Aviation Daily

By Chen Chuanren
Singapore Airlines has raised S$850 million ($630 million) in a convertible bond issue exercise reserved for a “variety of institutional investors.”
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
Vietjet Air has announced a partnership with freight carrier UPS, allowing both airlines to leverage air cargo capacity on each others’ aircraft between the U.S. and Asia, and especially within Vietnam and Thailand.
Airlines & Lessors

By Lee Ann Shay
OGMA will become a Pratt & Whitney-authorized maintenance center for the geared turbofan engine that powers the Airbus A320neo.
MRO

By Ben Goldstein
Airlines for America (A4A) forecast a modest pick-up in air travel demand over the Thanksgiving holiday, but warned that the outlook for carriers remains “dire” amid a third wave of COVID-19 in the U.S.
Airlines & Lessors

By Lori Ranson
In the roller coaster that is the COVID-19 pandemic, bigger is not always better.
Airlines & Lessors

By Bill Carey
Aireon on Nov. 12 announced an agreement with the FAA allowing the agency access to its satellite-routed aircraft surveillance data to evaluate different air traffic control applications.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By David Casey
Tougher travel restrictions imposed across parts of Europe to help curb a second wave of COVID-19 cases have forced KLM to cut its planned seat capacity and flight frequencies.
Airports & Networks

By Kurt Hofmann
Eurowings expects that demand from leisure and visiting-friends-and-relatives (VFR) travelers will drive the recovery and so plans to expand its offering to these customers.
Airports & Networks

By Chen Chuanren
Boeing remains bullish about China’s standing in the global passenger aircraft market, estimating 8,600 aircraft deliveries over the next 20 years, growing at 4.4% annually.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Adrian Schofield
Australian carrier Regional Express Holdings (Rex) has revealed new details of its ambitions to rapidly ramp up its proposed new jet services on domestic trunk routes.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
Virgin Atlantic would be willing to partner with Flybe should the UK regional airline’s planned resurrection come to fruition.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
Emirates expects a “steep rebound” in air travel to take place once a COVID-19 vaccine is available, according to its chairman and CEO Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum.
Airlines & Lessors

By Lori Ranson
As it continues to work through a Chapter 11 restructuring, Avianca Holdings is planning to emerge from the process as a much leaner airline.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
German start-up Lilium has announced that the first electric regional air mobility network in the U.S. will be launched in 2025 in Florida.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
In the days and weeks leading up to Election Day in the U.S., polls consistently showed the potential for a “Blue Wave” Democratic sweep of both chambers of the U.S. Congress and the presidency.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Alan Dron
British Airways (BA) is reportedly halting all its services from London Gatwick once more and placing more staff on furlough as a result of the current month-long COVID-19 lockdown that began in England Nov. 5.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
A new survey of passenger attitudes about air travel poses potential long-term problems for airlines seeking to restore traffic in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
LCC Air Arabia believes it is in a strong position to weather the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and that the air transport industry’s fundamentals remain strong.
Airlines & Lessors

By Wesley Charnock
A common European COVID health pass must be implemented to “open the world and restore mobility,” the chief commercial officer of Copenhagen Airport (CPH) has said.
Airports & Networks

By Polina Montag-Girmes
Aeroflot CEO Vitaly Saveliev has been appointed the new Russian transport minister, succeeding Yevgeny Dietrich, who headed the ministry from May 2018.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Cebu Pacific is preparing to seek approval for its plan to raise additional equity, as the carrier fell to a substantial loss for the 2020 third quarter.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
Lufthansa Group has named Remco Steenbergen as its new CFO effective Jan. 1, 2021.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
Hong Kong and Singapore will begin a bilateral quarantine-free air travel bubble (ATB) between the two cities starting from Nov. 22.
Airports & Networks

By Michael Bruno
Do not expect a quick and obvious settlement to the large commercial aircraft subsidy dispute between Airbus, Boeing, the EU and the U.S. at the World Trade Organization (WTO) just because Joe Biden is the expected winner of the recent election for U.S. president.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
The FAA plans to wrap up its review of Boeing’s proposed 737 MAX changes “in the coming days,” clearing the way for airlines to begin software modifications and pilot training needed to get the grounded model back into revenue service, FAA Administrator Steve Dickson said.
Safety, Ops & Regulation