Coronavirus

The UK’s second largest airport, London Gatwick, has announced night closures, job cuts and reduced pier capacity to mitigate lower passenger demand in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Representatives of smaller aviation suppliers are pushing for COVID-19 pandemic-related financial relief and prompting eligible companies to tap into newly available government programs, such as Small Business Administration (SBA) loans.

Launching the Mars 2020 rover, recently named Perseverance, this summer remains among NASA’s highest priorities, despite agency-wide shutdowns of its facilities due to health concerns over the coronavirus disease COVID-19.

Compass Airlines will cease operations in early April following capacity cuts by American Airlines that include a significant drop in flying at Los Angeles International Airport.

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NORWEGIAN flew one pax ona flight between Tel Aviv and Barcelona (737NG), according to social media post.

Alitalia’s MRO division says it will focus on heavy maintenance work for its in-house fleet of aircraft in the absence of third-party repair work while the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic plays out.

The FAA said Mar. 19 that it will begin a thorough cleaning of the air traffic control (ATC) tower at Las Vegas McCarran International Airport (LAS) after a controller there “presumptively tested positive” for the COVID-19 coronavirus, causing it to temporarily close the tower.

FAA Administrator Steve Dickson is quarantining at home following a brief encounter with a U.S. House lawmaker who later tested positive for COVID-19.

Lufthansa Group plans to make massive cuts to its over €3 billion ($3.4 billion) in planned investments this year, as the airline prepares for an extended period of no or very little demand.

WASHINGTON—The Trump Administration wants to send airlines $50 billion worth of secured loans, a far cry from the package of grants, unsecured loans

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WESTJET is suspending all of its US transborder and international operations for at least 30 days starting on March 23.

LUFTHANSA CARGO is continuing with normal operation (sans China) with 11 777Fs (four AEROLOGIC) and six MD-11Fs.

LUFTHANSA GROUP had €1.2b net income for 2019 (vs €2.2b in 2018) on 2.5% higher revenues; its network airlines earned €1.8b in 2019 (vs €2.4) on 2%

FLIGHTRADAR24 says at one point on March 19 it was tracking about 9,900 flights worldwide vs 15,100 a year ago.

AIR ASTANA and FLYARYSTAN, Kazakhstan are suspending most of their scheduled flights through April 15.

AIR CANADA is reducing capacity by at least 50% and will gradually suspend the majority of international and US transborder flights (to small number

AIR ANTWERP, Belgium is suspending operations on March 20 until at least april 10 in compliance with government measures.

ALLEGIANT is cutting capacity by 15% in April/May, but expects drop to grow to 30-35%; flexible scheduling for seasonal peaks, adjusted regularly to

A growing number of airlines in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) have temporarily suspended flights as governments grapple to contain the COVID-19 pandemic.

The largest U.S. airlines slashed the bulk of their schedules for the next several months, forced to scale back to once-unthinkable levels by the total collapse in global air travel caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Qantas has revealed plans to suspend all scheduled international flights for at least two months because of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. The reduced operations mean two-thirds of its staff will be stood down.

Environmental groups have welcomed a decision by ICAO on eligible carbon credits under a scheme to offset emissions from aviation and believe the system is flexible enough to cope with the dramatic drop in global flights following the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak.

With the collapse of Europe’s business aviation charter business under coronavirus travel bans, the industry must join together to weather the crises.