A U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, the USS Theodore Roosevelt, pulled into Guam during a deployment because of a growing outbreak of the novel coronavirus spreading among sailors throughout the decks.
Singapore finance minister Heng Swee Keat has announced the country’s second round of financial relief worth S$48 billion ($33.1 billion) to tide the country through the COVID-19 disruption.
Embraer said it expects a further delay in the closure of a deal for Boeing to purchase its commercial aircraft business as it recorded a strong year in its executive jet division in 2019.
China will cut air services to every foreign country to a minimum of one weekly flight per airline, as the country tries to avoid re-importing COVID-19.
Alaska Airlines announced plans to cut its schedule by 70% in April and May, citing the “historic and unprecedented falloff in demand” caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The European Commission (EC) has issued updated air cargo guidelines, calling on member states and other countries to help facilitate the operations that play an important role in transporting medical supplies and equipment amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Latin American and Caribbean carriers’ attempts to operate vital cargo services or repatriation flights are being hampered because the region’s governments are not reacting quickly enough to the fast-changing COVID-19 situation, IATA said Mar. 26.
In the face of the widening COVID-19 crisis, Austria´s Innsbruck Airport will shut down commercial operations for three months as a cost-saving measure.
LOT Polish Airlines has announced a raft of flight cancellations after the Polish government extended its commercial flight suspension by a further 14 days to Apr. 11.
World leaders have been urged to execute “crucial measures” to safeguard the future of the travel and tourism industry as it emerged that up to 75 million jobs are at “immediate risk.”
China’s big three state carriers Air China, China Eastern Airlines and China Southern Airlines have released their operating numbers for February, revealing the damage of the COVID-19 lockdown on their performance.
Austrian aerospace parts and services provider FACC has said that a “large part” of its staff is expected to apply for “short-term work” starting Apr. 6 and that it will revise plans to ramp up a new Croatian factory while suspending its dividend payment to shareholders for 2019.
