The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and shutdown of air traffic on European aviation has worsened in recent weeks, IATA warned, as it called for a coordinated restart of air travel through border openings and continued financial and regulatory support.
The jury is still out on whether business aviation will see long-term benefits from the raft of redundancies caused across the aerospace sector from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Japanese LCC Peach is poised to become the latest airline to resume flying its full domestic network, and it has set a target date to restore all frequencies on these routes.
FAA Administrator Steve Dickson said that the agency is working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) “and others” to have a set of recommendations for U.S. travel.
Fixed base operator Signature Flight Support has launched a safety, health and wellness standard, called SignatureAssure for its FBOs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will start to allow both Emirati nationals and foreign residents to travel abroad starting June 23, in a move that will help restart business for the country’s airports and airlines.
LATAM Airlines Group announced June 17 its Argentinian subsidiary will cease operations indefinitely, as the bankrupt parent company looks to rid itself of loss-making assets.
Southwest Airlines estimates having enough liquidity to survive another two years at current demand levels, positioning it to challenge the “Big 3” U.S. carriers for domestic market share through an anticipated COVID-19 recovery.
