The FAA is increasingly relying on contingency plans for its air traffic control (ATC) facilities as COVID-19 coronavirus infections have been detected at several airport towers and one of the 22 air route traffic control centers (ARTCC) responsible for managing en route aircraft.
U.S. defense primes are increasingly securing billion-dollar sums of new debt financing as companies large and small manage a liquidity crisis stemming from the COVID-19 virus and the collapse of air travel.
Aviation’s an easy target for criticism, but hopefully the world’s governments now realise just how important the sector is as they rebuild their economies.
In the wake of the novel coronavirus pandemic, business aviation experts are revising 2020 delivery and sales forecasts along with business expectations in an ever-evolving situation.
Organizers of July’s Farnborough International Airshow and the Royal International Air Tattoo have decided to cancel the events in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Cathay Pacific Group’s April and May capacity will be reduced to just 4% of its normal total following plunging demand and a widening list of travel restrictions following the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
As airlines and providers of commercial air travel services continue to make robust cases to governments for state-level aid, smaller airports may be left to fend for themselves.
American Airlines is utilizing its currently grounded passenger aircraft to move cargo between the US and Europe, underscoring the importance of its routes for trade.
The FAA must work to “lift impossible compliance barriers” to keep pilots and aircraft in regulatory compliance during the coronavirus pandemic, the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association said.
Fractional operator Flexjet will ferry pilots and flight crews to assignments using its own aircraft rather than its usual method of relying on commercial carriers.
Three major airline bodies have voiced their dismay at the European Commission’s response to the COVID-19 coronavirus crisis, which has left cash-strapped airlines potentially facing unlimited passenger care and assistance bills.
Some aerospace suppliers' production facilities are based on continuous processes, as opposed to the manufacturing of discrete objects, and the current COVID-19 coronavirus crisis is therefore creating headaches about operational continuity, an analyst has warned.
Aerospace manufacturing has awakened to a nightmare. Customer demand could swoon as air travel is crippled, battering a sector already reeling from narrowbody and widebody cuts alike.
Lufthansa Technik could provide “attractive” collateral for its parent airline group to raise financing to ensure its survival through the coronavirus crisis, Credit Suisse has said.
Former Trump administration UN Ambassador Nikki Haley has resigned from aerospace and defense giant Boeing’s board of directors in opposition to the company’s $60 billion bailout bid, the company said March 19.
