The European Council has further reduced its list of countries from which it recommends lifting COVID-19 travel restrictions, removing Algeria from the “safe list” in its latest update.  

AirAsia X (AAX) has signaled it will not resume scheduled flights until late 2020 and is cutting its fleet and network to aid its eventual recovery.

Safran is taking the opportunity of the ongoing COVID-19 crisis to accelerate the reorganization of its cabin interiors activity, aiming at making it stronger than before the pandemic.

Irish lessors AerCap and Avolon have both released second quarter (Q2) 2020 financial results that reveal the initial impact of the COVID-19 crisis on their balance sheets.

Emirates Airline has notified its passengers that all travelers arriving in Dubai or transiting at its Dubai (DXB) hub must have a negative COVID-19 PCR test certificate, starting from Aug. 1.

As production rates have decreased amid the COVID-19 crisis, Airbus’ suppliers are in a difficult but still viable situation, according to Guillaume Faury, the airframer’s CEO.

While many Asia-Pacific carriers have restored their domestic networks, new COVID-19 outbreaks threaten to dampen the recovery.

Reeling in March from the suddenness and depth of the COVID-19 crisis, the air transport industry at least cautiously believed that the second half of 2020 would see the beginnings of a turnaround.