Reading Time: 2 minutes Boeing says it is already deeply feeling the impacts of the current crisis and reveals some drastic measures for the future to secure business and adjust operations to a significantly lower demand. In a letter to employees, Boeing President and CEO Dave Calhoun has explained that the coronavirus pandemic made aviation almost stop. Airlines have […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes Currently air cargo is one of the very few niches in aviation which is still active. And active at such a level that it is facing an immediate capacity shortage.  The capacity offered by freighter aircraft is not enough. For this reason a number of passenger airlines, which have their planes on the ground, are […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute The coronavirus pandemic has hardly hit business of British Airlines. The parent company of the carrier has announced that British Airways will cut up to 12,000 jobs. According to International Airlines Group (IAG), in order to align operations with a low demand for air travel, British Airways needs to implement “restructuring and redundancy programme“. “The […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Boeing has announced about its plans to renew 787 production at Boeing South Carolina facilities beginning 3-4 May, 2020. This Boeing site has been closed since 8 April, 2020, because of the coronavirus outbreak. During the suspension time the company says it implemented all the necessary precautionary measures to ensure safe operations. Last week production […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Covid-19 pandemic has left many people stranded in foreign countries since its beginnings in late 2019. With commercial aviation basically removed from the skies and plagued with uncertainty, travelers had almost no options to return home in the midst of a global pandemic. Nevertheless, private aviation has been the best option and solution for […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Further responding to the crisis and adapting operations to a lower air travel demand, SAS has announced it will cut up to 5,000 full-time positions. Considering the fact that demand for passenger air services will remain low for the rest of 2020 and will reach the pre-crisis levels only in several years, the airline said […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute The Latvian carrier airBaltic has worked out and approved a new business plan Destination 2025 CLEAN aimed at defining and adjusting operations of the airline to the coronavirus crisis impacts. The updated five-year strategy involves several key aspects. One of them is fleet reduction. After travel restrictions are lifted airBaltic expects to commence operations with 22 […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes Responding to the crisis, Austrian Airlines is making further steps to secure its business operations. The carrier’s fleet has been on the ground since 18 March, 2020, and now the company is working to realign its fleet for a new start. The future is still gloomy, it is difficult to forecast when aviation will begin […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute The crisis created by the coronavirus pandemic has little pity on airlines. Yet another airline has confirmed that it has gone into voluntary administration due to the lack of financial abilities to stay afloat. This time it is Air Mauritius. In a statement on its social media the company said that in January the airline […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes In light of the crisis provoked by the coronavirus pandemic, airlines are dealing with not only unprecedented flight limitations on the global scale, but also with major aircraft grounding issues. Some companies are saying they are parking their planes, some are reporting about putting their planes in storage. What is the difference? Which one suits […]