officially paused their transpacific joint venture, while the latter regroups after the COVID-19 crisis forced it to seek voluntary administration.

With its original Airbus A350-900 deliveries delayed because of the COVID-19 crisis, Taiwan’s Starlux Airlines will now lease eight A330-900s to ensure that its fleet expansion plans are not derailed.

Air Transat will permanently lay off at least 2,000 employees after the COVID-19 pandemic forced it to completely shut down operations for nearly four months between April and late July.

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Before it begins flight operations in November, OWG’s fleet is receiving avionics, IFE and cabin upgrades.

A deal for the takeover of South Korean carrier Asiana Airlines by a Hyundai Development Co. (HDC)-led consortium has collapsed, with both sides confirming that the sale agreement had been canceled.

ULCC Wizz Air has been forced to delay the operational launch of its new subsidiary Wizz Air Abu Dhabi by two weeks because of COVID-19-related travel restrictions.

Russia’s Red Wings airline has reintroduced Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100) regional aircraft to its fleet.

Senior figures at the airline have previously talked about the need to make "very tough decisions" to adapt "to this new reality."

Lauda Europe—the new incarnation of Ryanair’s Austrian carrier Laudamotion, which is to relinquish its Austrian AOC—operated its first flight under its Maltese AOC on Sept. 11.

JetBlue Airways added 24 new routes to warm-weather leisure destinations from its main hubs on both U.S. coasts, as carriers seek to adjust their networks to capture limited travel demand where it still exists.

Icelandair is to join the Worldwide by easyJet network, the two carriers announced Sept. 9.

Lisbon-based regional carrier and TAP Group subsidiary Portugália Airlines has increased its regional jet fleet with the acquisition of two additional

Alaska Air Group now expects to join the oneworld alliance in early 2021, marking a slight delay from previous plans to join later in 2020.

Japanese LCC Peach is resuming limited international operations for the first time since suspending its overseas services in March. The carrier

Positioning itself for a protracted recovery, the Singapore Airlines (SIA) group has announced it will cut 4,300 positions across the group’s three airlines—Scoot, SilkAir, and Singapore Airlines—including 2,400 compulsory layoffs in Singapore and overseas stations.

International Airlines Group (IAG) has revised down its expected 2020 capacity from 59% lower than 2019 levels to now 63% lower, blaming dampened booking activity on travel restrictions and quarantine requirements.

Air New Zealand plans to ground its Boeing 777-300ERs until at least September 2021, extending its estimate of how long these aircraft will be out of service.

Air France-KLM and travel technology company Amadeus have signed a New Distribution Capability (NDC) agreement which will allow travel agents to access the airline group’s NDC offers through the Amadeus Travel Platform and its NDC-enabled solutions.

The aerospace arm of ST Engineering is ramping up its Airbus A321 passenger-to-freighter (P2F) capabilities at its Guangzhou, China, and San Antonio, Texas, facilities as the MRO reacts to the demand for air cargo capacity resulting from the COVID-19 crisis.

Seven new routes are joining United Airlines’ schedule—three to destinations in Africa, two in India and two in Hawaii—as part of what the U.S

Ryanair will close its base at Düsseldorf International Airport in Germany as the market becomes increasingly pessimistic about the prospects for summer 2021

American Airlines is in talks with Boeing to potentially defer 18 737 MAX aircraft scheduled for delivery in 2021, as the airline looks to conserve cash amid the extended industry downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

United Airlines and its pilots have reached a tentative agreement that would take nearly 3,000 involuntary furloughs off the table, the union’s airline leadership said Sept. 9.