Middle East launch customer Qatar Airways has installed Inmarsat’s GX Aviation broadband service on most of its Boeing 777 and Airbus A350 airliners, the parties announced Sept. 9.
With just a few weeks left until the start of the 2020 fourth quarter, U.S. airline executives have come to accept that the rest of the year will likely be anything but predictable.
Shareholders in International Airlines Group (IAG) gave their backing to a €2.75 billion ($3.25 billion) rights issue during the company’s annual general meeting (AGM) held Sept. 8.
Ryanair Holdings Group CEO Michael O’Leary has said he is now anticipating just 50 million passengers for fiscal 2020-21, two-thirds fewer than the 149 million passengers carried by the Irish LCC in 2019-20.
Oman Air plans to resume limited scheduled services from Oct. 1, the airline said Sept. 9. The carrier has effectively been closed for several months, except for repatriation and cargo flights.
AirAsia has restructured its engineering operations into a wholly owned subsidiary, which will provide MRO services to the group’s airlines and also third-party customers.
Virgin Australia confirmed plans to keep 56 of its Boeing 737s when it exits the administration process, which means it will cut almost 30 aircraft from its narrowbody fleet compared to pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels.
Wary of the current lack of air cargo capacity, IATA has urged the freight industry, governments and public health agencies to work together to prepare the transportation of COVID-19 vaccines around the world if and when they become available.
Finnair has more than halved its capacity plans for October, cutting its schedule from around 200 daily flights to just 70-80, citing a slower-than-expected traffic recovery in light of weak demand and ongoing travel restrictions.
A lack of “clear information” from Boeing on the return of the 737 MAX is hampering Ethiopian Airlines’ ability to make decisions on its future narrowbody fleet as it studies the Airbus A220, according to the flag-carrier’s CEO Tewolde Gebremariam.
Luis Gallego, formerly the head of Iberia, has taken over as CEO of parent company International Airlines Group (IAG), after the retirement of Willie Walsh, who had led the group and been instrumental in its development since its creation in 2011.
The number of air passengers processed at U.S. airport security checkpoints hit a post-pandemic high over Labor Day weekend, with daily throughput approaching one million passengers for the first time since mid-March.
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) on Sept. 7 authorized the setting-up of OTT Airlines, a subsidiary that China Eastern Airlines intends will operate only COMAC aircraft.
While many airlines around the world are waiting anxiously for international borders to reopen, the immediate concern for Australian carriers is closer to home.
Porter Airlines has once again pushed back its planned operational restart, this time to Nov. 12, as travel restrictions continue to cripple Canada-U.S. travel demand as well as Canadian domestic services.
AirAsia is hoping to raise MYR2.5 billion ($602 million) by the end of the year while the fate of its Japanese operation is unclear after it was put under review.
UK logistics company Stobart Group has confirmed that it is in early talks to sell regional airline Stobart Air and aircraft-leasing business Propius, with lessor Falko Regional Aircraft among those showing an interest.
The Icelandic parliament has agreed to guarantee up to 90% of a $120 million credit facility for Icelandair to help the airline weather the COVID-19 crisis.
