Groups representing smaller and low-cost carriers say federal lawmakers would be wise to lay off any potentially costly rules—at least for the time being—to allow airlines a fighting chance to get back to their pre-pandemic financial status.
The EU law-making process is approaching a key step for an acceleration of the Single European Sky initiative—a joint effort to harmonize Europe’s airspace—and IATA is losing patience.
Europe is looking to business aviation to take the lead in adopting sustainable aviation fuels because of its greater willingness compared with the airlines to pay a premium for low-carbon fuel, at least until production is scaled up and prices come down.
IATA expects the global airline industry to post higher losses in 2021 than it forecasted in December 2020—but the organization is optimistic about a strong comeback in 2022 and 2023.
As some major airlines from Latin America and Caribbean are now operating under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, several airports in the region risk losing connectivity as carriers remove unprofitable routes.
Chinese carrier Juneyao Air and its subsidiary 9 Air remain committed to expanding their collective fleet, despite recording a CNY485.5 million ($74.7 million) net loss for 2020.
The Australia–New Zealand air travel bubble will not be affected despite an Auckland Airport (AKL) worker testing positive for the coronavirus, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Arden confirmed.
Virgin Atlantic should be flying its full fleet again by October or November, according to its CEO, who predicted yields would start to stabilize from the start of 2022.
Emirates Group is entering into talks with the government of Dubai about further financing options to shore up liquidity in case the recovery of air travel continues to be much slower than expected.
An alliance has been launched with the goal of accelerating investment in sustainable aviation fuels by creating a certificate system that provides a standardized approach to verifying and tracking the emissions reductions from the low-carbon fuels.
Austrian aerospace supplier FACC has developed an antimicrobial surface coating for aircraft cabins that it hopes will boost its position in aftermarket services.
While Boeing, the FAA, and affected operators continue to collaborate on fixes for 737 MAXs that are out of service awaiting electrical-system modifications, executives at the manufacturer and one affected customer are confident the disruption will not drag on.
A trial installation of a biometric processing system at Istanbul Grand Airport (IST) has resulted in a 30% reduction in boarding times, according to SITA.
EasyJet CEO Johan Lundgren believes summer 2021 trading conditions will be better than summer 2020, based on the vaccine rollout and more reliable coronavirus data.
Morf3D, an additive manufacturing startup that once was the darling of Boeing new-investment efforts, has a new 90,000-sq.-ft. headquarters in Long Beach, California, and is now controlled by Japanese camera giant Nikon.
