In a last-ditch effort to prevent mass airline employee furloughs beginning Oct. 1., two U.S. Senate Republicans introduced a bill to extend the Payroll Support Program (PSP) through March 31, 2021. 

American Airlines has issued a tentative 737 MAX pilot instruction schedule that would have computer-based lessons begin in five weeks, simulator sessions starting in November and all 4,200 of its 737 pilots trained by February 2021.

Lufthansa decided to deepen the cuts to its fleet and staffing levels after determining that air transport is not recovering as fast as it had hoped.

Prospects for two South African airlines have taken a turn for the better after the country’s government said it would not allow the national carrier to fail, while regional airline Comair’s creditors agreed a route out of administration.

Delta Air Lines will seek to raise $9 billion in debt backed by its SkyMiles frequent-flier program, amounting to a nearly 40% increase from previous plans to raise $6.5 billion.

Lufthansa subsidiary Austrian Airlines is facing yet another setback: new travel warnings for the Vienna region.

The mix-and-match of different testing and quarantine requirements that are currently holding back the region’s recovery must come to an end, and European authorities are on the case.

South American operator Avianca Holdings has hit a stumbling block in its Chapter 11 restructuring after a Colombian court issued an injunction against a $370 million loan the country’s government has offered to the company.