The corona crisis is having a relentless impact worldwide, forcing airlines to keep aircraft on the ground. As a result, Schiphol is packed. Not with passengers, unfortunately, but with the many aircraft parked on the ramp and even on a runway. Choreographing this sad and unique sight is quite a parking-puzzle. The vast majority of…
Airbus is revising its production rates downwards to adapt to the new Coronavirus market environment. 36 aircraft were delivered in March across the different aircraft families, down from 55 in February 2020. This reflects customer requests to defer deliveries, as well as other factors related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The new average production rates…
The International Air Transport Association has released new analysis showing that some 25 million jobs are at risk of disappearing with plummeting demand for air travel amid the Covid-19 crisis. Globally, the livelihoods of some 65.5 million people are dependent on the aviation industry, including sectors such as travel and tourism. Among these are 2.7…
The union representing flight attendants for American Airlines says about 100 flight attendants have tested positive for the coronavirus. The Association of Professional Flight Attendants, representing more than 27,000 flight attendants, disclosed the figure in a message to its membership. The union said masks are being distributed this week. American would not comment directly on…
Wuhan Airport started resuming flights after 76 days of lockdown. The airport in Wuhan, the central Chinese city hard-hit by the COVID-19 outbreak, started resuming domestic passenger flights early Wednesday after almost 11 weeks of lockdown. Flights are resuming from the city’s international airport, which handled 24 million passengers a year before the outbreak, and…
The Executive Board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG does not expect the aviation industry to return to pre-coronavirus crisis levels very quickly. According to its assessment, it will take months until the global travel restrictions are completely lifted and years until the worldwide demand for air travel returns to pre-crisis levels. Based on this evaluation, today…
Boeing will temporarily suspend all 787 operations at Boeing South Carolina (BSC) until further notice, starting at the end of second shift on Wednesday, April 8. This impacts the Airport Campus, Emergent Operations, Interiors Responsibility Center South Carolina and Propulsion South Carolina. BSC teammates who can work remotely will continue to do so. Those who…
easyJet has issued £600 million of commercial paper through the Covid Corporate Financing Facility. The decision comes as the low-cost carrier seeks to maximise its liquidity in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The airline has currently suspended virtually all flights, and there is a growing concern over the financial impact of an extended grounding.…
Operations at Changi Airport Terminal 2 will be suspended for 18 months. Operations at Changi Airport Terminal 2 will be suspended for 18 months from May 1, said Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan on Monday (April 6). “We will save on running costs – for the airport operator, retail tenants, airlines and ground handlers,”…
British Airways is sending six of its A380 fleet to France for storage. The planes will be transferred to Chateauroux this week. Monday G-XLEA G-XLEC G-XLEF G-XLEI Tuesday G-XLEJ G-XLEL The Airbus A319 G-EUPJ will bring the crews back to London.
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. An Airbus flight test crew has just completed its latest mission with an A350-1000 test aircraft. This is the third of…
