COVID-19

Qantas has revealed plans to suspend all scheduled international flights for at least two months because of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. The reduced operations mean two-thirds of its staff will be stood down.

Environmental groups have welcomed a decision by ICAO on eligible carbon credits under a scheme to offset emissions from aviation and believe the system is flexible enough to cope with the dramatic drop in global flights following the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak.

UK leisure airline Jet2.com has suspended its flying program until at least May 1.

Passenger traffic at US airports is projected to drop 68% in the March-to-June period.

Delta reduces systemwide capacity by 70%, United by 60%.

Most US transborder services will be eliminated as Canada and the US scramble to contain COVID-19 coronavirus.

With the collapse of Europe’s business aviation charter business under coronavirus travel bans, the industry must join together to weather the crises.

The business and general aviation industry is prepared to assist and respond to the spread of COVID-19, five trade groups have told U.S. lawmakers.

Constant Aviation, a Cleveland-based maintenance, repair and overhaul specialist, says concern over the COVID-19 pandemic has triggered a wave of inquiries from business and commercial operators over applications of a specially developed anti-microbial protection treatment for aircraft interiors.

Airbus UK and Rolls-Royce have joined a list of companies that have responded to a British government call for the rapid production of medical ventilators to treat people suffering with the COVID-19 virus.

Organizers have postponed the Arsenal of Democracy Flyover and related events in Washington from May until September, given concerns related to COVID-19.

Coronavirus-driven demand declines and a ban on non-essential Canada-U.S. transborder travel have forced Canadian airlines of all sizes to cut back or stop flying.

Small French companies—a major part of Airbus’ and other OEM’s supply chain in Europe—are seeing significant challenges as the COVID-19 crisis pummels the economy.

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As in-person classes are cancelled to prevent the spread of COVID-19, many aviation maintenance schools are scrambling to come up with contingency plans for Part 147 curriculum.

American airports have asked the U.S. Congress for $10 billion in immediate aid to help offset the massive drop in travel levels caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

DELTA is now cutting capacity by 70% (80% international) until demand starts to recover; it says year-over-year revenues are down $2b in March and

ACI is projecting COVID-19 will result in airport industry losses of at least $20-25b in 2020 and is recommending policies to alleviate shortfalls

RYANAIR expects to reduce capacity by up to 80% in April/May, and says a full grounding of its fleet cannot be ruled out.

Tier 2 provider Triumph Group on Mar. 18 announced a fresh round of significant workforce cuts and restructuring in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, Boeing 737 MAX shutdown and other issues.

JETSTAR ASIA is temporarily suspending all services from March 23 to at least April 15, and is grounding its 18 A320s.

The U.S. Air Force has postponed the second demonstration of the Advanced Battle Management System from April to June because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

AIR MALTA is suspending scheduled operations on March 20 until further notice; it will operate special flights for government.

China Eastern Airlines will reduce or suspend flights on 11 European and North American routes, apparently in response to further falls in demand amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.

Airlines in the Asia-Pacific region are making deeper capacity cuts and grounding more aircraft in response to tighter travel restrictions.