Boeing formally announced the resumption of 737 MAX production on May 27, five months after it suspended manufacture of the model and five weeks after moving the first employees back into its facility in Renton, Washington, to begin reviving the assembly line.
To prevent price wars among Thailand’s seven budget carriers once air travel fully resumes, Thai AirAsia (TAA) is mulling whether it should merge with another LCC.
EasyJet plans to reduce staff numbers by 30% and by the end of 2021 will have a fleet of around 302 aircraft, 51 fewer than planned before the COVID-19 crisis.
American Airlines will cut 30% of its management and support staff, or about 5,000 positions, in anticipation of “running a much smaller airline” for the foreseeable future due to fallout from the novel coronavirus pandemic, the airline told employees late May 27.
Beijing is looking to allow more airlines to apply for charter flights into China, thus increasing flights beyond the so-called “five ones” policy introduced to stem the importation of COVID-19 cases.
The grim situation facing the Asia-Pacific airline industry is highlighted by new statistics for April depicting the remarkably sudden drop in traffic and capacity caused by the COVID-19 crisis.
The A380's Newest Customer
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All Nippon Airways is the newest operator of the A380, having taken its first aircraft in May 2019. More than two years on, it still operates three of the aircraft, having taken its final delivery in October 2020.
Concerned over the potential of interference with radio altimeters, an aviation industry coalition has petitioned the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to reconsider an order making available “mid-band” radio frequency spectrum for uses including 5G communications.
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The German government and the European Commission (EC) are trying to overcome an impasse that is threatening a €9 billion ($9.9 billion) rescue package for Lufthansa
China’s state-owned aircraft manufacturer COMAC has rolled out the first ARJ21-700 regional jet destined for Air China and also debuted the corporate jet variant, the COMAC Business Jet (CBJ).
Most airlines worldwide are working with the major airframers to defer or cancel aircraft deliveries as they attempt to rightsize operations in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
