The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) will be waiving all parking fees at its airports and extending the 50% discount on takeoff and landing fees to all airlines flying into the kingdom.
EU member states are finalizing a list of countries from which inbound travel will continue to be banned once the region’s borders reopen July 1, using criteria including the health situations in those countries.
IATA is urging governments to replace travel quarantines with multi-step processes that would mitigate the risk of a COVID-19 infected passenger boarding a flight and reduce the chance of any infected person transmitting the disease.
The Indian government has signaled it is willing to discuss establishing bilateral corridors with some countries to facilitate repatriation flights and essential travel.
Sun Country Airlines received a greenlight from the U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) to extend suspensions to a handful of large hub airports through Sept. 30, as it looks to keep a lid on costs while demand remains weak.
Russia’s industrial giant Rostec Corp. is speeding up the restructuring of United Aircraft Corp. (UAC) to increase its efficiency. Since the beginning of June, it has changed the top management at several UAC key subsidiaries and speeded the merger of Sukhoi and MiG jet makers into a single combat aircraft division.
Electric flight startup ZeroAvia has completed its first electrically driven flight in the UK as it gears up its operations to demonstrate a 250-300-nm flight with its hydrogen fuel cell technology.
About 250 Textron Aviation employees received 60-day layoff notices June 23, including 70 in Wichita, as the company adjusts to the economic uncertainty brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, the company told employees.
PARIS—French airlines have warned that after months of COVID-19-related shutdown, the gradual recovery of the air transport sector may prove fatal for some carriers.
Growing demand for freight capacity has led cargo specialist DHL Express to increase its Middle East and North Africa (MENA) fleet with the addition of two Boeing 767-300Fs.
South African carrier Comair has received a non-binding expression of interest from a potential investor, which could support the airline’s plan for a Nov. 1 relaunch.
The Hong Kong Airport Authority (HKAA) has signed a five-year HK$35 billion ($4.5 billion) loan with 21 local and international banks to fund its Three-Runway System (3RS) project and other capital expenditures.
The European Commission (EC) and Japan have signed a bilateral civil aviation safety agreement (BASA) to simplify processes and increase trade between the two sides.
