Aviation Daily

By Guy Ferneyhough
India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has extended the duration of its 80% limit on how much pre-COVID-19 capacity airlines in the country are allowed to fly.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
Boeing delivered 20 long-idled 737 MAXs from its stored backlog to customers in January and one from its production line, an Aviation Week analysis shows.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Embraer delivered 71 jets in the fourth quarter of 2020, consisting of 43 executive jets and 28 commercial aircraft, for a total of 130 aircraft delivered during the year, a 35% decrease from 2019.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Adrian Schofield
Hamilton, New Zealand-based aircraft manufacturer Pacific Aerospace has succumbed to financial difficulties and shut down its operations.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Thierry Dubois
The EU is pressing on with increasing the performance of its navigation satellites, despite slow adoption among airlines.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Helen Massy-Beresford
France’s transport minister has called for “fair competition” regarding conditions set to be imposed by the European Commission (EC) on a planned state recapitalization of Air France-KLM.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Kurt Hofmann
The Republic of Turkey plans to move ahead with six new airport projects and predicts that the hub of Istanbul will gain even more importance once the COVID-19 pandemic ends.
Airports & Networks

By Jens Flottau
Germany’s federal government has agreed to grant 12 airports a total of €200 million ($240 million) in financial aid and pledged to support three more in which it holds equity stakes.
Airports & Networks

By Lori Ranson
Before the COVID-19 pandemic upended the global aviation industry, conclusions were being drawn that consolidation might be necessary in the Mexican
Airlines & Lessors

By Lori Ranson
Panama’s Copa Airlines has a steady stream of Boeing 737 MAX family aircraft scheduled during the next couple years and has not seen any passenger pushback on the MAX aircraft it has in operation.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Europe’s airlines, airports, air traffic management (ATM) providers and aerospace firms have released an action plan to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
The French government has reportedly asked Paris airports operator Groupe ADP to go back to the drawing board on its plan to expand the French capital’s biggest airport, Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG).
Airports & Networks

By Alan Dron
Despite entering 2020 in a good financial position and implementing “drastic measures” to combat the COVID-19 outbreak, Sweden’s airport operator Swedavia recorded a loss for the year of SEK 1.28 billion ($154 million) compared to a profit of SEK583 million in 2019.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Alan Dron
LCC Air Arabia recorded a rare annual loss for only the second time in its 17-year history, as it grappled with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Airlines & Lessors

By Ben Goldstein
Executives at Spirit Airlines said the carrier is on track to reach pre-pandemic capacity by mid-year 2021, driven by expected strength in leisure and visiting friends and relatives (VFR) travel.
Airlines & Lessors

By Maxim Pyadushkin
A manufacturing defect is being cited as the reason for a November 2020 uncontained engine failure incident involving a Volga-Dnepr An-124 super heavy cargo aircraft, according to the head of Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Alan Dron
All but one of the members of lobby group Airlines for Europe (A4E) have welcomed the European Union’s decision to extend relief from the “use it or lose it” provision governing airport slots.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
The national carrier of southwestern African state Namibia has ceased operations.
Airlines & Lessors

By Thierry Dubois
Following Airbus’ drive to have a hydrogen-powered aircraft in service by 2035, several French players in commercial air transport have launched a “call for expressions of interest” centered on hydrogen use at airports.
Airports & Networks

By Adrian Schofield
Cathay Pacific will suspend a range of routes because of strict new quarantine rules for crew, dealing a further blow to a network already severely diminished by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
The successful rollout of COVID-19 vaccine programs across Europe will translate into strong international traffic growth during the upcoming summer season, according to easyJet CEO Johan Lundgren.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
Cargojet confirmed Feb. 10 that its recently secured C$365 million ($287 million) in funding will support the acquisition of five Boeing 767 freighters and at least two 777s.
Airlines & Lessors

By Ben Goldstein
Democratic House lawmakers proposed an additional $26 billion to help struggling airlines, airports and manufacturers survive the air travel downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Alan Dron
Aer Lingus and Dublin Airports Authority (DAA) have both benefited from financial support from the Irish government.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Lessor Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) foresees a sharp improvement in airlines’ fortunes as early as summer 2021 and remains confident that the industry will regain its pre-pandemic pattern of growth.
Airlines & Lessors