Aviation Daily Roundup: April 10

Brazil’s largest domestic airline GOL plans to operate its current, significantly smaller domestic network until early May as 120 of its aircraft are now idled by the COVID-19 crisis.

Air Greenland—which had canceled flights from March 20 through April 4—has extended the suspension until April 30 as the Greenland flag carrier continues to mitigate effects of the COVID-19 crisis.

Hawaiian Airlines and Frontier Airlines became the latest U.S. carriers to seek relief from minimum service requirements included in the Coronavirus Aid, Recovery, and Economic Security Act, as smaller airlines and ULCCs struggle to continue flying to destinations where demand remains badly depressed by the COVID-19 crisis.

Ryanair subsidiary Laudamotion has called on the Austrian government to deny state aid to Austrian Airlines, which is 100% German-owned.

With 95% of the U.S. population under stay-at-home orders, predicting when regular trips to the pub might resume is senseless enough.

Staff at heavily indebted South African regional carrier SA Express have reportedly presented plans to the country’s government for returning the airline to sustainability, according to local media.

Ireland-based ULCC Ryanair has warned that it cannot rule out “extended layoffs and/or job losses” after May 31, given the continuing uncertainty on when airline operations will resume once the COVID-19 pandemic ebbs.

Lufthansa Cargo and Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Cargo have expanded operations using passenger aircraft.

Hanover, Germany-based TUI Group announced April 8 it has signed the contract with German state development bank KfW for a bridge loan of €1.8 billion ($1.96 billion) to cushion the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic until normal business operations can resume.