Aviation

UK regional airline, Eastern Airways, will resume its growing network of routes from Southampton Airport, including Aberdeen, Belfast City, Dublin, Manchester, Newcastle, Leeds Bradford and Teesside from 22^nd June.

Hong Kong Airlines has extended its longstanding relationship with APG with the appointment of APG as its general sales agent (GSA) in the USA and Canada.

Lufthansa Group announced today its results for the first quarter of 2020, the publication of which was originally scheduled for April 30 and had been postponed due to the effects of the corona crisis.

Qatar Airways will be resuming services to Venice, Italy starting from 15 July 2020. Venice will become the airline’s third destination in Italy to resume flights, marking a significant step in the resumption of global leisure travel.

As Iceland looks to open its border to international travellers from 15^th June, Icelandair, the country’s leading airline, has outlined its plans to restart operations in order to accommodate the post-COVID-19 wave of tourists.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) urged governments to quickly implement the International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO’s) global guidelines for restoring air connectivity. 

Airports Council International (ACI) World has today welcomed the publication of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Council Aviation Recovery Task Force Report.

Aviation industry veteran Sir Tim Clark, President of Emirates Airline, has outlined the impact of COVID-19 on the aviation industry, as well as the measures implemented by the company in response to the pandemic.

Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, confirms the return of operations out of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan starting from 31 May 2020.

While Ryanair's liquidity is sufficient to cover costs for another 99 weeks, Lufthansa is facing insolvency in 10 weeks without state subsidies.

As more and more countries are easing their travel restrictions, SAS announced that Scandinavia's leading airline will resume flights to many destinations from June onwards.

ANA HOLDINGS INC. will launch a special mileage donation campaign for its ANA Mileage Club (AMC) members to exchange accrued mileage for yen to donate to help support healthcare workers fighting COVID-19.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released analysis showing that the airline industry’s global debt could rise to $550 billion by year-end. That’s a $120 billion increase over debt levels at the start of 2020. 

Delta announced its updated summer schedule that takes shape by customer demand, CDC guidelines, and government travel regulations.