All Coronavirus articles – Page 55
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NewsA350s become freighters through Airbus pallet-for-seat swap
Airbus is offering carriers a modification and regulatory support scheme to convert passenger A350s, A330s and A340s temporarily into main-deck freighters by swapping out seats and fitting pallets onto their floor tracks. Modification is provided to operators under an Airbus service bulletin which sets out not just the engineering work ...
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NewsTransport ministers make voucher case for struggling European airline sector
Debate continues around whether airlines should be allowed to issue vouchers instead of cash refunds for flights cancelled due to coronavirus after a group of European transport ministers called for a temporary relaxation in compensation rules.
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NewsFrench government sets green conditions for Air France bailout
Air France must slash domestic flights and agree to work towards becoming the world’s “most environmentally friendly” airline, if it is to satisfy the conditions of its government bailout.
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NewsJAL’s full-year profit slumps on coronavirus impact
Japan Airlines’ net profit more than halved in the financial year ended 31 March, with coronavirus crisis cited as the overwhelming factor. “This is the unprecedentedly tremendous event risk ever for the airline industry and its end is not foreseeable at this moment. There is no question that the JAL ...
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NewsICAO recovery task force aims for first outcomes by end of May
Representatives from 36 countries on the governing council of ICAO have established an aviation recovery task force and aims to have its first outcomes by the end of May.
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NewsIndustry bodies hit out at Argentina move to block flights until September
Airline and airport bodies have warned the Argentinean authorities about the ’imminent and substantial risk’ of its to move to suspend air travel in the country until the start of September.
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NewsChinese carriers flag worsening financial impact amid Q1 losses
China’s three largest carriers have warned of deeper financial impact from the coronavirus outbreak, as they each swung to significant first-quarter losses. Air China, China Southern Airlines and China Eastern Airlines all warned of “adverse” and “severe” impact on their first-half financial results, pointing towards “uncertainty” in the development of ...
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NewsSafran expects to build 1,000 CFM Leap engines this year
French aerospace specialist Safran is expecting to manufacture around 1,000 CFM International Leap engines this year, having delivered 40% fewer civil powerplants over the first quarter. It says it handed over 326 engines from the CFM56 and Leap range in the three-month period. These included 272 Leap engines, down 35%. ...
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NewsMarch figures reveal scale of initial coronavirus hit on airline traffic
Figures from IATA for March show global airline passenger traffic already down by more than 50% and collective load factors down more than 20 percentage points in a further illustration of how sharply the coronavirus crisis has hit the sector.
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NewsFrontier wins DOT approval to suspend flights to several cities
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) is exempting Frontier Airlines from operating routes to Charlotte, Detroit, Boston and Providence through 10 June, as a condition of its federal payroll support.
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NewsHeathrow chief sees biosecurity standards key to air travel recovery
London Heathrow Airport chief executive John Holland-Kaye believes introducing common rules around biosecurity standards will be key to restoring confidence in and fuelling the recovery of air travel.
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NewsEU eases airline licensing and ground-handling rules
European authorities are putting forward proposals to ease airline licensing rules and ground-handling firms’ regulatory burdens, with the intention of reducing costs during the coronavirus crisis. Airlines which are unable to meet financial obligations over the next 12 months would normally have their operating licences revoked, or be issued with ...
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NewsBritish Airways mass redundancies reflect pared-back ‘new normal’
British Airways‘ drastic announcement that it could cut up to 12,000 jobs is the latest suggestion that normality in the airline industry is a thing of the past and efforts should turn instead to preparing for a slimmed-down ’new normal’ once travel restrictions begin to lift.
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NewsFAA cuts control tower service to 100 US airports
The FAA has reduced air traffic control services at 100 airports around the United States as the coronavirus crisis has made a significant impact on the volume of air traffic at secondary and tertiary airports across the nation.
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NewsEight Thai carriers seek $771m loan from Thai govt: reports
Eight Thai carriers have sought a soft loan of around Bt25 billion ($771 million) from the Thai government, according to a 24 April Reuters report that cites a Thai AirAsia executive. Tassapon Bijleveld, the executive chairman of Thai AirAsia and its parent company Asia Aviation, added that the carriers ...
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NewsAirbus staying prepared for aggressive single-aisle rebound
Airbus is expecting the single-aisle market to recover faster than the long-haul sector, but the airframer is stressing that the pattern of deliveries is the most difficult part of its business to forecast. It has not offered any guidance in its newly-issued first-quarter financial statement. Airbus chief executive Guillaume Faury, ...
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NewsAirbus not expecting to review production levels before mid-year
Airbus is not expecting to review the cuts to its aircraft production rates until around mid-year, when the second-quarter impact of the air transport crisis becomes clearer. The manufacturer has made deep cuts to the output from its A320, A330 and A350 lines. Chief executive Guillaume Faury, speaking during a ...
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NewsAirbus concentrates on cash preservation as crisis starts to bite
Airbus’s first-quarter earnings in the commercial aircraft sector have fallen by more than 80% under the impact of fewer deliveries arising from the coronavirus crisis. The ariframer says it is maintaining a “strong focus” on cash containment after its “solid” start to the year rapidly deteriorated as the pandemic evolved. ...
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NewsBombardier to resume manufacturing on 11 May
Bombardier intends to resume aerospace manufacturing on 11 May, ending what will have been a seven-week production halt due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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NewsEurocontrol scenarios illustrate need for co-ordinated recovery
Pan-European air navigation organisation Eurocontrol has underlined the importance of a co-ordinated approach to operational procedures and lifting of national restrictions during recovery from the coronavirus crisis. It has illustrated the potential difference between scenarios based on co-ordinated measures — which Eurocontrol estimates would result in the loss of 45% ...