Welcome to Routes’ weekly look at how the Middle East and African aviation markets are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, helping you understand the schedule changes and manage the impact so we can navigate through this crisis together.
EasyJet has said its finance director Andrew Findlay will step down in a year’s time in the latest twist in an ongoing dispute between management and the LCC’s founder and biggest shareholder, Stelios Haji-Ioannou.
LATAM Airlines has become the latest high-profile victim of the COVID-19 crisis as it filed for Chapter 11 proceedings on May 26 at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.
Thai Airways has made sweeping changes to its board as it begins its restructuring and the government has reduced its majority stake in the carrier to ease the process.
FRANKFURT—The German government approved a €9 billion ($9.8 billion) rescue package for Lufthansa May 25, keeping the airline out of insolvency while returning as its largest shareholder.
Turkish Airlines has extended its suspension of international flying by a further 13 days until June 10 in line with decisions taken by Turkish authorities to curb the spread of the coronavirus in the country.
LOT Polish Airlines has joined the increasing tide of companies planning imminently to resume flights, with reinstatement of some domestic services from June 1.
Ryanair subsidiary Laudamotion—Austria’s second largest airline behind Austrian Airlines—confirmed May 22 that its Airbus A320 base in Vienna will close on May 29 with the loss of over 300 pilot and cabin crew jobs as no collective labor agreement (CLA) with trade union Vida had been signed.
The FAA will permit U.S. airlines to carry cargo on passenger seats through year end, citing “unprecedented circumstances” associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.
PAL Holdings, the parent company of Philippine Airlines (PAL), has reported a net loss of PHP10.3 billion ($202 million) for 2019, widening from the PHP4.3 billion deficit in 2018.
Dart Group, the owner of UK leisure carrier Jet2, has raised £172 million ($210 million) after increasing its share capital by 20% and has announced plans to resume flight operations from July 1.
EasyJet founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou has failed in his bid to oust four senior directors in protest against the LCC’s Airbus order, meaning the board can focus fully on easyJet’s gradual flight relaunch from June 15.
Welcome to Routes’ look at how the Latin America aviation market is responding to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, helping you understand the schedule changes and manage the impact so we can navigate through this crisis together.
By Helen Massy-Beresford, Alan Dron, Chen Chuanren
A Pakistan International Airlines Airbus A320 aircraft has crashed close to the airport in Karachi on May 22 en route from Lahore to Jinnah International Airport.
China has conducted its first remote tower operation at Xinyuan Nalati Airport (NLT) with a China Express Airlines flight controlled remotely from the Xinjiang Airport Group’s center in Urumqi, 385 km away.
Despite the decimation of April passenger traffic in Taiwan, air cargo income continues to soar for the country’s two largest carriers China Airlines and EVA Air.
