COVID-19

Technology to grow capacity is no longer a priority as ANSPs fight to stay solvent through the coronavirus pandemic.

SESAR DM reports progress in modernizing Europe’s ATM but braces for potential shift in priorities after COVID-19 crisis.

Supplier Triumph Group late April 10 announced furloughs for around 2,300 employees across its plants in the U.S. and Europe for two-four weeks to cut work along with the current suspension of all Boeing Commercial Aircraft programs, and the company is laying off up to 700 more workers.

Rocket company Virgin Orbit completed a major dress rehearsal of its LauncherOne vehicle launch system on April 12, marking the final test of the five-year development program and clearing the way for the first demonstration launch.

One of the few sectors holding up relatively well during the corona-crisis is air cargo. In China, for example, several cargo airlines reported rising

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With 95% of the U.S. population under stay-at-home orders, predicting when regular trips to the pub might resume is senseless enough.

Surviving and thriving in the new non-normal era

Ireland-based ULCC Ryanair has warned that it cannot rule out “extended layoffs and/or job losses” after May 31, given the continuing uncertainty on when airline operations will resume once the COVID-19 pandemic ebbs.

Signs of the global pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus are clearly visible in satellite data that show a 30% drop in air pollution over the Northeast U.S. as residents bunker down to avoid contagion, NASA said.

Staff at heavily indebted South African regional carrier SA Express (SAX) have reportedly presented plans to the country’s government for returning

Astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station are those most typically considered to be isolated from friends, family, and the rest of humanity for extended periods. But the coronavirus pandemic may be altering that equation.

Hawaiian Airlines and Frontier Airlines became the latest U.S. carriers to seek relief from minimum service requirements included in the Coronavirus Aid, Recovery, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, as smaller airlines and ULCCs struggle to continue flying to destinations where demand remains badly depressed by the COVID-19 crisis.

Brazil’s largest domestic airline GOL plans to operate its current, significantly smaller domestic network until early May as 120 of its aircraft are now idled by the COVID-19 crisis.

Mistrusted by the federal government but appreciated by municipal authorities, Chinese drone manufacturer DJI is distributing 100 small unmanned aircraft systems to U.S. police, fire and public safety agencies to help combat the COVID-19 pandemic.

Despite the coronavirus pandemic, the first U.S. Army unit performed a demonstration with one vertical-takeoff-and-landing unmanned aircraft that will inform requirements for the Future Tactical Unmanned Aerial System replacement for the RQ-7B Shadow.

March business aircraft activity in North America dropped 31.7% compared to a year ago, while April activity is expected to drop 67% as “stay-at-home” orders spread during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Argus International.

Air Greenland—which had canceled flights from March 20 through April 4—has extended the suspension until April 30 as the Greenland flag carrier continues to mitigate effects of the COVID-19 crisis.

The stakes are getting high for Boeing, so giving equity to Uncle Sam may be the least of the worries facing the embattled OEM.

Boeing sold Inventory Locator Service (ILS) to CAMP Systems, which is owned by Hearst, in late 2019. John Herrman, ILS general manager, talks about

Airlines are asking for changes to the looming requirement to offset growth in carbon-dioxide emissions from international aviation to mitigate the

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When Boeing shut down its Puget Sound and South Carolina aircraft production this week due to COVID-19 concerns, the aerospace and defense (A&D) giant

Calgary-based WestJet will seek federal wage subsidies for 6,400 temporarily laid off workers, as the Canadian Parliament moves closer toward passing legislation to shore up businesses battered by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Aircraft with High Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) filters in their cabin-air system are well-equipped to minimize spread of the coronavirus, but those without should consider minimizing cabin air recirculation, updated EASA guidance said.