Coronavirus

By Molly McMillin
Business aircraft manufacturers worldwide are projected to deliver 7,404 new business jets and 2,590 new turboprops over 10 years from 2021 to 2030, valued at a total of $236.5 billion at list prices, with demand for maintenance, repair and overhaul services expected to total $102 billion, according to a new forecast by the Aviation Week Network’s 2021 Business Aviation Fleet & MRO Forecast.
Business Aviation Week

By Jens Flottau
Ask the Editors: Airbus is committed to the A330neo for a few reasons, despite slow orders. The larger A350 serves a different market.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
Anticipated effects of the COVID-19 pandemic—including a smaller global fleet, near-term retirements of older aircraft and expected cost-cutting by airlines over the next several years—have led Boeing to cut 10%, or about $100 billion, out of its 20-year forecast for commercial aviation services spending.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
The FAA has extended slot rule waivers at three congested U.S. east coast airports through the end of March, in an effort to relieve airlines hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Air Traffic

By Ben Goldstein
Southwest Airlines will seek a round of pay cuts from its labor unions as part of a push to reduce costs enough to avoid involuntary furloughs through the end of 2021.
Airlines & Lessors

By Molly McMillin
Honeywell projects deliveries of 7,300 new business jets from 2021 to 2030 valued at $235 billion, down 4% from its 10-year forecast a year ago, the company said in a new Global Business Aviation Outlook.
Marketplace

By Chen Chuanren
The Singaporean government is looking to focus on COVID-19 testing and unilaterally lifting borders restrictions for travelers coming from countries with low infection rates as “protective measures” to revive its air hub.
Airports & Networks

By David Casey
United Airlines will begin flying nonstop to mainland China from Oct. 21 for the first time since late February when the COVID-19 crisis began to escalate worldwide.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
European air traffic has fallen again, dropping to 44.8% of 2019 levels in the week to Oct. 4, Eurocontrol data showed, as travel restrictions and uncertainty over rising COVID-19 infection rates in many countries continue to hold back demand.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
AirAsia Japan confirmed that it has ceased operation as of Oct. 5 after the COVID-19 crisis compounded the carrier’s challenges in the competitive Japanese LCC market.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
Singapore’s Changi Airport has imposed pay cuts as high as 30% on its staff in preparation for an uncertain recovery across its various portfolios.
Airports & Networks

By Graham Warwick
New customers are entering the business-aviation market through charter and membership programs, but will they stay?
Business Aviation Week

By Molly McMillin
David Coleal was appointed president of Bombardier Aviation in May 2019, after leading its business aircraft division beginning in 2015. Coleal’s position was eliminated Oct. 1 in a restructuring as the company prepares for the sale of its transportation division.
Marketplace

By Lori Ranson
Breeze Airways now plans to lease Embraer E-Jets from sister operator Azul after previously explaining to the U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) it was sourcing aircraft elsewhere.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
Malaysia Airlines Berhad (MAB) is hoping its owner, sovereign wealth fund Khazanah Nasional, will bail it out as the flag-carrier will otherwise run out of cash to pay lessors and suppliers after November, according to a Reuters report.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
The Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) has decided to cancel its annual general assembly that was planned for Nov. 12 in Fukuoka, Japan, taking the event online instead.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
The number of flights in European airspace continued to decline in September, Eurocontrol data showed, as industry groups renewed calls for the introduction of an EU-wide COVID-19 testing program to spur demand.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
The Faroe Islands’ national carrier Atlantic Airways has received a license from the U.S. Port Authority to launch services from the archipelago’s capital Vágar to New York.
Airlines & Lessors

By Tony Osborne
Despite a wafer-thin majority in Sept. 27’s fighter referendum, the Swiss government can begin its $6.5 billion fighter procurement.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Adrian Schofield
The pandemic is causing new complications for the Indian government’s plans to sell flag-carrier Air India.
Airlines & Lessors

By Ben Goldstein
Air Canada has finalized an order for an initial batch of 25,000 rapid-response COVID-19 test kits, as it looks to convince the Canadian government to relax its 14-day quarantine rule for international arrivals.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways will include a diagnostic test to detect COVID-19 infections with all of its tickets.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
Brussels Airlines plans to operate 42 medium-haul and 16 long-haul routes during the upcoming winter season between Oct. 25 and March 27.
Airports & Networks

By Adrian Schofield
AirAsia Japan’s shareholders are reportedly preparing to shut down the carrier, as the AirAsia Group focuses its attention on its Southeast Asian operations.
Airlines & Lessors

By Antoine Gelain
Misfortune and its own missteps in culture, leadership and technology have sapped the British engine maker of its value.
Aircraft & Propulsion