Avianca’s post-bankruptcy business plan rests on a leaner cost structure and fewer aircraft overall. 

An effective global COVID-19 vaccine rollout, improved coordination of government travel policies and luck with variants will be needed.

An incumbent LCC and a new-entrant hybrid carrier both have ambitious growth plans.

Having a vaccinated workforce offers multiple benefits for airlines, but one of the key questions airlines must confront is what happens to workers that either do not want to be vaccinated or are medically unable to receive the vaccine.

COVID-related shortages impinge on launch schedules and satellite manufacturing

Saudia reinstated normal seat capacity for domestic flights as of Sept. 1 after Saudi Arabia relaxed measures designed to limit the spread of COVID-19.  

Air New Zealand is considering significantly expanding the number of its employees that are required to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

The carrier, based in the French overseas department of Réunion in the Indian Ocean, has been hit hard by travel restrictions relating to the COVID-19 pandemic.