Copa Airlines plans ‘mini-hub’ from mid-August
Copa Airlines has been granted permission to resume flights over the coming weeks, initially serving about 10 destinations from its… Read More »
Eurowings from Paderborn-Lippstadt Airport to Mallorca
5th August press release: From September Eurowings will start again from Paderborn-Lippstadt Airport to Palma de Mallorca. The airline has… Read More »
Iberia begins to operate its Airbus 350 at Quito Airport
Quito, August 5, 2020.- A sunset illuminated by the Quito summer sun and an arc of water prepared by aeronautical… Read More »
Ryanair increases capacity, rebuffs Italy flight ban threat
Ryanair said it intends to fly more than 1,600 routes this month as passenger numbers continue to grow while dismissing… Read More »
Congress considering extending US airline payroll support through March 2021
Lawmakers warn mass US airline industry layoffs could occur this fall. Sixteen Republican US Senators signed onto a letter urging… Read More »
Analysis: Tigerair Australia to end operations
Following the confirmation that Tigerair Australia will cease operations, we look at the Virgin Australia low-cost subsidiary’s place in the… Read More »
Air Transat outlines winter schedule
Canada’s Air Transat plans to fly to 40 destinations during the winter season, with a focus on warm weather locations…. Read More »
Virgin Australia to drop widebody fleet, cut workforce
Restructured airline will drop long-haul routes. Virgin Australia has revealed plans for its scaled down post-coronavirus operation, which involve major changes… Read More »
Abu Dhabi’s Tawazun to build satellite centre with Airbus
Abu Dhabi state defense and security entity Tawazun is to build a satellite assembly, integration, and testing center with Airbus… Read More »
Embraer’s commercial aviation revenue falls by 82%
Brazil’s Embraer said on Wednesday that revenue at its commercial aviation segment, usually its largest and most profitable, had fallen… Read More »
US regional SkyWest shows strength during COVID-19 storm
SkyWest posted a net loss of $26 million in Q2, a far better result than any US mainline carrier, aided… Read More »
SpiceJet secures Heathrow slots
SpiceJet has moved closer to launching low-cost flights between India and the UK. Indian LCC SpiceJet has secured slots at London… Read More »
Recovery Tracker: Global capacity creeps above 50%
Weekly scheduled airline capacity has risen to more than half of the level recorded this time in 2019—although the pace… Read More »
July marks inflection point in flight traffic recovery
Global air traffic rose in July as total and commercial flights both climbed, but trends in the second half of… Read More »
JAL sees passenger traffic potentially returning to 50% of normal levels by March 2021
JAL is cutting costs by deferring aircraft deliveries, postponing route launches. Japan Airlines plans a significant cost-cutting campaign to offset… Read More »
Partnerships key to Air Canada’s recovery
Air Canada is seeking to develop new interline agreements to help boost traffic. Increasing the number of global partnerships to… Read More »
Spirit AeroSystems cuts 1,100 jobs due to coronavirus, 737 MAX rate reduction
Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems Holdings (SPR.N) said on Friday it was cutting 1,100 jobs in its commercial programs due to… Read More »
Titan Airways 757 visits one of the world’s most remote and difficult airports
Aviation fans had a bit of excitement yesterday as the remote and notoriously tricky airport at St. Helena (HLE), a British… Read More »
Taking on SpaceX, Amazon to invest $10 billion in satellite broadband plan
Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) said on Thursday it will invest more than $10 billion to build a network of 3,236 satellites… Read More »
United to drop contract with ExpressJet, dealing potentially fatal blow
United Airlines said on Thursday it has decided to drop its contract with ExpressJet, and consolidate all of its outsourced… Read More »
NASA launches new rover to search for signs of past Martian life
NASA’s next-generation Mars rover Perseverance blasted off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral on Thursday atop an Atlas 5 rocket on a… Read More »
Airbus trims A350 output, quarterly loss worse than expected
Europe’s Airbus (AIR.PA) announced a new cut in production of its marquee A350 jet on Thursday as it swung to… Read More »