The European Business Aviation Association (EBAA) has called on European governments to take urgent steps to safeguard the future of the industry, while ensuring that in the short term it can continue to support efforts to mitigate the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Coronavirus impact on the aviation Industry
Apr 2, 2020 - 11:28 AM
Worldwide business aviation departures fell 30 percent year-over-year last month as the Covid-19 pandemic took hold, according to data released today by WingX Advance. Activity in Europe was down by 34 percent, while that for the U.S. dropped 30 percent.
Apr 2, 2020 - 11:21 AM
The International Civil Aviation Organization has created an airport status app for operators. Updated daily, the app lists the number of departures observed in each of ICAO’s 192 member states over the past seven days and indicates percentage-measured week-over-week changes in departures. A traffic data label for each airport or country allows users to see daily departures over time since October 2019.
Apr 2, 2020 - 11:10 AM
While Covid-19 has dampened business aircraft operations, one critical set of flights soldiering through the Covid-19 crisis are those for the Corporate Angel Network (CAN), the charitable organization that arranges travel aboard empty seats of business jets for patients traveling to or from cancer treatment.
Apr 2, 2020 - 10:19 AM
Responding to the Covid-19 pandemic, Air BP is providing free jet fuel for a number of UK air ambulance helicopter services during the month of April. The services include Great Western Air Ambulance Charity, Midlands Air Ambulance Charity, Wales Air Ambulance Charity, and Yorkshire Air Ambulance.
Apr 2, 2020 - 9:43 AM
The government of the United Arab Emirates has given Emirates Airline approval to begin a limited number of passenger flights out of Dubai International Airport on April 6, Emirates chairman Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum confirmed on his Twitter feed on Thursday. The flights will initially carry travelers outbound from the UAE, said Sheikh Ahmed, who added the airline would announce details soon.
Apr 2, 2020 - 8:56 AM
Boeing is offering employees voluntary layoffs accompanied by a pay and benefits package in an effort to mitigate the likely need for more drastic cuts as the coronavirus crisis deepens. In a letter to all employees released to the media on Thursday, Boeing CEO David Calhoun said the company will provide details of the offer, including eligibility terms, over the next three to four weeks.
Apr 1, 2020 - 5:07 PM
Concerned that guidance released on obtaining grants and loans specified in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) were crafted for commercial airlines and other large operations, NBAA and NATA jointly appealed to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin for additional guidance addressing general aviation operations that also qualify for the aid.
Apr 1, 2020 - 4:42 PM
The Wichita-based airframer of Beechcraft and Cessna airplanes this week donated 2,500 N95 face masks, as well as personal protection equipment—coverall suits, face shields, nitrile gloves, lab coats, and shoe covers—that will be used by medical providers and first responders in Kansas for the Covid-19 pandemic. Textron Aviation’s delivery brings its total donation of N95 masks to 7,500. It donated 5,000 of the masks last week.
Apr 1, 2020 - 3:32 PM
The coronavirus crisis has aborted Latin American airlines’ burgeoning recovery, evidenced most prominently perhaps by a cut in passenger flights by 90 percent in Brazil and by 100 percent at the region’s oldest and second-largest airline, Colombia’s Avianca. As Brazil started emerging from the country’s longest modern recession months ago, the three surviving major airlines—Latam, Gol, and Azul—fought for shares of the recovering market, quarreled for coveted slots, and bought smaller competitors to extend service to new markets.
