COVID-19

Textron Aviation’s customer service network is offering a new financing program to customers wanting to upgrade or modify their U.S.-registered aircraft.

The FAA will adjust the operating hours of 100 airport towers to “ensure resiliency” of the air traffic control (ATC) system and protect employees during the coronavirus pandemic, the agency announced.

Air France-KLM’s CEO Ben Smith said he would forego his 2020 bonus and promised to speed up restructuring as the airline group moved closer to securing a multi-billion-euro state-guaranteed loan from France.

Lufthansa Group said April 23 that it needs financial assistance by its home countries to be able to survive as it cannot get sufficient access to additional liquidity in financial markets.

Russia’s S7 Group has shelved its Sea Launch space program, the group’s owner Vladislav Filev confirmed.

Encouraged by progress in the Commercial Crew program, NASA should nonetheless expand planning for staffing the International Space Station long-term to provide options, NASA’s safety oversight panel said on April 23.

The U.S. Air Force completed a second round of Skyborg tests in March on a new flying testbed aircraft, but further flights are on hold due to schedule disruption caused by the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the service announced on April 22.

Delta Air Lines is looking to Wall Street for $3 billion in additional financing, in an attempt to bolster its cash reserves while revenues remain badly depressed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

WIZZ AIR expects to resume operations at 30% of planned capacity, increasing to up to 80% in existing markets in 2-3 months.

ICAO is projecting scheduled interational pax traffic could drop by as many as 1.2b enplanements in January-September 2020 due to COVID-19 crisis when

DELTA AIR LINES plans private offering of $1.5b of senior secured notes to bolster liquidity, which was at $6b on March 31.

JET MAINTENANCE SOLUTIONS (Avia Solutions Group), Lithuania says private aviation companies are reporting an increase of 400% in queries and bookings

IATA updated its year-over-year 2020 airline revenue decline projections from COVID-19 to $89b in Europe (vs $76b previously forecasted), $24b in

STS AVIATION SERVICES is producing non-medical face masks and face shields, medical gowns, scrubs, patient curtains, aircraft seat blockers, aircraft

Britain’s Royal Navy is postponing the sailing of the HMS Queen Elizabeth carrier for a planned training deployment so that its crew can be tested for COVID-19.

LGW (Luftfahrtgesellschaft Walter), Germany filed for insolvency in its own administration with the Düsseldorf Local Court after Eurowings was forced

DUNCAN AVIATION launched upgrade program to install chemical-free air- and surface-purification system from AVIATION CLEAN AIR (ACA); first was

While Russia’s passenger air traffic has almost ground to a halt because of travel restrictions, the country’s largest cargo carrier Volga-Dnepr Airlines is operating at capacity to help combat COVID-19 at home and abroad.

China’s EHang has partnered with the city of Hezhou in Guangxi province to build the first dedicated vertiport for its autonomous air vehicles.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has said it will suspend its production for the Boeing 787 program for up to 10 days in May.

Welcome to Routes’ look at how the Asia-Pacific aviation market is responding to the COVID-19 coronavirus 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 Asia-Pacific region are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.

More domestic routes are set to resume in Vietnam over the coming days after the country’s Ministry of Transport began to ease restrictions.

Estonia’s Nordic Aviation Group (NAG) is considering its options for subsidiary Regional Jet after co-owner LOT Polish Airlines refused to participate in a much-needed capital increase.

After missing a March 6 deadline to submit its proposal for an MRO joint venture with Thai Airways at U-Tapao Airport, Airbus has also failed to meet the new deadline of April 20.