Ryanair remains committed to the 737 Max and is still pondering ordering more of them in spite of the Covid-19 travel slump, group CEO Michael O’Leary said during the company’s November 2 results presentation for the first half of the financial year ending March 31. The Ireland-based company intends also to bring forward deliveries of the Max 200s it has on order, though this will depend on the re-certification of the 737 Max by the FAA and the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).
The Coronavirus impact on the aviation Industry
Nov 2, 2020 - 9:29 AM
Business aviation flight hours increased 87.5 percent between the second and third quarters, according to Jet Support Services’ (JSSI) quarterly Business Aviation Index. Further, business aviation activity has recovered to 78.4 percent of 2019 levels after average flight hours reached all-time lows in April due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Oct 30, 2020 - 6:49 AM
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) is suspending the development of its SpaceJet M90 airliner in a bid to stem steep losses. On Friday, the Japanese group announced the move as part of a revised medium-term business plan, saying it will continue some work on type certification documentation with a view to possibly resuming the program at some point in the future.
Oct 29, 2020 - 12:21 PM
Public charter provider JSX has added new service markets while it exits another. Starting November 20, it will offer daily, round-trip flights between Dallas Love Field and Houston Hobby Airport using its 30-seat Embraer 145 regional jets in a business-class configuration.
Oct 29, 2020 - 9:35 AM
Despite a slower than anticipated recovery in the air transport sector, Airbus said on October 29 that it is making progress in efforts to stabilize its balance sheet in the wake of continuing disruption from the Covid-19 pandemic. Announcing results for the first nine months of 2020, the European aerospace group said it has made progress in stabilizing cash flow during the third quarter.
Oct 28, 2020 - 2:46 PM
The Covid-19 pandemic and 737 Max grounding continue to pound Boeing, which recorded another consecutive loss in profit in the third quarter and plans to shed more jobs by the end of next year, the commercial airframer announced today. “The global pandemic continued to add pressure to our business this quarter, and we're aligning to this new reality by closely managing our liquidity and transforming our enterprise to be sharper, more resilient, and more sustainable for the long term,” said Boeing president and CEO Dave Calhoun.
Oct 27, 2020 - 1:00 PM
As the Covid-19 pandemic takes an economic toll on the airline industry, global leaders are wary about how financial stressors could erode safety. When airlines look at organizational changes, they must consider unintended consequences of those decisions, said Mark Searle, global director of safety for the International Air Transport Association (IATA), during the recent Flight Safety Foundation International Air Safety Summit.
Oct 27, 2020 - 12:10 PM
NBAA participated in the Spirit of Liberty Foundation’s “America’s Operation Thank You: Relay in the Sky” tribute to health care professionals and first responders this past weekend, flying a symbolic torch from Burke Lakefront Airport in Cleveland, Ohio, to Niagara International Airport in Buffalo, New York, and participating in ceremonies at both cities.
Oct 27, 2020 - 9:00 AM
In the first few months of 2020, mainline carriers in the U.S. were transporting 2.5 million passengers and 58,000 tons of cargo a day. Then the Covid-19 pandemic hit. “It all disappeared in two weeks,” said Airlines for America (A4A) president and CEO Nicholas Calio. Today, “[we’re] flying fewer people than we have since the start of the jet age in the 1950s.”
Oct 26, 2020 - 12:01 AM
The number of commercial airliner orders logged during the third quarter of 2020 was the lowest on record, according to data released today by the UK aerospace trade group ADS. Just 13 new orders were placed, representing a 91.4 percent dip compared with the same period in 2019, as airlines continue to scale back capacity in the face of further fall in passenger bookings triggered by the second wave of Covid-19 infections in many parts of Europe and other regions.
