LCC Air Arabia slipped into the red in the first half (H1) of 2020, seeing a successful first quarter obliterated by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) is gradually resuming flying after a three-month shutdown, but its main hub operation at Kyiv Boryspil International has been mothballed until spring 2021.

Air Europa plans to accelerate the phaseout of its entire Airbus A330 fleet and defer delivery of additional Boeing 787s after the COVID-19 pandemic scuttled plans to restart long-haul flights. 

With the return of demand for long-haul travel still unclear, Lufthansa is preparing fundamental cuts to the group’s long-haul fleet that are likely to see several types retired entirely.

When COVID-19 cases began to appear in some number in Wuhan, China, in January, Icelandic health officials moved quickly and decisively, focusing on…

Rising U.S. COVID-19 case numbers wiped out the short growth the airlines enjoyed and are a hurdle to further recovery.

Rolls-Royce has discovered cracks in the intermediate pressure (IP) compressor blades of higher-time Trent XWB-84 engines during scheduled overhaul but said early detection will enable the speedy development of a fix.

The bizav sector is not entirely in charge of its own destiny, and the deleterious effects that the COVID-19 crisis is having across the wider air transport sector may yet throttle the industry’s resurgence.