AirAsia X is liquidating its Indonesian unit and has written down its 49% holding in Thai AirAsia X as the long-haul LCC struggles to pay for aircraft leases across all of its AOCs.
Chinese LCC Spring Airlines will take delivery of up to seven Airbus A320 family aircraft by the end of 2020, increasing its fleet by about 7% as it expands its business by redeploying international capacity to domestic routes.
The creditors of Jet Airways have approved the purchase of the collapsed Indian airline, although there are still significant hurdles to overcome if it is to restart operations in some form.
Switzerland’s RUAG International is selling production of the 19-seater Dornier 228 twin-turboprop regional aircraft to General Atomics’ European business.
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby is confident business travel will eventually recover to pre-pandemic levels, but he thinks it will probably take another four years.
Vienna Airport operator Flughafen Wien AG is preparing a trial of COVID-19 rapid testing on departing passengers in cooperation with Austrian Airlines.
Canada’s travel restrictions are resulting in the country’s airlines losing significant share to foreign operators, WestJet’s CEO said, adding the airline does not realistically believe the Canada-U.S. border will open before the end of 2020.
Renovation of Europe’s air traffic management (ATM) is progressing at a steady speed but with shifted priorities, as the backers of the Single European Sky Research (SESAR) project manage their budgets amid the pandemic.
Implementation of Germany’s plans to introduce mandatory 14-day quarantines for travelers from high-risk countries will be delayed by several weeks and could allow for substantial exemptions, mainly for business travelers.
Recent comments by a senior Russian government official illustrate how authorities and aircraft manufacturers in the country are getting increasingly worried about losing access to Western technologies as political tensions between Russia, the U.S. and Europe rise.
China Express Airlines intends to order 50 COMAC ARJ21-700 regional jets for delivery by 2025, the carrier said on Oct. 15, detailing a previously reported deal.
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby said the air transport industry has “turned a corner” in its recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, although that newfound optimism was not reflected in the carrier’s latest quarterly results.
One of the first tangible effects of the Israel-UAE rapprochement could be in the offing, with a Dubai-based company planning to bid for ownership of Israeli airline Israir.
Eurocontrol may have to further revise its traffic forecasts downwards—after already cutting them once—as tightening COVID-19 restrictions and rising infection numbers in many European countries lead to a deteriorating situation for the region’s airlines.
