Conditions remain challenging in the first quarter of 2021, in which the group expects to operate 40% of pre-pandemic capacity as ongoing COVID-19 lockdowns and travel restrictions stifle flying

The North Atlantic Datalink Mandate requiring that aircraft be equipped with datalink communications in oceanic airspace, suspended temporarily because of the COVID-19 pandemic, will be reinstated on Feb. 25.

Groupe ADP, the operator of Charles de Gaulle (CDG) and Orly (ORY) airports, said pre-pandemic levels of traffic at its Paris airports are not expected to return until 2024-27.

The U.S. aerospace industry provided a foreign trade surplus of around $43 billion in 2020, the U.S. Commerce Department reported this month, a notable achievement amid the onset of COVID-19 but almost half the sector’s 2019 level.

Lufthansa announced major changes to its ab initio pilot training program Feb. 17, as the airline grapples with the fall-out of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Ryanair has lost its cases against state aid awarded to French and Swedish airlines, following two rulings by the EU’s Luxembourg-based General Court.

Ask The Editors: Regulators working on the 737 MAX were not buoyed by the pandemic, but COVID-19 was not a major factor on downtime.

In the post-pandemic era, supply chains will become stronger and probably – but not always – shorter.