Coronavirus

By Ben Goldstein
Talks over an extension to the Payroll Support Program (PSP) look set to come down to the wire in September, after negotiations toward another U.S. coronavirus aid package broke down late last week.
Airlines & Lessors

By Molly McMillin
GE Aviation is progressing with engineering and certification testing on its Catalyst engine designed for Textron Aviation’s Cessna Denali single-engine turboprop.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Alan Dron
Most airline industry analysts and CEOs agree that consumer confidence will not start to return until a COVID-19 vaccine is readily available.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
Israeli start-up Gadfin has been selected by multinational energy company Enel Group to demonstrate electrical infrastructure inspection using a fuel-cell-powered long-range drone.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Alan Dron
LCC Air Arabia slipped into the red in the first half (H1) of 2020, seeing a successful first quarter obliterated by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) is gradually resuming flying after a three-month shutdown, but its main hub operation at Kyiv Boryspil International has been mothballed until spring 2021.
Airports & Networks

By Kurt Hofmann
Air Europa plans to accelerate the phaseout of its entire Airbus A330 fleet and defer delivery of additional Boeing 787s after the COVID-19 pandemic scuttled plans to restart long-haul flights.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
With the return of demand for long-haul travel still unclear, Lufthansa is preparing fundamental cuts to the group’s long-haul fleet that are likely to see several types retired entirely.
Airlines & Lessors

By Ben Goldstein
Rising U.S. COVID-19 case numbers wiped out the short growth the airlines enjoyed and are a hurdle to further recovery.
Airlines & Lessors

By Guy Norris
Rolls-Royce has discovered cracks in the intermediate pressure (IP) compressor blades of higher-time Trent XWB-84 engines during scheduled overhaul but said early detection will enable the speedy development of a fix.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Angus Batey, Molly McMillin
The bizav sector is not entirely in charge of its own destiny, and the deleterious effects that the COVID-19 crisis is having across the wider air transport sector may yet throttle the industry’s resurgence.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Helen Massy-Beresford
As airlines around the world ramp up their flight schedules after the coronavirus shutdown, many believe the fast progress being made on developing and improving different types of COVID-19 tests may help restore passenger confidence and drive air travel demand.
Airports & Networks

By Jonas Murby
Global coordination is essential to the aviation industry’s recovery from the pandemic.
MRO

By Molly McMillin
The National Air Transportation Association has launched General Aviation Advancing America, an initiative involving focus groups discussing how rural airports and general aviation businesses help a community with economic development, job recovery and emergency response, NATA said.
Marketplace

By Bill Carey
COVID-19 has slowed the FAA’s 17-year march toward airspace modernization.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Ben Goldstein
Atlas Air management predicts the company will double its profits in 2020 from a year ago, driven by continued high demand for air cargo during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Airlines & Lessors

By Mark Carreau
As the push to return to deep-space exploration becomes more international and commercial, so too do concerns over norms of behavior among those who venture beyond Earth’s orbit.
Space

By Alan Dron, Linda Blachly
Casualty figures were reportedly rising the evening of Aug. 7 after an Air India Express Boeing 737-800, en route from Dubai to Calicut, overshot the
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
EASA has warned that the pitot tubes of aircraft returning to service after grounding during the COVID-19 pandemic should be carefully checked, following an upsurge in safety incidents.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Angus Batey
PrivateFly, the St Albans, UK-based online charter broker, has launched its own jet card.
Marketplace

By Kurt Hofmann
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has reached an agreement with investors holding its bonds and hybrid notes meaning that work on a revised recapitalization can continue.
Airlines & Lessors

By Molly McMillin
Bombardier recorded a 15% decline in business jet deliveries during the second quarter of 2020 and a 28% related revenue decline as the company manages through the COVID-19 pandemic.
Marketplace

By Kurt Hofmann
Brussels Airlines is increasing its range of short- and medium-haul fare options to align its offering more closely with the rest of the Lufthansa Group’s full-service carriers.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
The CEO of Austrian Airlines said a comprehensive COVID-19 testing program for travelers coming from high risk countries is necessary, while a travel corridor between Europe and the U.S. would help revive the Lufthansa subsidiary’s vital transatlantic routes.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Korean Air has managed to buck industry trends by achieving a net profit for the second quarter, thanks mainly to a strong performance by the carrier’s cargo unit.
Airlines & Lessors