IATA has called for more support from European governments for their airlines, including a further extension to a slot waiver. 

Athens-based Aegean Airlines will operate less than 20% of last year’s capacity over the 2020/21 winter season. 

Philippine Airlines (PAL) is the latest airline to seek to restructure its debts and aircraft leases as it looks to survive the COVID-19 crisis.

IATA believes that the Asia-Pacific region could lead on its initiatives to revive air traffic and is calling on governments to implement them as the airline body continues to hold multilateral talks.

All regions face an uphill climb from the COVID-19 crisis, but the starting point for African carriers is much further down the mountain.

Ask the Editors: Recovery is expected to take some time, as for other regions that depend on significant international flying.

Goals of conserving cash and capitalizing on downtime trigger various approaches during pandemic’s demand crisis.

Arab Air Carriers Organization (AACO) secretary general Abdul Wahab Teffaha speaks to ATW Europe and Middle East correspondent Alan Dron about how his members are managing amid the pandemic as well as the prospects for the increasing number of LCCs in the region.