COVID-19

CDB AVIATION reached agreement with Boeing to cancel 29 of its 99 737 MAXs on order, convert all MAX 10s on order (number undisclosed) to MAX 8s, and

BOEING completed its first COVID-19 transport mission, transporting 540,000 face masks on 737-700 from China to US in partnership with founder of

CORSAIR retired its remaining three 747-400s, accelerating plan to replace aircraft with A330-900s in Dec 2020-May 2021.

CAE recalled all 1,500 Canada-based laid-off employees and signed contract with Govt of Canada to manufacture 10,000 Air1 ventilators for delivery

HAECO CABIN SOLUTIONS launched cargo stowage devices for aircraft pax cabins.

National trade unions are protesting plans to lay off the entire South African Airways (SAA) workforce after the South African government declined to provide further financial support for the flag-carrier.

There remain many unan­swered questions regarding the COVID-19 pandemic’s long-term effects on society, trade and the global air transport industry

LCC AirAsia is targeting April 29 as the date it plans to restart domestic flights in Malaysia, followed by Thailand and the Philippines on May 1.

CAE, a Canadian manufacturer of aviation training simulators, is recalling temporarily laid-off employees as it plans to produce 10,000 ventilators to help in the treatment of COVID-19 patients.

The airline industry is the one industry upon which virtually every other indus­try depends to service its customers and grow its businesses. Likewise

American Airlines has become the latest carrier to request exemptions to minimum service rules under the CARES Act.

Zipline drones are delivering COVID-19 test samples collected from rural clinics in Ghana to laboratories in the capital Accra and Kumasi, the country’s second-largest city.

Welcome to Routes’ look at how the North American 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 North America are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic

Germany has informed the U.S. of its plans to order a fleet of Boeing Super Hornets to replace the Panavia Tornado, an April 19 De Spiegel news magazine report says.

Mogul asserts his wealth isn’t viable route to save airlines.

Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) and Subaru have suspended production of 787 components in response to Boeing’s earlier decisions, now partly reversed, to stop work on the program amid the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S.

Virgin Australia appears likely to enter voluntary administration this week amid the COVID-19 crisis as its options for acquiring the additional funding it needs have almost disappeared.

American Airlines has applied to the US Department of Transportation (DOT) to halt or curtail flying to a dozen markets across the country.

CDB Aviation has become the latest lessor to reduce its Boeing 737 MAX orderbook in light of the coronavirus crisis.

The Thai government is reported to be evaluating a request for THB24.15 billion ($736 million) in financial aid submitted by eight local airlines that have seen their businesses decimated by the COVID-19 crisis.

The coronavirus crisis has given the CAAC a chance to overcome airline resistance. The government likes the FedEx model.

When the next Boeing 737 MAX rolls off the assembly line sometime later this year, it will roll into a very different world than when production was

WASHINGTON—The Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) on April 17 rebuked the FAA over the agency’s “unwillingness” to enforce federal guidelines to

Las Vegas-based LCC Allegiant Air published a detailed analysis of its required summer flying under terms attached to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and