COVID-19

Most airline passengers are concerned with the health environment on the airplane as opposed to the airport, an online survey by Honeywell Aerospace indicates.

LAUDA (Ryanair) is expected to shut down its base at Vienna on May 29.

MOSCOW—A Russian government official has confirmed that COVID-19 restrictions have delayed the certification of the country’s new Irkut MC-21 narrowbody commercial airliner.

Fiji Airways has decided to lay off half of its employees and seek additional financing to improve its prospects of surviving the COVID-19 crisis.

The U.S. is girding to ward off Chinese tentacles that could reach into the western aerospace ecosystem after COVID-19.

The UK has begun firing trials of Thales Lightweight Multirole Missile (LMM) from the Leonardo AW159 Wildcat naval helicopter.

The carrier will no longer considered to be ‘state-run.’

The carrier has extended the suspension of international flights to the end of June.

Routes speaks to Álvaro Leite, chief commercial officer at Aerodom, the VINCI Airports subsidiary that operates six airports in the Dominican Republic.

Welcome to Routes’ weekly look at how the Middle East and African aviation markets are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, helping you understand the schedule changes and manage the impact so we can navigate through this crisis together.

Routes' latest update on how airlines and airports across the Middle East and Africa are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Scotland’s National Health Service (NHS) is to trial deliveries by unmanned air systems to speed up logistics between remote medical centers.

Kazakh flag-carrier Air Astana has announced plans to convert its three passenger Boeing 767-300ERs into freighters and create an air cargo division.

Without flight hours, utilization-based scheduled maintenance will decline; however, calendar-timed service intervals remain for parked fleets.

LATAM Airlines has become the latest high-profile victim of the COVID-19 crisis as it filed for Chapter 11 proceedings on May 26 at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.

Diminished air traffic movements force a reassessment of future manpower needs.

Business & Commercial Aviation Editor-In-Chief William Garvey talks with Richard Aboulafia, Teal Group vice president of analysis, about biz post-COVID-19.

Concerns over COVID-19 and a struggling airline industry will make private jets attractive for many who can afford them.

The world’s largest operator of Bombardier Challengers and Globals, with a fleet of 115 owned aircraft, planned for market disruption.

CEOs say Europe’s business aviation needs financial support, access to airports, help with staff retention and suspension of aviation taxes.

European business aviation companies resuming operations after COVID-19 interruptions.

The European Business Aviation Association responds to the COVID-19 crisis with help for members plus lobbying for political and financial aid that will carry through recovery.

Thai Airways has made sweeping changes to its board as it begins its restructuring and the government has reduced its majority stake in the carrier to ease the process.

U.S. maintenance provider AAR plans to close its facility at Duluth, Minnesota by late July following a decrease in work related to the impacts of the novel coronavirus pandemic.

FRANKFURT—The German government approved a €9 billion ($9.8 billion) rescue package for Lufthansa May 25, keeping the airline out of insolvency while returning as its largest shareholder.