Coronavirus

TEXTRON AVIATION is celebrating the 10-year anniversary of the first delivery of Citation CJ4; >320 are now in service.
Business Aviation

UNITED AIRLINES expects to post $2.1b pretax loss for 1Q20 (vs $367m profit in 1Q19) on 17% lower revenues. As of April 16, it had $6.3b of cash, cash
Air Transport

VIRGIN AUSTRALIA entered voluntary administration in order to recapitalize business and will work with workers, suppliers and partners to emerge as
Air Transport

By Bill Carey
By mid-April, a White House-sponsored airlift to deliver urgently needed medical supplies to combat the COVID-19 pandemic had completed 45 flights.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bradley Perrett
A Japanese choice of U.S. partners for development of the Next Generation Fighter has been reported by a second major Japanese newspaper, the Asahi Shimbun, following an article along similar lines last month.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Adrian Schofield
All Nippon Airways (ANA) Holdings has significantly cut its estimated profit for its fiscal year that ended March 31, attributable to a decrease in revenue linked to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
Icelandair Group is to issue new shares and press ahead with union and supplier negotiations as part of its financial restructuring triggered by the COVID-19 outbreak.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kim Minseok, Bradley Perrett
The South Korean finance ministry has reiterated that spending shifts to fight the COVID-19 pandemic will not delay deliveries of Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightnings to the country.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Victoria Moores
Emirates' latest COVID-19 safety measures give a shocking glimpse of what post-lockdown travel could look like, with ground and cabin crew wearing full protective clothing and a ban on large items of hand luggage.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Chen Chuanren
The Securities Investors Association (Singapore) (SIAS) has submitted a list of queries to the board of Singapore Airlines (SIA) prior to the carrier’s emergency general meeting (EGM) on the S$15 billion ($10.5 billion) cash call proposal to raise funds for the airline amid the COVID-19 crisis.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
Taiwan’s China Airlines has come to an agreement with its union to begin salary cuts for all employees starting from May 1 as its interim Q1 figures show revenue dipping amid the COVID-19 crisis.
Airlines & Lessors

By Linda Blachly
How the sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) industry will fare in the aftermath of the COVID-19 impact on commercial aviation is far from clear. But most
Sustainability

By David Casey
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.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
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.
Airlines & Lessors

By Ben Goldstein
The airline will continue to serve Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Airports & Networks

By Victoria Moores
The European Commission has approved a Danish state guarantee of up to €137 million ($149 million) for Scandinavian Airlines (SAS), ruling that the funding is in line with EU state-aid rules.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Virgin Australia has entered voluntary administration and the airline’s management is proposing to keep as much of the airline intact as possible when it reemerges under a new ownership structure.
Airlines & Lessors

By Michael Bruno
Practically everyone in commercial aerospace is scrambling to figure out how deep, and how long, COVID-19 will affect industry. Two longtime aerospace experts from consultancy Roland Berger, Manfred Hader and Robert Thomson, join Aviation Week senior business editor Michael Bruno on Check 6 to discuss what may occur.
Air Transport

By William Garvey
As one of the solons correctly noted, “A time of crisis is a time for innovation.” Well, this is that time,
Business Aviation

By Bill Carey
Space-based ADS-B provides another way to measure the status of commercial aviation.
Airlines & Lessors

By Michael Bruno
The coming weeks and months will be full of big announcements about business changes. Here are three factors affecting A&D supply chains.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

With so much going on within the aviation sector we want to know your views on the key topics and stories.
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By Guy Norris
As the airframers go, so goes the aircraft engine industry.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
The U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) granted Hawaiian Airlines a waiver to temporarily cease flying to eight mainland markets, agreeing that travel restrictions imposed by Hawaii’s governor make most service to the mainland unfeasible.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
Porter Airlines, joining its larger Canadian rivals, will tap the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) program to bring some staff back to the payroll
Airlines & Lessors