Coronavirus

Recent examples show that airlines in Asia-Pacific are willing to devote resources to sustainability efforts at a time when they are also looking under every rock to cut costs.

Airlines need flexibility on slot rules to continue as long as pandemic-related restrictions remain in place, IATA slot experts said during an online briefing July 8.

Key takeaways from Aviation Week’s MRO BEER virtual event in June.

Dave Davis, president and CFO at Sun Country Airlines, talks about how the airline’s new asset policy will aid its MRO.

Short-haul demand picking up, but Europe’s network carriers need progress on a long-haul turnaround.

IATA Director General Willie Walsh sees a risk that the rebound of demand for air travel could be significantly faster than the increase in capacity.

South African airline operator Comair has suspended all scheduled LCC Kulula.com and British Airways franchise flights until July 30.

Qatar Airways plans to expand the functionality of the IATA Travel Pass mobile app by linking the vaccination status of personnel to the electronic document.

The Indian government has decided to raise its cap on airline domestic operations, allowing Indian carriers to add back more capacity as demand increases.

Spiraling coronavirus infection rates have led to a more than three-week suspension of flights for fledgling South African LCC Lift.

“It’s all about gauge, gauge, gauge”—that's how United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby described the company’s recently announced 270-aircraft narrowbody order on an investor call June 29.

European airlines and airports have sent a joint plea to the EU to come up with a single method of processing passengers’ COVID-19 documentation, fearing chaos at airports if even a truncated summer holiday season materializes.

Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport has opened the refurbished and expanded Departure Hall 1 with the aim of increasing passenger flow.

Canada takes baby steps in lifting travel restrictions.

European airlines are facing a further obstacle in the road to recovery as EU leaders step up calls for coordinated quarantine for arrivals from the UK, in a bid to limit the spread of the coronavirus Delta variant.

As the gradual lifting of travel restrictions sets the stage for a swift traffic recovery this summer, Airbus and Boeing plan on sticking to strategies that can now be described as proven.

WestJet is ramping up summer domestic flying by restarting nearly 40 routes and affirming it will start 11 new nonstop services across Canada, signaling growing confidence in the country’s travel-demand recovery, the airline said June 25.

Airports Council International–North America EVP Matthew Cornelius says the lack of connectivity is “the biggest hole in our business” and “a huge problem that remains unsolved.”

Next set of issues is likely to include sustainability and urban air mobility initiatives.

European airports, which did not receive government aid to the same extent as airlines, are looking to recoup their losses, but carriers are urging them not to undermine the nascent recovery.

The Hong Kong government intends to further ease entry requirements imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, cutting quarantine periods down to a week for most vaccinated travelers.

International Airlines Group (IAG) and Virgin Atlantic have put their support behind legal action that is challenging the lack of transparency around how the UK government classifies countries under its traffic light framework.

A study from the European Travel Commission (ETC) indicates that 70% of respondents are planning to travel in the next six months, up from 56% in February.

The development is welcome news for airlines on both sides of the pond hoping for a recovery in transatlantic travel.

Irish LCC Ryanair, Manchester Airports Group (MAG) and other unnamed major UK airlines are backing a court case against the UK government’s traffic-light system of coronavirus travel restrictions.