Delta delivers new standard of airline cleanliness with “Delta Clean”. The airline is revolutionizing cleanliness across airports and on aircraft in order to deliver a new standard of clean for customers. (news.flightag.com) 更多...
France’s biggest airport for domestic flights, Orly will be closed until further notice at midnight – after hosting just ten flights and around 1000 passengers on Tuesday, as the number of people taking flights has plunged thanks to the stringent measures adopted to try and contain the transmission of the coronavirus. (www.france24.com) 更多...
Volume will probably not regain its peak for at least 3-5 years. Business travel will recover more quickly than leisure travel. Lots of changes coming... (www.forbes.com) 更多...
Major airports around the UK have been left almost empty as demand for air travel has plummeted following the worldwide coronavirus outbreak. Various travel bans have caused many airlines to massively scale back flights, resulting in abandoned terminal buildings. (www.bbc.com) 更多...
Parking a plane for a few months is not as simple as leaving it at an airport and waiting for flights to start again. Turns out it takes a lot of effort and coordination for airlines to simply ground their planes. (www.cntraveler.com) 更多...
Local aviation pioneer Joe Clark is the man most responsible for those elegant upswept wingtips now standard on new Boeing 737s. This now-ubiquitous winglet technology, installed to increase range and save fuel on business jets as well as commercial airplanes, is just the latest legacy of Mr. Clark’s long career in aviation. After a start as a jet salesman, Mr. Clark became an aviation innovator and serial entrepreneur. In the 1960s, Mr. Clark founded Jet Air, the first dealership in the Pacific… (www.seattletimes.com) 更多...
The Boeing 767s that American Airlines is retiring early because of the coronavirus pandemic won’t be grounded for long. They’re getting a new lease on life as all-cargo jets. (thepointsguy.com) 更多...
U.S. airlines and the Department of Transportation may soon have to consider consolidating service to dozens of cities around the country in a bid to help carriers cut losses, several airline industry executives told CNBC. (www.cnbc.com) 更多...
Both Rolls-Royce and Airbus wrote to the government, highlighting the importance of Virgin Atlantic to the UK’s manufacturing supply chain (www.ft.com) 更多...
The US airline industry is about to get smaller. That's bad news for airline employees -- and for airline passengers. Airline traffic has plunged and it probably won't recover any time soon. The $50 billion aviation bailout passed last week will keep airlines in business and employees on the job for the the next six months. Still, airline executives suggested they expect fewer flights and slumping demand for air travel for quite some time. (www.cnn.com) 更多...
The coronavirus threat has handed EasyJet Plc’s founder, top shareholder and biggest critic a new weapon in his longstanding campaign to put the brakes on growth at the discount airline. Stelios Haji-Ioannou, who quit the board in protest over its expansion in 2010, has renewed his demand the U.K. carrier cancel an order for more than 100 Airbus SE narrow-body aircraft, arguing that the 4.5 billion-pound ($5.6 billion) cost threatens to drag the company down as the coronavirus pandemic cripples… (www.bloomberg.com) 更多...
Southwest Airlines will offer the first all-cargo flights in its 48-year history as passenger demand keeps sliding amid the spread of the new coronavirus. (www.msn.com) 更多...
Thousands of EasyJet and Virgin airline staff are being offered work at the new NHS Nightingale Hospital in east London. Those who sign up will support nurses and clinicians at the coronavirus field hospital, the NHS said. Virgin Atlantic said furloughed staff who helped would be paid through the government retention scheme. NHS England said many airline staff were first aid trained and already had security clearance. The workers would be changing beds and performing other non-clinical tasks and… (www.bbc.com) 更多...
German investigators have detailed an approach incident in which a Thai Airways Airbus A350-900 descended to less than 670ft above ground while still nearly 6.5nm (12km) from touchdown at Frankfurt Main. (www.flightglobal.com) 更多...
Pratt & Whitney is concurrently developing what might be termed the next generation GTF. This is an advancement over the current engine, but with more thrust and better fuel economics. (leehamnews.com) 更多...
An ugly feud is escalating between Qantas Airways and its closest Australian competitor over the ethics of state aid, just as airlines facing collapse around the world race to secure bailouts. (www.straitstimes.com) 更多...
Elixir says in contrast to traditional light aircraft, which are made up of thousands of parts, the main components of the Elixir are monocoque structures (www.flightglobal.com) 更多...
Lufthansa has agreed short-time working arrangements with flight attendants and ground staff after suspending much of its operation amid the coronavirus crisis. Deals struck with trade unions and the company’s works council cover “at least” 27,000 of a total 35,000 employees, Lufthansa says. (www.flightglobal.com) 更多...
