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NewsRussian low-cost carrier Pobeda halts flights until end of May
Aeroflot low-cost unit Pobeda has suspended all flights until the end of May following the introduction of travel restrictions by the Russian government.
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Airbus suspends Spanish production as outbreak restrictions tighten
Airbus is suspending most of its production in Spain for more than a week, as it continues its efforts to address the coronavirus situation. Spain has been particularly hard-hit among European countries. Airbus says it is to suspend the “majority of production” until 9 April, in the aftermath ...
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Aerospace and automotive firms channel expertise into medical ventilators
Airbus, Rolls-Royce and other aerospace and automotive engineering firms are participating in a consortium to respond to a UK demand for medical ventilators, as part of the effort to combat the coronavirus outbreak. Production is set to commence this week, following development of a design intended to meet high-level ...
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EasyJet parks entirety of fleet after completing rescue services
UK budget carrier EasyJet has opted to ground the remainder of its aircraft fleet, after completing hundreds of repatriation flights in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. It has also reached an agreement to furlough cabin crew for a two-month period from 1 April, paying them through a UK ...
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Qantas pilots vote in favour of Project Sunrise pay deal
Qantas long-haul pilots have voted in favour of a deal on pay and conditions for Project Sunrise flights. The deal means existing Qantas long-haul pilots will fly Airbus A350s if an order is made for the ultra-long-haul project, Australia’s biggest airline says in a statement. Project Sunrise is ...
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Two more AirAsia carriers suspend operations from April
Indonesia AirAsia and Thai AirAsia are the latest among the AirAsia Group carriers to suspend operations, leaving just AirAsia Japan in service. Indonesia AirAsia will suspend domestic flights until 21 April and international flights until 17 May. Thai AirAsia will halt all domestic ...
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Japanese and South Korean carriers further cut April schedules
Japanese and South Korean carriers have made further reductions to their summer schedules in light of the coronavirus outbreak. ANA had planned to serve a total of 4,653 flights on 72 routes between March 29 and April 24, but says 3,813 of those, on 68 different routes, have now ...
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Thai A350 descended below 670ft while still far from Frankfurt runway
German investigators have detailed an approach incident in which a Thai Airways Airbus A350-900 descended to less than 670ft above ground while still nearly 6.5nm (12km) from touchdown at Frankfurt Main. The aircraft (HS-THF) had been inbound from Phuket, at night but in good visibility, on 1 January. ...
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Dornier’s new-generation Seastar makes maiden sortie
Dornier Seawings flew its new-generation Seastar amphibian for the first time on 28 March from its base in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany.
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Airbus uses A330 tanker to fly coronavirus air bridge
Airbus is deploying additional aircraft including an A330 tanker conversion airframe to provide flight support for medical supplies from China to Europe. The aircraft, an A330-200 (EC-338), has been undergoing conversion as a multi-role tanker transport, for the French Air Force, according to Cirium fleets data. Airbus says ...
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US Air Force wants to use private in-flight refuelling tankers in two years
The service wants to contract 5,000 flight hours to support around 1,100 sorties annually.
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US aerospace industry reviewing aid options in 880-page coronavirus relief bill
The coronavirus relief law signed by President Donald Trump on 27 March sets aside billions of dollars in available loans to distressed and national-security-critical companies – categories into which aerospace manufacturers like Boeing and its suppliers may fall.
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Canada has ‘concerns’ about Air Canada-Transat merger
The Competition Bureau of the government of Canada says it has “competition concerns” about the planned takeover of Transat by Air Canada.
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Lynn Tilton resigns as CEO of MD Helicopters
Chief executive of MD Helicopters Lynn Tilton has resigned after receiving a bankruptcy court order to sell the aircraft manufacturer to pay off debts for her holding company Patriarch Partners.
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DOJ requires divestitures prior to Raytheon-UTC tie up
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) will only approve the proposed Raytheon-United Technologies merger if the companies divest some radio, optical and GPS businesses.
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UK airspace visualisation illustrates coronavirus impact on traffic
UK air navigation service NATS has illustrated the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on the country’s air traffic through a comparison with airspace activity a year ago. It has visualised aircraft movements on 25 March 2020, when 1,415 flights were handled, against the 6,224 flights on same date in ...
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Trump signs economic aid bill
US President Donald Trump has signed a $2 trillion aid package designed to support distressed companies and employees after the coronavirus pandemic massively disrupted the US economy in the past weeks.
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Harbour Air suspends scheduled flights
Canadian commuter airline Harbour Air has suspended its scheduled passenger operations due to the coronavirus pandemic, and says it expects to spend the entire month of April grounded.
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Upgraded Phenom 300E clinches Brazilian, European and US certifications
Embraer has received certification from the Brazilian, European and US regulators for the latest version of the Phenom 300E, and is preparing to deliver the first example early in the second quarter.
