Aviation Daily

By Henry Canaday
Grounding aircraft when bookings collapsed for fear of coronavirus was a painful but easy decision for airlines. Now come the hard decisions, as
MRO

By Kurt Hofmann
While several carriers are announcing resumption of some services over their networks, Austrian Airlines has postponed its restart again.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
Boeing and Embraer are not working closely together—quite the opposite, in fact, given the recent, last-minute breakup of their proposed commercial union.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Alan Dron
IATA has called on the governments of Saudi Arabia and Jordan to step in with financial support measures for their aviation sectors as they struggle to cope with the COVID-19 crisis.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Alan Dron
The continuing economic effects of the pandemic has led to ULCC Ryanair announcing more than 250 job losses in its head office in Dublin, together with its locations at London Stansted, Madrid and Wroclaw, Poland.
Airlines & Lessors

By Ben Goldstein
The chairman of the U.S. House Transportation Committee called on airlines to cap load factors in the cabin, after a viral image of a fully-packed United Airlines flight caused a stir on social media earlier this week.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By David Casey
Delta Air Lines is resuming two passenger services to Frankfurt (FRA) and London Heathrow (LHR) from May 21 for the first time since flights were suspended because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Airlines & Lessors

By Aaron Karp
American Airlines continues to expand its all-cargo international flight schedule to move medical supplies, personal protective equipment (PPE), perishables and other time-sensitive freight around the world.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Korean Air predicts losses seen in the 2020 first quarter (Q1) will continue though the current quarter, although there are some positive signs for passenger demand emerging.
Airlines & Lessors

By Lori Ranson
Brazil’s Azul Airlines intends to use the recent agreement it reached with Embraer to defer 52 E2s as a blueprint for discussions with other suppliers, including Airbus.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bradley Perrett
The COMAC ARJ21 regional jet will enter service with its third operator on May 16, following the handing over of one aircraft of the type to Jiangxi Air.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Cathay Pacific is accumulating huge losses as almost all of its flights remain suspended because of COVID-19, and the Hong Kong-based carrier sees little prospect of improvement in the near term.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
Doha-based Qatar Airways will axe more than 9,000 jobs as the COVID-19 pandemic takes its toll on the Gulf carrier.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
China Southern Airlines is planning to raise CNY16 billion ($2.2 billion) by issuing convertible bonds, mainly for the acquisition of aircraft.
MRO

By Chen Chuanren
Singapore Airlines (SIA) is not expecting its capacity to fully recover for the next 12-18 months and is readjusting its fleet expansion strategy accordingly.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
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.
Airlines & Lessors

Calendar of upcoming events of interest to the commercial aviation industry.
Air Transport

By Sean Broderick
Boeing has tapped long-time executive and former head of commercial engineering Mike Delaney to lead what the company sees as a pan-industry
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Ben Goldstein
SkyWest Airlines will see its Delta Air Lines regional fleet reduced by 55 Bombardier CRJ-200s, as carriers look to downsize their regional operations amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jen DiMascio
The satellite operator Intelsat announced May 13 that it has declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy as part of a financial restructuring to free up liquidity and continue operations while it awaits repayment from the government from an auction of C-band spectrum.
Space

By David Casey
Emirates plans to resume scheduled flights to nine destinations next week, as well as offering connections for passengers traveling between the UK and Australia.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
GOL Linhas Aéreas is to reopen bases in Brazil at Foz de Iguacu (IGU), Navegantes (NVT) and Maringa (MGF) in May as the carrier seeks to restore services that were suspended because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Airlines & Lessors

By Karen Walker
IATA officials are in talks with Argentinian ministers in hopes of persuading the government to bring forward its ban on all air travel and the sale of flight tickets.
Safety, Ops & Regulation