Coronavirus

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Citiking International is asking a bankruptcy court to reject a request by the unsecured creditors of One Aviation to convert the company’s Chapter 11 restructuring to a Chapter 7 liquidation, citing complications due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

U.S. carriers are cautiously optimistic amid signs of a domestic rebound.

A move to change the rules of the ICAO Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme (CORSIA) to reflect the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic would risk undermining the entire program, the lobbying group Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) said.

BRUSSELS AIRLINES plans June 15 to restart service with downsized summer schedule, consisting of 30% of original schedule in Europe and 40% of long

Quarantine rules should be based on science and not be politicized, the head of IATA said Tuesday, as he warned that such rules pose a “major obstacle” to the resumption of air travel.

AÉRO MONTRÉAL launched Alliance for the Aerospace Recovery initiative to accelerate recovery of Québec' aerospace industry from COVID-19 crisis.

LUFTHANSA received terms for package of stabilization measures and loans of up to €9b from Economic Stabilization Fund (WSF); under deal, WSF would

LATAM AIRLINES GROUP initiated a voluntary reorganization and restructuring of debt under Chapter 11 protection in US with the support of the Cueto

Sales of business and general aviation avionics during the first three months of 2020 declined 8.8% from the same period a year ago, ending a streak of 12 consecutive quarters of increased year-over-sales.

IATA expects airline industry will increase its global debt by 28% to $550b at end 2020 from $430b at end 2019; the $120b in new debt is composed of

STAR AIR, India has restarted flight operations with three ERJs.

AIR CANADA set abridged summer 2020 schedule that serves 97 destinations vs 220 a year ago; schedule will increase from 34 routes in May (services to

AIR ASTANA is launching an international air cargo division with three 767-300s following review of its fleet plans in wake of COVID-19 crisis; cabin

AIR NEW ZEALAND is reducing its executive team from nine to six as it creates a smaller airline due to COVID-19; it expects it will take two years to

Most airline passengers are concerned with the health environment on the airplane as opposed to the airport, an online survey by Honeywell Aerospace indicates.

LAUDA (Ryanair) is expected to shut down its base at Vienna on May 29.

MOSCOW—A Russian government official has confirmed that COVID-19 restrictions have delayed the certification of the country’s new Irkut MC-21 narrowbody commercial airliner.

Fiji Airways has decided to lay off half of its employees and seek additional financing to improve its prospects of surviving the COVID-19 crisis.

The U.S. is girding to ward off Chinese tentacles that could reach into the western aerospace ecosystem after COVID-19.

The UK has begun firing trials of Thales Lightweight Multirole Missile (LMM) from the Leonardo AW159 Wildcat naval helicopter.

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.

Scotland’s National Health Service (NHS) is to trial deliveries by unmanned air systems to speed up logistics between remote medical centers.

Kazakh flag-carrier Air Astana has announced plans to convert its three passenger Boeing 767-300ERs into freighters and create an air cargo division.

Without flight hours, utilization-based scheduled maintenance will decline; however, calendar-timed service intervals remain for parked fleets.