Aviation Daily Roundup: April 14

Boeing Orders And Delivery Slump Accelerates As Market Shrinks

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Updated Boeing commercial airliner figures for 2020 through March reveal dramatic order cancellations and reduced deliveries as the air transport market continues to nosedive in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

Kazakhstan Airlines See Losses Of $549M From Pandemic

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Kazakhstan airlines have lost KZT235 billion ($549 million) as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic so far, the country’s Ministry of Industry and Infrastructural Development said April 13.

COVID-19: Middle East And Africa Market Update

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Welcome to Routes’ weekly look at how the Middle East and African aviation markets are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, helping you understand the schedule changes and manage the impact so we can navigate through this crisis together.

Infographic: The Global Picture, April 14, 2020

As airlines and airports around the world respond to the challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic, Routes looks at the current state of the global aviation market.

Air France-KLM Reportedly Wants €10B In State-Backed Loans

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Air France-KLM is reportedly hoping to negotiate state-backed loans worth €10 billion ($11 billion) to help it survive the COVID-19 crisis that has cut its activity by around 90%.

Finnair, Juneyao Air Plan Finland-China Joint Venture

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Oneworld member Finnair and Star Alliance connecting partner Juneyao Air are looking to establish a joint venture (JV) between their two main hubs—Helsinki and Shanghai—strengthening their existing partnership.

Turkish Leisure Carrier SunExpress To Deploy 18 Aircraft As Freighters

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Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines joint-venture airline SunExpress will switch 18 of its Boeing 737-800 passenger aircraft to freight operations while passenger flights remain suspended because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

European Commission Approves Swedish Support For Airlines

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The European Commission has given the go-ahead for the Swedish government’s plans to provide SEK5 billion ($500 million) of support to airlines affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

IATA Issues More Pessimistic Traffic Forecast

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IATA has revised downwards its 2020 economic forecast for the global airline industry.

Wizz Air To Make 19% Of Employees Redundant

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Central and Eastern European LCC Wizz Air has announced 1,000 job redundancies and pay cuts that will last until March 2021, in preparation for the wider financial impact of COVID-19.

LOT Owner PGL Drops Bid To Acquire Condor

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Polish Aviation Group PGL officially dropped its bid to buy German leisure carrier Condor amid the coronavirus crisis.

New MAX Autopilot Requirement Addresses Emergency-Checklist Conflict

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The latest version of the Boeing 737 MAX master minimum equipment list (MMEL) corrects a conflict between the original MMEL’s allowances and pilot troubleshooting steps that allowed flights with no functioning autopilot, even as a checklist calls for autopilot engagement to correct flight-control issue.

CANSO Given Go-Ahead To Access Emergency Funding For ANSPs

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European nations have agreed to allow the Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation, which represents air navigation service providers, to take out loans of up to €1.27 billion ($1.39 billion) to get its members through the COVID-19 crisis.

Qatar Airways Reaches Financing Deal For 787s

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Qatar Airways and Standard Chartered bank announced April 14 that they have signed a deal for $850 million to help fund the purchase of seven Boeing 787-9s.

U.S. DOT Announces CARES Act Grant Amounts For U.S. Airports

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The U.S. Transportation Department announced emergency grants totaling $10 billion for hundreds of airports across all 50 states, with awards ranging in size from just $1,000 for the smallest airports to hundreds of millions of dollars for the largest.

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