COVID-19

Senior and mid-ranking Qatar Airways staff are being asked to forego 50% of their salaries over coming months, with the promise that the deferred portion will be paid to them as soon as the airline is in a position to do so.

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Airlines are looking ahead to how the coronavirus crisis will affect efforts to reduce environmental impact.

Fast-growing Asian carriers are not used to grounding jets, and most of the Asia-Pacific region does not have, like the western U.S., vast dry deserts

Gogo, a Chicago-based inflight internet provider to business aircraft and airline passengers, plans to furlough about 60% of its workforce and reduce pay for most other employees as part of a plan to reduce costs due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Despite the spread of the novel coronavirus, the U.S. Navy is preparing to embark Carrier Strike Group 12 and Carrier Air Wing 8 for cyclic flight operations in May that include the first-ever movement of weapons on the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78).

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Airbus has begun using an “e-Delivery” remote process for aircraft handovers as a way to ensure health and safety amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 lifted off from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A on April 22 to deliver a seventh batch of the company’s Starlink communications satellites into low Earth orbit.

Military secrecy—not poor U.S. Air Force planning—is behind the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) critical assessment of the acquisition strategy for the Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS), Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein said on April 20.

Italian aircraft-interiors specialist Aviointeriors has unveiled two social-distancing seat designs, aimed at safeguarding against COVID-19 contamination, which could be available within a short time frame.

As regulators increase acceptance of remote collaboration technologies, MROs pursue their use cases for new efficiencies.

EIRTECH AVIATION SERVICES and RESONATE TESTING, Ireland teamed to carry out flammability tests for installation of cargo bags within pax cabin for

ALLEGIANT finalized deal with US Treasury to receive $171.9m in relief under Payroll Support Program, which it says will cover 76% of budgeted payroll

US TREASURY concluded Payroll Support Program agreements with Allegiant Air, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines, Spirit Airlines

LUFTHANSA TECHNIK converted four A350s and six A330s for Lufthansa for cargo transport of medical supplies. Formal STC for conversion is in progress.

Wizz Air expects to enter new markets in Europe and increase the scale of its planned Abu Dhabi venture once travel restrictions imposed by the COVID

Wizz Air expects to enter new markets in Europe and increase the scale of its planned Abu Dhabi venture once travel restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 crisis have been eased, the Hungarian airline’s founder and CEO József Váradi has said.

DELTA AIR LINES posted net loss of $534m for 1Q20 (vs $730m profit in 1Q19) on 18% lower revenues; it ended quarter with $6b in unrestricted liquidity

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Delta Air Lines posted its first quarterly loss since 2014, as the coronavirus crisis battered air travel demand around the world.

CALC says Chinese clients comprise 65% of its fleet of 139 owned/managed aircraft (92.8% are narrowbodies), the majority of which are state-owned

Customers are still taking delivery of the business jets they have ordered, but new sales have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and will take time to recover, according to the head of Brazilian manufacturer Embraer’s private jet business.

Indian Ocean-based Air Mauritius has been placed into administration as travel restrictions and border closures in all its markets have led to a complete erosion of the company’s revenue base.

When life gives you lemons, the adage goes. And when the planned kickoff of the U.S. Air Force’s Agility Prime program at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, was canceled because of COVID-19, the service decided to make lemonade, turning the launch into a five-day virtual event.