The airline industry has produced almost exclusively bad news ever since the coronavirus pandemic began to have an impact on the industry globally in early March. 

The global air freight market plummeted by 27.7% in April compared to the same period in 2019, as the full effect of the COVID-19 pandemic was felt around the world.

Indian carrier IndiGo slipped to a net loss in the first quarter of the year, largely due to plummeting demand caused by the COVID-19 crisis coupled with travel restrictions.

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Airbus Helicopters has delivered its first helicopters using an electronic-delivery process negating the need for the customer to travel to collect the aircraft in light of the travel restrictions caused by the novel coronavirus pandemic.

SINGAPORE—Singapore Airlines (SIA) has increased its capacity by 2% for June and July compared to May, albeit a 94% reduction of its schedule planned before COVID-19 hit.

EasyJet has said it will have resumed flights to almost three-quarters of its route network by the end of August as London City Airport (LCY) said separately that it would reopen at the end of June as COVID-19 lockdowns are lifted.

FRANKFURT—TUI Group has reached an agreement with Boeing over compensation for delayed 737 MAX deliveries and a new schedule that will see the airline take outstanding deliveries much later.