The FAA will permit U.S. airlines to carry cargo on passenger seats through year end, citing “unprecedented circumstances” associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.
PAL Holdings, the parent company of Philippine Airlines (PAL), has reported a net loss of PHP10.3 billion ($202 million) for 2019, widening from the PHP4.3 billion deficit in 2018.
Dart Group, the owner of UK leisure carrier Jet2, has raised £172 million ($210 million) after increasing its share capital by 20% and has announced plans to resume flight operations from July 1.
EasyJet founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou has failed in his bid to oust four senior directors in protest against the LCC’s Airbus order, meaning the board can focus fully on easyJet’s gradual flight relaunch from June 15.
Welcome to Routes’ look at how the Latin America aviation market is responding to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, helping you understand the schedule changes and manage the impact so we can navigate through this crisis together.
By Helen Massy-Beresford, Alan Dron, Chen Chuanren
A Pakistan International Airlines Airbus A320 aircraft has crashed close to the airport in Karachi on May 22 en route from Lahore to Jinnah International Airport.
China has conducted its first remote tower operation at Xinyuan Nalati Airport (NLT) with a China Express Airlines flight controlled remotely from the Xinjiang Airport Group’s center in Urumqi, 385 km away.
Despite the decimation of April passenger traffic in Taiwan, air cargo income continues to soar for the country’s two largest carriers China Airlines and EVA Air.
A group of internal FAA experts is reviewing aspects of the Boeing 777X and providing feedback to the team tasked with day-to-day oversight of Boeing’s certification work, jump-starting an effort the agency plans to integrate into its aircraft-approval process, Aviation Week has learned.
A group of 13 U.S. Senate Democrats accused Delta Air Lines and JetBlue Airways of exploiting a workaround to the CARES Act’s prohibition on employee pay cuts by reducing hours in lieu of pay rates.
RavnAir Alaska, a regional carrier that before the COVID-19 crisis had provided connectivity throughout the state of Alaska prior to shutting down in April, appears to have a way forward that will allow it to resume operations this summer.
Ecuador’s flag-carrier TAME is to be liquidated as part of a series of measures the country is taking to rebalance the economy in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Among its many financial ravages, the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 has exposed the vulnerability of fee-based business models for providing air traffic services.
Alcohol wipes have been identified as a possible cause of wires shorting out on aircraft, causing at least one in-flight smoke event, a NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS) report reveals.
The U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced a host of changes to its screening process to minimize interactions between customers and agents, in an effort to reduce the risk of cross-contagion ahead of the Memorial Day holiday period.
Lufthansa subsidiary Austrian Airlines has taken the next steps to receive €767 million ($833 million) in financial assistance from the state to survive the COVID-19 crisis.
Commercial aviation groups and manufacturers planned to file seven petitions challenging the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) recent decision to grant Ligado Networks access to radio frequency spectrum near bands used for critical aviation applications.
Ryanair subsidiary Laudamotion has issued an ultimatum to its trade union Vida to sign the new collective labor agreement (CLA) within 24 hours, but talks could fail.
There is a reasonable chance of rescuing Comair Group given its asset base and importance to South Africa’s connectivity, according to the business rescue practitioners who were appointed to the company earlier in May.
FRANKFURT—The German government is in the final stages of negotiating a support package for Lufthansa that would give the airline access to around €9 billion ($9.9 billion) in new liquidity, coming just in time to avoid a possible insolvency process.
Welcome to Routes’ look at how the Asia-Pacific aviation market is responding to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, helping you understand the schedule changes and manage the impact so we can navigate through this crisis together.
