Coronavirus

By Adrian Schofield
Almost all of Cathay Pacific’s eligible pilots and cabin crew have accepted the revised contract terms that are a key part of the Hong Kong airline’s cost restructuring efforts.
Airlines & Lessors

By Lee Ann Shay
American Airlines President Robert Isom shares his views on the Boeing 737 MAX return and how the airline is positioning itself for recovery.
MRO

By Steve Trimble, Guy Norris
Seven years after the demise of the X-51 program, the Pentagon puts Boeing back in the running for hypersonic cruise missile programs.
Air Dominance

By Helen Massy-Beresford
European airlines’ capacity plans were already indicating that traffic levels would fall further in the coming weeks. As lockdown after lockdown begins, the mood within the industry is gloomier still.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
Reflecting the rapid rise of COVID-19 infection rates in some key markets, IATA’s latest figures show how the recovery of air passenger traffic stalled in September as cargo continued to trend upwards.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
Malindo Air, the Malaysian offshoot of Indonesia’s Lion Air, has begun a retrenchment program that will affect 2,647 staff, prompting action from the government to assist affected staff.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
The Dutch government has given the go-ahead for a €3.4 billion ($4 billion) bailout to help KLM weather the COVID-19 crisis after a pilots union agreed to conditions set by the government, removing a last-minute obstacle to the funding.
Airlines & Lessors

By Bradley Perrett
With work reduced to documentation, it is not clear how the group is preserving corporate knowledge for a possible restart.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
Global business aviation activity was down 15% through most of October compared to a year ago, spurred by leisure demand in the charter market, according to WingX Advance data.
Business Aviation

By Molly McMillin
The Corporate Angel Network raised $275,000 in a virtual auction through sponsorships, auction items and donations, it announced.
Business Aviation

By Ben Goldstein
American Airlines will expand its current pre-flight COVID-19 testing program in November to include customers headed to a handful of additional Caribbean and Latin American countries, part of an effort to increase options for travelers seeking to avoid onerous quarantines upon arrival.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
Portuguese wet-lease specialist Hi Fly has announced it is phasing out it’s single Airbus A380 at the end of the lease term later this year.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
Stuart Beech is an Airbus A380 senior first officer with British Airways who last flew in early April, before the airline stored its A380s at Chateauroux Airport in central France because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Maintenance & Training

By Kurt Hofmann
Swiss regional carrier Helvetic Airways believes its wet-lease business will increase as airlines come to renew their regional fleets but find themselves short
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
France will require travelers arriving from outside the EU to take rapid-result COVID-19 tests, which will be made available at the country’s airports.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bradley Perrett
Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) will shift aerospace workers to other divisions for the duration of the downturn in demand for commercial airliners.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Targeting Thailand’s religious and predominately Buddhist population, Thai Airways has announced a pilgrimage flight-to-nowhere event that will see an aircraft fly over 99 sacred sites while passengers say Buddhist prayers onboard.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
To generate more alternate revenue amid the pandemic and after rising demand for its training speciality, Singapore Airlines (SIA) is commercializing its training services by setting up the Singapore Airlines Academy.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jen DiMascio
Fallout from commercial aviation business lost could eliminate businesses, create opportunities.
Supply Chain

By Lori Ranson
United Airlines continues its push to convince governments that COVID-19 testing is a viable alternative to quarantines and other travel restrictions—it plans to conduct free rapid testing for passengers onboard select flights between its Newark hub and London Heathrow.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
The body representing Arab airlines believes that around half of all aircraft deliveries to its members scheduled for the next two years will be canceled or deferred and that recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic hinges on a series of government actions to aid the sector.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
South African carrier Comair has reached an agreement with its lenders and secured competition approval for a new investor, paving the way for flights to resume in December.
Airlines & Lessors

By Lori Ranson
Latin America has been a study in contrasts during the COVID-19 crisis.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
Air Canada’s leisure-focused Rouge subsidiary is back flying as the Canadian carrier works to tap into what little demand there is as the COVID-19 pandemic and related restrictions continue to keep many travelers home.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
The Dutch government has failed to approve a restructuring plan for flag-carrier KLM after unions refused to agree to make salary commitments for the duration of the planned state aid package.
Airlines & Lessors