Aviation Daily

By Ben Goldstein
JetBlue Airways added 24 new routes to warm-weather leisure destinations from its main hubs on both U.S. coasts, as carriers seek to adjust their networks to capture limited travel demand where it still exists.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Icelandair is to join the Worldwide by easyJet network, the two carriers announced Sept. 9.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Lisbon-based regional carrier and TAP Group subsidiary Portugália Airlines has increased its regional jet fleet with the acquisition of two additional
Airlines & Lessors

By Bill Carey
The Swiss Parliament has approved a CHF 150 million ($165 million) equity contribution to support air navigation service provider (ANSP) Skyguide, which has experienced a “massive decline” in income because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Ben Goldstein
Alaska Air Group now expects to join the oneworld alliance in early 2021, marking a slight delay from previous plans to join later in 2020.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Japanese LCC Peach is resuming limited international operations for the first time since suspending its overseas services in March. The carrier
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
GOL Linhas Aéreas and Ethiopian Airlines have signed a new codeshare agreement that will include all of the Brazilian LCC’s routes from Sao Paulo Guarulhos International (GRU).
Airports & Networks

By Chen Chuanren
Positioning itself for a protracted recovery, the Singapore Airlines (SIA) group has announced it will cut 4,300 positions across the group’s three airlines—Scoot, SilkAir, and Singapore Airlines—including 2,400 compulsory layoffs in Singapore and overseas stations.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
International Airlines Group (IAG) has revised down its expected 2020 capacity from 59% lower than 2019 levels to now 63% lower, blaming dampened booking activity on travel restrictions and quarantine requirements.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Air New Zealand plans to ground its Boeing 777-300ERs until at least September 2021, extending its estimate of how long these aircraft will be out of service.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Wesley Charnock
Uncertainty over travel restrictions and quarantine rules are causing “stagnation” in the market and could lead to “lasting damage to Denmark’s connectivity to the world,” a senior figure at Copenhagen Airports A/S has warned.
Airports & Networks

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Air France-KLM and travel technology company Amadeus have signed a New Distribution Capability (NDC) agreement which will allow travel agents to access the airline group’s NDC offers through the Amadeus Travel Platform and its NDC-enabled solutions.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
The aerospace arm of ST Engineering is ramping up its Airbus A321 passenger-to-freighter (P2F) capabilities at its Guangzhou, China, and San Antonio, Texas, facilities as the MRO reacts to the demand for air cargo capacity resulting from the COVID-19 crisis.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By David Casey
Seven new routes are joining United Airlines’ schedule—three to destinations in Africa, two in India and two in Hawaii—as part of what the U.S
Airports & Networks

By Bradley Perrett
The airport serving the city at the center of the COVID-19 pandemic, Wuhan Tianhe International (WUH), will reintroduce international services on Sept. 16.
Airports & Networks

By Kurt Hofmann
Ryanair will close its base at Düsseldorf International Airport in Germany as the market becomes increasingly pessimistic about the prospects for summer 2021
Airports & Networks

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By Ben Goldstein
American Airlines is in talks with Boeing to potentially defer 18 737 MAX aircraft scheduled for delivery in 2021, as the airline looks to conserve cash amid the extended industry downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
United Airlines and its pilots have reached a tentative agreement that would take nearly 3,000 involuntary furloughs off the table, the union’s airline leadership said Sept. 9.
Airlines & Lessors

By Bill Carey
Middle East launch customer Qatar Airways has installed Inmarsat’s GX Aviation broadband service on most of its Boeing 777 and Airbus A350 airliners, the parties announced Sept. 9.
Airlines & Lessors

By Ben Goldstein
With just a few weeks left until the start of the 2020 fourth quarter, U.S. airline executives have come to accept that the rest of the year will likely be anything but predictable.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
ULCC Wizz Air is continuing its pandemic-era expansion progress with the opening of yet another base.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Shareholders in International Airlines Group (IAG) gave their backing to a €2.75 billion ($3.25 billion) rights issue during the company’s annual general meeting (AGM) held Sept. 8.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Ryanair Holdings Group CEO Michael O’Leary has said he is now anticipating just 50 million passengers for fiscal 2020-21, two-thirds fewer than the 149 million passengers carried by the Irish LCC in 2019-20.
Airlines & Lessors