Etihad Airways anticipates slowly increasing the number of passenger flights it operates from May 1, as it starts to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Senior executives at United Airlines are planning for substantial workforce reductions once the federal prohibition on layoffs attached to payroll support under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act expires this autumn. 

Ryanair Group CEO Michael O’Leary expects the airline industry will recover from the COVID-19 pandemic faster than most executives and commentators believe—but only via a vicious price war.

EasyJet has enough liquidity to withstand a lengthy grounding of its fleet and could restart flying with as little as two weeks’ notice once the COVID-19 crisis has eased, according to a trading update from the airline.

Welcome to Routes’ look at how the Asia-Pacific aviation market is responding to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, helping you understand the schedule changes and manage the impact so we can navigate through this crisis together. Routes magazine is a sister publication of Aviation Daily.

LATAM Cargo Group is increasing frequencies to Europe and the U.S. to mitigate the effects caused by reduced belly capacity in passenger aircraft grounded by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Chinese aviation industry has lost about CNY39.8 billion ($5.6 billion) over the course of the 2020 first quarter, with the airline sector taking up most of the share at CNY33.6 billion, according to an estimate by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC). 

Delta Air Lines will operate daily, scheduled all-cargo service connecting the U.S., South Korea and China starting April 16 to transport medical supplies to healthcare workers on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic.