Recaro Aircraft Seating and Airbus leadership are discussing how to collaborate on ideas to manage the effects on the interiors industry as a result of the COVID-19 crisis.
Argentina was scheduled to reopen its borders and permit airlines to fly in and out of the country on Sept. 1 after almost six months of mandatory closure. It won’t happen.
Workers at London Heathrow Airport are trialing three types of rapid-turnaround COVID-19 tests, which could ultimately be used for passenger testing, eliminating the need for quarantine.
A study funded by the government of South Korea suggests that a passenger who is infected with the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 but shows no symptoms can infect other passengers on the same flight.
Ethiopian Airlines has announced the opening of a new terminal at its home hub Addis Ababa Bole International Airport—which has been designed to incorporate COVID-19 mitigation measures.
Getting NASA’s Space Launch System rocket to the launchpad for a November 2021 debut flight will cost taxpayers $9.1 billion, breaching a 30% budget overrun that mandates congressional notification.
Norwegian Air Shuttle said a government loan guarantee was “not enough” to get it through the prolonged COVID-19 crisis and warned of a significant risk of insolvency.
Croatia Airlines has requested financial assistance from its owner the Croatian government after the flag-carrier’s liquidity became strained because of COVID-19.
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine and others are attempting to make it clear that the International Space Station has the potential to light up a high-tech low Earth orbit economy and support humanity’s reach into deep space.
Colombia appears poised to restart commercial aviation operations after shutting down the sector for roughly six months to combat the spread of COVID-19.
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) continues to increase flight frequencies and add back more routes starting from September to destinations within Scandinavia as well as in Europe and some long-haul points as demand increases.
The resurgence of coronavirus cases in Japan is causing major airlines to further scale back their domestic capacity plans as demand softens significantly.
The Thai government is providing THB24 billion ($766 million) in loans for seven LCCs that operate in the country to save jobs amid flight bans and low passenger demand following the coronavirus outbreak.
COVID-19-related travel restrictions between European countries, including Germany and the UK, are tightening up, as the novel coronavirus spread accelerates in the region and threatens a fragile recovery in air travel demand.
Allegiant Air will add seven new seasonal routes this winter, in an attempt to capitalize on modest demand to outdoor leisure destinations amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
EASA plans to start Boeing 737 MAX test flights on Sept. 7 in Vancouver, Canada in what is a key milestone for the aircraft to be recertified in Europe.
Air New Zealand reported its first annual loss in 18 years, attributable to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the carrier expects another loss for fiscal 2021, which began July 1.
We asked network planners from across the world about how COVID-19 has impacted their strategies and what they think will be the most important factors in reinstating networks.
Smartwings Group, which includes LCC Smartwings and flag-carrier Czech Airlines (CSA), filed a request to a Prague court to declare an extraordinary moratorium under the so-called Lex COVID legislation on Aug. 26.
The COVID-19 pandemic may have changed just about every aspect of travel already—but aircraft cabin designers believe there may be more long-term shifts to come.
