Organizers of Sun ’n‘ Fun Aerospace Expo are postponing the event, for now, by one month to May 5-10, citing concerns about the developing crisis with Covid-19. The 2020 Sun ’n‘ Fun originally was to be held March 31-April 5 at Lakeland Linder International Airport in Florida.
The Coronavirus impact on the aviation Industry
Mar 16, 2020 - 10:13 AM
While the well-documented effect of the Covid-19 virus on airlines appears unmistakable, the leasing companies that finance a significant proportion of the airplanes that now sit on the ground will no doubt feel pain as well. Some of the world’s most prominent lessors find themselves exposed to regions hardest hit by the virus, at first most notably in China and now in Europe and around the world, as airlines ask for rent deferrals through either reduced payments or a halt in payments until the crisis subsides.
Mar 16, 2020 - 9:56 AM
Norwegian Air Shuttle will gradually cut 85 percent of its flights and lay off 7,300 employees—or 90 percent of its workforce—as stagnating demand and government-enforced travel restrictions worldwide due to the Covid-19 crisis force dramatic measures across the industry.
Mar 16, 2020 - 8:04 AM
Airlines today scrambled to implement drastic cuts to transatlantic service in response to the Trump Administration’s March 14 decision to add the UK and Ireland to a list of 26 European countries whose cities are now banned from entering the U.S. The policy change, announced during a White House press conference less than 12 hours after the initial ban took effect, comes into force at midnight
Mar 15, 2020 - 3:49 PM
As the global outbreak of Covid-19 deepens, NBAA and the European Business Aviation Association (EBAA) canceled their hallmark European event and the second-largest business aviation show globally, the European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition 2020 (EBACE2020), the organizations announced on Sunday.
Mar 13, 2020 - 2:13 PM
The European Commission on Friday proposed to suspend the EU rule that requires air carriers to operate slots for at least 80 percent of the time to keep the entitlement in the next equivalent season through June 30. The draft amendment to the EU slot regulation 95/93, seen by AIN, also proposes to retroactively waive the 80/20 use-it-or-lose-it rule to March 1 and to January 23 for slots used for flights between the EU and China/ Hong Kong.
Mar 13, 2020 - 11:51 AM
If there’s one thing for certain about the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on business aviation, it is that no two days will be the same and that the industry needs to stay braced for indefinite turbulence.
Mar 13, 2020 - 11:07 AM
NBAA’s Schedulers & Dispatchers Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina, ended a day early yesterday, caught up in the growing tide of Covid-19-induced event cancellations and postponements that also includes major sports events. Faced with these facts, NBAA’s leadership felt they had no choice but to pull the plug on the conference.
Mar 12, 2020 - 3:28 PM
The Trump Administration's 30-day ban on passengers from 26 European countries in the passport-free Schengen travel area from entering the U.S. has taken the European Union institutions and the continent’s operators by surprise, leaving the latter with a new concern about how to adapt their schedules to a rapidly changing regulatory and demand environment in the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak.
Mar 12, 2020 - 12:19 PM
With an eye on the increasing outbreak of COVID-19, NBAA is closing its Schedulers & Dispatchers Conference (S&D) today, a day early, as well as canceling its upcoming 2020 International Operators Conference (IOC2020) and Business Aircraft Finance, Registration, & Legal Conference.
