Virgin Australia appears likely to enter voluntary administration this week amid the COVID-19 crisis as its options for acquiring the additional funding it needs have almost disappeared.
The Thai government is reported to be evaluating a request for THB24.15 billion ($736 million) in financial aid submitted by eight local airlines that have seen their businesses decimated by the COVID-19 crisis.
UK aviation and energy company Stobart Group is considering re-acquiring the fleet of aircraft it sold to Connect Airways as part of the latter’s takeover of UK regional carrier Flybe.
A group of U.S. Senate Democrats called on airlines to release an estimated $10 billion in full cash refunds for flights canceled by passengers owing to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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One of Africa’s oldest airlines moved a step further towards disappearing April 15 after the South African government turned down an appeal for further funding.
The big security and health crises that have touched the airline industry in recent decades have changed the way we travel, with everything from airport temperature checks to restrictions on liquids, laptop bans and shoes-off security checks becoming—temporarily or permanently—a part of the airport and on-board experience.
Etihad Airways anticipates slowly increasing the number of passenger flights it operates from May 1, as it starts to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Senior executives at United Airlines are planning for substantial workforce reductions once the federal prohibition on layoffs attached to payroll support under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act expires this autumn.
Ryanair Group CEO Michael O’Leary expects the airline industry will recover from the COVID-19 pandemic faster than most executives and commentators believe—but only via a vicious price war.
EasyJet has enough liquidity to withstand a lengthy grounding of its fleet and could restart flying with as little as two weeks’ notice once the COVID-19 crisis has eased, according to a trading update from the airline.
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