Based in Paris, Helen Massy-Beresford covers European and Middle Eastern airlines, the European Commission’s air transport policy and the air cargo industry for Aviation Week & Space Technology and Aviation Daily.
Helen combines a deep knowledge of the aviation industry with years of experience in journalism. She was a business reporter at Flight International in London before moving to Paris to work for Reuters as European Automotive Correspondent. She has written for a variety of publications including the Guardian, the Observer, the Telegraph, Airline Business and Aircraft Cabin Management.
Norwegian Air Shuttle said it expects to remain grounded until April 2021 as it set out a debt-for-equity conversion plan to avoid running out of cash by mid-May.
The French state will grant Air France-KLM a total of €7 billion ($7.6 billion) in loans to help it weather the COVID-19 crisis, and longer-term may consider increasing its stake, the Franco-Dutch airline group said April 24.
Alitalia will relaunch in June with a reduced fleet of around 90 aircraft, Italy’s economic development minister Stefano Patuanelli told a parliamentary hearing April 23.
