Delta Air Lines is on track to test its entire workforce for COVID-19, as the carrier looks to reassure passengers about the safety of flying during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Despite positive signs for a recovery in domestic demand, Brazil’s Azul has reached a deal with its lessors for a significant reduction in payments for 2020 and plans to defer more than 80 aircraft deliveries to 2024 and beyond.
Alaska Airlines sees its 2020 third-quarter (Q3) capacity improving to half of its corresponding 2019 level, incrementally restoring flights while other U.S. carriers trim their schedules.
As Europe gets back to work after the traditional summer break, Air France-KLM CEO Ben Smith will be rolling up his sleeves for the next phase of plans to revamp Air France—plans which have become even more important since the COVID-19 crisis.
Trading of Thai Airways’ shares was suspended Aug. 14 after auditors declined to sign off on the carrier’s 2020 first half (H1) statements, citing “material uncertainty” from the lack of liquidity and mounting debts which may affect the value of assets and liabilities.
Cathay Pacific is the latest Asia-Pacific carrier to scale back its capacity recovery plans as COVID-19 infections spike in different parts of the region.
New Zealand’s airlines are cutting back domestic services after travel restrictions were extended because of a resurgence of coronavirus cases within the country.
Ask the Editors: Aviation in Argentina and across almost all of Latin America is in critical condition. Governments have provided little-to-no financial aid for airlines.
New analysis from Airlines for America (A4A) found that New York and New Jersey—two U.S. states hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic—also lost the most commercial airline service in the U.S. in July.
Average repayment periods for Fly Leasing customers have increased in recent months, but the number of lease-deferral requests is decreasing, and the company has revised its expected total deferral-related financial exposure downward.
Cowen & Co. analyst Helane Becker believes U.S. air traffic is on track to recover to 1 million passengers per day by year-end, a modest improvement from current levels, but still a far cry from the 2.5 million travelers who flew each day in 2019.
Although Cebu Pacific suffered substantial losses in the first half of 2020, the Philippine LCC predicts it will be able to secure enough extra funding to weather the COVID-19 crisis.
Lessor GECAS has dipped into the cargo market once again with its latest order for freighters, just hours before Russian carrier S7 Airlines announced its first order for dedicated cargo-carriers.
As the outlook for corporate and international travel remains weak, United Airlines is hoping that the coronavirus pandemic will not dampen demand for warm weather leisure destinations in the U.S. this winter.
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.
