While 2019 was a very successful year for Swiss airframer Pilatus, the company is readying for any Covid-19-related downturn, it said in an annual report released today. The OEM set a new production record last year, delivering 83 PC-12NG turboprops, 40 PC-24 light jets, and 11 PC-21 military trainers, with an operating income of CHF153 million ($157 million).
The Coronavirus impact on the aviation Industry
May 15, 2020 - 11:32 AM
The EASA will recommend that passengers and crew wear medical face masks for the duration of a flight—except during security checks or border control—and those masks replaced after four hours of wear with a safe disposal process in place, according to the draft EASA “Covid-19 Aviation Health Safety Protocol” obtained by AIN.
May 15, 2020 - 11:30 AM
Dassault Aviation has focused on ramping its production lines back up after a short suspension to accommodate new health and safety measures and, despite the ongoing uncertainties surrounding Covid-19, is working to keep its Falcon 6X program on track with first flight still anticipated next year, according to a senior company executive.
May 15, 2020 - 11:22 AM
The U.S. Senate Aerospace Caucus co-chairs introduced a bipartisan bill that would provide for federal assistance to help aviation manufacturers maintain their employment levels during the Covid-19 pandemic. Kansas Republican Jerry Moran and Virginia Democrat Mark Warner unveiled the measure, S.3705, this week to create private-public partnerships to preserve jobs of employees that otherwise would be at risk for furlough or layoff.
May 14, 2020 - 5:51 PM
Western Aircraft has completed the first installation of the Component cabin purification system from Aviation Clean Air (ACA) on a Dassault Falcon 900, the Boise, Idaho-based MRO announced this week. “Since the COVID-19 issue arose, we have received a great deal of customer interest in the ACA Component,” said Western Aircraft's sales and marketing director Kerry Heiss.
May 14, 2020 - 11:12 AM
According to data released today by WingX Advance, global business aviation activity is down 58 percent month-to-date versus last year, but is still better than the 70 percent decline recorded in April. Notably, there has been a consistent increase in the seven-day average daily activity since mid-April, and it is now trending at 5,900 flights per day worldwide.
May 14, 2020 - 10:20 AM
Delta Air Lines will retire its 18 Boeing 777s by the end of the year as it accelerates a plan to simplify and modernize its fleet as part of wider Covid-19-related changes to its business strategy, the company announced Thursday.
May 14, 2020 - 9:56 AM
Universal Weather and Aviation has launched a new Covid-19 standards program for its preferred suppliers across the top 100 destinations frequented by its trip support customers. The first phase of the plan covers three core logistical components that involve physical contact of passengers and crew: FBO ground services, in-flight catering, and ground transportation—all areas in which the company operates its own divisions.
May 14, 2020 - 9:12 AM
Brazilian airline Azul has reached an agreement with Embraer to postpone deliveries of 59 E2 jets by as much as four years, the airline said Wednesday. Originally scheduled for delivery between 2020 and 2023, the airplanes will instead begin arriving in 2024 under the terms of the new deal. The aircraft carry a value of 4.2 billion reais ($712 million) at list prices.
May 13, 2020 - 4:56 PM
With the Covid-19 crisis severely curtailing commercial aviation traffic, private aircraft charter providers are eager to assure the traveling public that they are providing the latest in disinfection and sanitization measures, among them California providers Clay Lacy Aviation and Silver Air.
