COVID-19

Aircraft utilization at Flexjet has doubled in the past three weeks, while leads from potential clients are “off the charts,” as the fractional provider operates during the novel coronavirus pandemic, Flexjet CEO Mike Silvestro said on a Jefferies Equity Research webinar June 2.

AIR PARTNER, UK says April was a record trading month for the group and business has continued to perform well ahead of budget in May, predominantly

DELTA AIR LINES says it will continue to block selection of middle seats and capping seating in every cabin through Sept. 30.

PEGASUS AIRLINES restarted domestic services and is now operating 39 routes to 27 destinations in Turkey.

SOUTHWEST priced public offering of $1.8b of senior notes. It expects to use the net proceeds from the offering to repay all of the outstanding

AERCAP priced public offering of $1.25b of senior notes. It ended 1Q20 with approximately $11b of liquidity.

Emirates Airline sees a place for all of its Airbus A380s in its future fleet plan, but their status is directly tied to how quickly demand bounces

Ask the Editors: Airliners are much cleaner than the average restaurant—especially now with new additional disinfecting being done.

Qantas is looking to significantly expand its domestic network, as demand in its home market increases as travel restrictions loosen.

Lufthansa subsidiaries Austrian Airlines and SWISS International Air Lines (SWISS) have both suffered substantial losses for the 2020 first quarter (Q1) following the outbreak of COVID-19.

Welcome to Routes’ look at how the Asia-Pacific aviation market is recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Europrean Commission says an alternative plan is needed.

British Airways has filed tentative plans to increase its long-haul flying in July.

Frontier Airlines is to launch three new routes from Philadelphia International (PHL) and increase frequencies on four more.

Wizz Air reported an underlying net profit of €344.8 million ($385 million) for its fiscal 2020 which ended March 31, slightly behind its forecast of €350-355 million.

Both Boeing and Airbus are looking at what they can do to survive COVID-19’s impact, but it may also affect future airliner development.

A pair of Cowen & Co. analysts predicted U.S. airlines will shrink their pilot workforces by 20%, a target they said could largely be achieved through voluntary measures alone.

Indonesia’s largest low-cost airline Lion Air will suspend all flights from June 5 citing poor passenger carriage as travelers struggle to fulfil the strict requirements needed to fly after movement control restrictions were lifted.

In regional downturns, lessors can move around aircraft to where they are still needed. In COVID-19 times, that is no longer possible.

U.S. airlines have regained access to the international Chinese market in a revision of regulations that China issued a day after its own access to the U.S. market was threatened.

Privately owned South African carrier Comair, which operates LCC kulula.com and franchise flights for British Airways (BA), is in talks with six potential investors while eyeing a domestic relaunch by Nov. 1 with a downsized fleet.

More European airlines have confirmed plans to expand their flight schedules in June and July, gradually piecing back together networks that have been shattered by the COVID-19 pandemic.

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Transportation Department (DOT), accusing Chinese counterparts of dragging their feet on approving U.S. airline requests to resume

AIR CANADA operated its final 767 pax flight (24307; Montreal-Toronto) on June 2; it operated 767s for 38 years.

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