While U.S. airlines lost nearly $45 billion in 2020, one unlikely carrier managed to close out 2020 without experiencing a single unprofitable quarter.
Emirates Airline president Tim Clark expects the recovery of air travel to be delayed beyond the upcoming summer season and foresees a substantial return of demand only in the 2021 fourth quarter.
Air Canada is suspending service on 17 more routes until April 30 at the earliest as it grapples with new travel restrictions imposed by the Canadian government designed to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.
U.S. leisure carrier Allegiant Air is adding 34 new nonstop routes to its summer schedule, plus a further nine limited-time services to support South Dakota’s Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in August.
Urban air mobility startup Archer is to go public in a deal that will raise up to $1.1 billion to fund commercialization of the company’s all-electric air taxi.
Indonesia National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT) officials investigating the Jan. 9 crash of Sriwijaya Air Flight SJ182 are further examining the Boeing 737-500’s autothrottle system.
AirAsia Group recorded a strong recovery in passenger volumes in the 2020 fourth quarter (Q4), notably in domestic carriage across Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand.
German researchers are flight-testing a satellite-based landing system for commercial aircraft that uses signals from a space-based augmentation system, potentially reducing the cost of providing precision approach capability at smaller airports.
Sun Country Airlines intends to use a portion of the proceeds from its upcoming IPO (initial public offering) to re-pay a loan from the U.S. government to eliminate some of the more stringent restrictions of the financing package.
Italy reportedly may have to launch a tender at market prices for the sale of assets belonging to nationalized airline Alitalia, in order to get European approval for a relaunch plan for the carrier.
Boeing cautioned the White House against pursuing a COVID-19 testing proposal for domestic air travelers, warning such a policy would produce “severe unintended consequences” that far outweigh any potential public health benefits.
British Airways is to invest in a sustainable aviation fuel plant to be built in the U.S. and anticipates receiving 7,500 metric tonnes a year of low-carbon jet fuel from the facility beginning at the end of 2022.
The eventual recovery in international air travel is at risk of being slowed if vaccination rates are allowed to lag behind in some countries, according to the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA).
