Many British Airways (BA) staff are receiving letters this week informing whether they will lose their jobs as the carrier cuts its workforce in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Air France-KLM Group said it has received the green light from pilots on plans for its low-cost unit Transavia to operate domestic routes, while detailing job cuts and base closures planned for its regional subsidiary HOP!
American Airlines became the latest U.S. carrier to disallow passengers from wearing masks with exhaust valves on its flights, aligning its face covering policy with most other major U.S. airlines.
The European Commission (EC) has given the go-ahead for a €30 million ($35 million) government cash infusion for Estonia’s Nordic Aviation Group (NAG).
Icelandair said it has completed agreements with all its creditors and reached a final settlement with Boeing on the impact of the grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX.
Chinese domestic airline activity has virtually recovered to its 2019 level as airlines have laid on more capacity than is profitable, apparently to promote a revival in tourism and business travel.
Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific has revealed new details of significant aircraft delivery deferrals, although the carrier has so far not canceled any of its extensive order backlog.
Airlines continue to seek short-term relief from lessors, but the number of requests is dwindling, and most are meeting payment obligations, senior leasing executives report.
Sky Airline is pushing ahead with plans to expand its international network from Peru despite lower passenger demand as a result of the COVID-19 crisis.
German cabin crew union UFO is recommending its members accept a preliminary crisis deal reached with Lufthansa to avoid forced redundancies despite major uncertainties about the details.
With no finance minister helming the ministry, Thai AirAsia and six other airlines are hoping to go straight to the top and meet with Thai prime minister Prayut Chan-o-cha regarding government assistance.
Vietnam Airlines is in the process of securing a VND4 trillion ($171.8 million) government loan as well as another VND8 trillion in charter capital increases as the flag-carrier predicts a VND15.1 trillion loss for 2020.
Mesa Airlines managed to eke out a $3 million net profit in the 2020 second quarter (Q2), as fixed payments from major airline partners helped the carrier overcome a historic air travel slowdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Talks over an extension to the Payroll Support Program (PSP) look set to come down to the wire in September, after negotiations toward another U.S. coronavirus aid package broke down late last week.
LCC Air Arabia slipped into the red in the first half (H1) of 2020, seeing a successful first quarter obliterated by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) is gradually resuming flying after a three-month shutdown, but its main hub operation at Kyiv Boryspil International has been mothballed until spring 2021.
Air Europa plans to accelerate the phaseout of its entire Airbus A330 fleet and defer delivery of additional Boeing 787s after the COVID-19 pandemic scuttled plans to restart long-haul flights.
