The UK has added Portugal to a safe list of “travel corridors,” exempting arrivals from a 14-day quarantine, but removed Austria and Croatia in the latest update to British COVID-19-related travel restrictions.
A commuter operator of Avic MA60 turboprop aircraft will soon begin flying after receiving approvals from the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC).
LATAM Airlines Group continues to navigate its way through the Chapter 11 reorganization process that includes working with suppliers to shrink its fleet as a recovery in passenger demand remains uncertain.
Bratislava, Slovakia-based ACMI wet-lease specialist Go2Sky will end its activities by September 2020 as a result of COVID-19’s impact on the air transport market.
Ground handling company Swissport said creditors had committed to provide €300 million ($354 million) in interim liquidity to fund it through a restructuring plan.
Austrian aerospace parts and services provider FACC expects further challenges in the supplier business in the wake of COVID-19 as it revealed plans to lay off 700 of its 3,700 employees.
Airport technology manufacturer SITA has deployed its most comprehensive biometric project to date at Beijing Capital International (PEK), allowing a fully automated counter-to-aircraft experience supported by facial recognition technology.
Delta Air Lines will continue blocking off its middle seats through the end of the year, while increasing the maximum number of passengers allowed on each flight.
Up to the outbreak of COVID-19 this spring, flight simulators and pilot training were some of the hottest side-hustles that legacy aerospace manufacturers could play as they rode the historic updraft in airliner traffic.
American Airlines announced plans to drop service to 15 small and mid-sized U.S. cities following the expiration of the Payroll Support Program (PSP) on Oct. 1, further raising pressure on Congress to extend the federal aid program for another six months.
BOC Aviation pivoted to purchase and leaseback (PLB) deals in the first half of 2020 in “proactive support” of its client airlines’ liquidity, the Singapore-based lessor said Aug. 20.
Qantas estimates there is a strong underlying demand for domestic travel in Australia, but it is being constrained by multiple intra-state border closures.
AirBaltic and Airbus have agreed to delay delivery of the remaining 28 A220-300s the carrier has on order, with a new plan to complete delivery of all 50 of the type by early 2024.
Nico Bezuidenhout, CEO of South African LCC Mango, has resigned to take up a new position as CEO of Aurigny Airlines in Guernsey, one of the British Channel Islands.
Singapore Airlines (SIA)—responding to an Aug. 20 Bloomberg report that claimed the flag-carrier had, in two months, “burned through” half of the S$8.8 billion ($6.4 billion) raised in a rights issue—said its spending has “always been extremely careful and judicious.”
Florida’s aerospace and spaceport development authority Space Florida has agreed to invest in Aerion Supersonic in a deal aimed at supporting development of the high-speed aircraft manufacturer’s new production site in Melbourne on the state’s east coast.
