A civilian Pilatus PC-12 aircraft made an unauthorized landing at a Royal Air Force (RAF) base in Wales because the aircraft’s pilot wanted to visit a nearby beach.

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.

As airlines and airports around the world respond to the challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic, Routes looks at the current state of the global aviation market.

Governments have provided $123 billion in air transport industry COVID-19 aid but not to all and leaving some with a high debt burden.

The longtime dismantlement of Triumph Group is about to explode further, with the company collapsing about three dozen sites to nine, workforce cuts of more than 4,000, the sale of aerostructures programs and other actions in the wake of COVID-19.

With so much going on within the aviation sector we want to know your views on the key topics and stories.

Most airlines worldwide are working with the major airframers to defer or cancel aircraft deliveries as they attempt to rightsize operations in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Business aviation activity worldwide fell 52.9% during the first 26 days of May compared to a year ago, bringing activity back to “half-normal,” WingX Advance said.