- Ryanair Unit Urges Austria Not to Grant State Aid to Austrian Airlines[Apr. 10, 2020]
Ryanair unit Lauda on Thursday urged the Austrian government not to grant Lufthansa's subsidiary Austrian Airlines state aid to help weather the coronavirus outbreak, saying Austrian taxpayers should not subsidise a German company.
- Airbus's Landmark Jet Output Cut Faces Crucial Test[Apr. 10, 2020]
Airbus's decision to cut output of its best-selling jet by a third amid coronavirus marks a huge shift for the European planemaker, which has enjoyed virtually unbroken growth since it began competing toe-to-toe with Boeing almost 20 years ago.
- EasyJet to Defer Delivery of 24 Airbus Planes, Hold Shareholder Meeting[Apr. 10, 2020]
British airline easyJet on Thursday said it would defer the delivery of 24 Airbus jets and hold a shareholder meeting after the airline's founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou stepped up a disagreement over the airline's expansion plans.
- Emirates Announces First Passenger Flights Post Suspension[Apr. 03, 2020]
Emirates has received approvals to carry passengers on certain flights. Effective Monday 6 April, initial flights will commence from Dubai to London Heathrow, Frankfurt, Paris, Brussels and Zurich, with 4 flights a week to London Heathrow, and 3 flights a week to the other cities.
- IATA Postpones 2020 AGM[Apr. 03, 2020]
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced the postponement of the 76th Annual General Meeting (AGM) and World Air Transport Summit. The event had been scheduled to take place on 22-23 June in Amsterdam.
- ICAO Launches COVID-19 Contingency Coordination Tool and New Measures to Ensure Safe Operations[Apr. 03, 2020]
ICAO issued a new State letter today drawing the attention of national governments to new measures aimed at ensuring safe operations during COVID-19, and to a contingency coordination website it will establish through 31 March 2021.
- Airbus A350-1000 Deployed in Fight Against COVID-19[Apr. 05, 2020]
Airbus continues to purchase and supply millions of face masks from China, the large majority of which will be donated to governments of the Airbus home countries, namely France, Germany, Spain and the UK.
- BOC Aviation Announces Operational Data for the First Quarter Ended 31 March 2020[Apr. 09, 2020]
BOC Aviation Limited ("BOC Aviation") announces its operational transactions for the quarter ended 31 March 2020 and as at 31 March 2020:
- In Times of Corona Crisis: InstaFreight Offers Fast China-Europe Overland Transports[Apr. 06, 2020]
As of now, InstaFreight offers their customers stable overland transport for the supply chains from China to Europe and conversely, which both have been strongly affected by the Coronavirus. With this newly added service, InstaFreight upholds the supply chain and ensures that important commodities quickly make their way to Europe. InstaFreight is thus expanding its service portfolio for the period of crisis and is supplementing the succinct air and rail transports on this relation with trucks.
- Changi Airport to Consolidate Terminal Operations from 1 May 2020[Apr. 06, 2020]
Changi Airport Group (CAG) announced today that in view of the steep decline in passenger traffic and the likelihood that air travel demand will not return to pre-Covid-19 levels in the near term, terminal operations at Changi Airport will be consolidated. This move will enable CAG and its airport partners to save on running costs such as utilities and cleaning as well as to optimise resources across the airport's terminals to better match the low travel demand and airlines' flight operations.