COVID-19

LUFTHANSA GROUP says GERMANWINGS will not resume flight operations as an effect of its post-COVID-19 restructuring.

NORWEGIAN plans July 1 to begin short haul flights from London Gatwick/Edinburgh to Scandinavia with 15 weekly flights.

LUFTHANSA GROUP plans June 25 to hold Extraordinary General Meeting to gain shareholder approval for €9b stabilization package from WSF for 20% stake

ACI called for urgent government assistance and relief for airports to underpin operational restart and sustain the long-term industry recovery.

CAE has received certification from Health Canada for its Air1 ventilator.

TARMAC AEROSAVE opened its fourth aircraft storage site at Paris-Vatry and now has overall capacity for 270 aircraft.

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES secured financing for six 737-800s from Aviation Capital Group via its Aircraft Financing Solutions (AFS) program, which recently

Thai Vietjet is increasing its footprint in Thailand’s domestic market with the launch of five new routes.

Wizz Air’s expansion shows no signs of slowing, with the carrier set to exploit St. Petersburg’s seventh freedom rights and open its first base in Russia.

Airports Council International Europe has criticized IATA’s call for an extension to slot-rule waivers, calling it premature and warning it could have negative consequences on air connectivity and economic recovery.

With COVID-19 travel restrictions easing in parts of the world, airlines are gradually rebuilding their networks. Routes analyzes some of the services returning as well as new routes being launched. This week we look at new services from Loganair, Eastern Airlines and Air Astana.

An increase in consumer interest in flights to leisure resorts has encouraged ULCC Norwegian to restore no fewer than 76 routes to its network next month and more than double the number of aircraft in service.

Lufthansa warned June 17 that it may have to file for a protective shield insolvency restructuring process if an extraordinary shareholder meeting does not approve the proposed €9 billion ($10.1 billion) state-aid package on June 25.

Despite the high level of cabin health protection, suppliers are ready to sell dedicated antimicrobial coatings and systems.

Waffling politicians usually are nothing to celebrate, but this time President Donald Trump was right on the money.

Britain’s Royal Air Force has developed an in-house modification enabling an aeromedical capability for its BAE Systems’ 146 transport aircraft fleet.

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Heidi Wood, an aerospace and defense analyst-turned-strategist, will temporarily take over pilot training and simulator provider CAE’s defense and security group after recent hire Todd Probert left for a job in the U.S. national security realm.

Lithuania’s transport minister hopes to establish a virtual airline—which operates under its own brand, but wet-leases in capacity—within the next six months to aid the Baltic state’s COVID-19 recovery.

DUNCAN AVIATION has strategically stationed technicians from its engine Rapid Response Team (RRT) network around the country to assist operators in

IATA warned airline industry faces a hard winter and called on governments to continue providing COVID-19 relief measures.

SAS plans in July to increase capacity to >40 aircraft from 30 in June, equivalent to year-over-year drop of just under 30%.

EMBRAER has secured US$600m in working capital and export financing equally from Brazilian National Bank of Economic and Social Development (BNDES)

EASYJET finalized agreement with Airbus to defer delivery of 24 A320neo Family aircraft from FY20-FY22 to FY25-FY27; eight others are being deferred

IATA wants countries to mutually recognize and accept COVID-19 tests on passengers performed within 24 hours of their flight rather than institute lengthy quarantines on incoming travelers.