Eurocontrol States’ decision to defer ATC charges until November provides airlines short-term liquidity relief amid COVID-19 crisis
EUROCONTROL States agree a €1.1 billion deferral package to assist airlinesThe EUROCONTROL Member States have agreed on a financial package enabling airlines to defer...
Trade unions accuse Lufthansa of using the Coronavirus crisis to dismantle Germanwings
German press agency DPA today reports that aviation trade unions Ufo and Vereinigung Cockpit are accusing Lufthansa of using the coronavirus pandemic as an...
Boeing to temporarily suspend 787 operations in North Charleston, South Carolina
Boeing will temporarily suspend all 787 operations at Boeing South Carolina (BSC) until further notice, starting at the end of second shift on Wednesday,...
[Coronavirus] El AL carries essential protective equipment to Israel onboard Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners
Earlier today (6 April), the first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner from a series of El Al flights from China landed at Tel Aviv's Ben-Gurion Airport,...
[Coronavirus] Lufthansa will bring home thousands of vacationers from New Zealand on 10 special flights
Ten special flights scheduled to Auckland and Christchurch during the week
Lufthansa will bring vacationers on behalf of the Federal Foreign Office from New Zealand...
[Coronavirus] Brussels Airlines extends the temporary suspension of its flights until 15 May
Originally scheduled for 20 April, Brussels Airlines now delays the restart of its operations to 15 May. "Extraordinary circumstances require extraordinary measures. The worldwide...
[Coronavirus] easyJet cancels all flights throughout April 2020
On 3 April 2020, easyJet CEO, Johan Lundgren announced that all airline's flights for April are cancelled, however it doesn't impact repatriation flights.easyJet CEO,...
Lessor Avolon cancels order for 75 Boeing 737 MAX 8s and 4 A330neos
Lessor Avolon announced the cancellation of an order for 75 Boeing 737 MAX planes that were due to be delivered by 2023.Avolon, the world’s...
[Coronavirus] Austrian Airlines extends temporary cessation of flight operations until May 3, 2020
• More than 6,000 Austrians have been brought home safely
• Airlift to Asia: 180 tonnes of protective clothing transported to Austria up until...
[Coronavirus] Helsinki Airport’s runway 3 closed until further notice
Runway 3 is closed until further notice due to the temporary decrease in air traffic caused by the coronavirus.Take-offs in west and south winds...
[Coronavirus] airBaltic further reduces capacity until end of Summer season
As the Coronavirus crisis continues, significantly affecting demand for air travel, airBaltic is forced to further decrease its overall capacity between April 15 and...
[Coronavirus] Virgin Atlantic and Virgin Unite fly in crucial medical supplies for the UK’s National Health Service
Virgin Atlantic has teamed up with Virgin Group’s not-for-profit foundation, Virgin Unite, to fly a special charter flight from Shanghai to London, bringing in...
[Coronavirus] A picture is worth a thousand words (part seven): KLM
Large part of KLM fleet parked at Amsterdam Airport SchipholAs a result of the corona crisis, KLM keeps a large number of its aircraft...
Boeing to temporarily suspend Philadelphia area operations in response to escalating COVID-19 pandemic
Boeing is temporarily suspending production operations at its facilities in Ridley Township, Pennsylvania, in light of the company's continuous assessment of the spread of...
[Coronavirus] COVID-19 pandemic impacts Ryanair’s March traffic figures: -48%
The closure of the European airspace heavily impacted Ryanair's March traffic figures, the Irish low-cost airline operated over 33,000 scheduled flights (64,000 budgeted) including...
[Coronavirus] Delta Air Lines subsidiary manufactures personal protective equipment to help healthcare workers
Delta Flight Products, Delta Air Lines' wholly owned subsidiary, is collaborating with Global Center for Medical Innovation (GCMI), a non-profit affiliate of the Georgia...
[Coronavirus] Amsterdam Airport closes piers and moves towards ‘Core Schiphol’
Amsterdam Airport is to give further substance to its ‘Core Schiphol’ scenario by keeping only the D, E and F-Piers in service. The B-Pier...
[Opinion] Why businesses like Brussels Airlines are of strategic importance for Belgium
The current coronavirus pandemic is unprecedented in the world of aviation, most - if not all - commercial passenger airlines have been severely affected...
Emirates to resume limited passenger flights from April 6, flights to Brussels, Frankfurt, Paris, Zurich and London
Emirates has received approval from authorities to restart flying a limited number of passenger flights from April 6.HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum,...
[Coronavirus] Eurowings repatriation flights: Behind the scenes
With concentrated teamwork, Eurowings organises numerous return flights - how the hurdles in planning, control and implementation are mastered
Because of the current corona crisis,...