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EasyJet Defers Delivery of 24 Airbus A320s

The move by UK budget airline EasyJet to delay deliveries comes amid pressure from its biggest shareholder to cancel an order for 107 A320neos.
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JetBlue Details Major Cuts at Five Metro Areas

U.S. low-fare carrier JetBlue will reduce departures from the New York area from 215 to 30.
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British Airways Workers Ratify Furlough Deal

Members of the Unite union employed by BA voted to accept 30,000 furloughs by a 99-percent margin.
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Lufthansa to Close Germanwings, Slash Group Capacity

The Covid-19 epidemic has prompted Lufthansa Group to retire several aircraft and close bases.
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UK Airlines Start Using Government Loan Arrangements

With aviation in the UK all but grounded, the government is addressing emergency loan applications on a case-by-case basis.
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EasyJet Founder Amplifies Calls To Nix Airbus Order

Stelios Haji-Ioannou said he wants EasyJet’s CFO removed as part of an effort to abandon an A320neo order.
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UAE Approves Passenger Flights on Emirates Starting April 6

Emirates chairman Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum confirmed plans for a “limited number” of passenger flights out of Dubai International Airport.
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British Airways Reaches Deal To Furlough 30,000 Employees

British Airways' cabin and ground-crew furlough agreement includes a guarantee of no unpaid temporary layoffs or redundancies.
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Emirates Moves All Cargo Ops to Dubai International

Dubai’s state-owned carrier Emirates has supplemented its SkyCargo operation with Boeing 777 passenger airplanes.
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Virus Crisis Halts Recovery from Lean Years in Latin America

The spread of Covid-19 has hit airlines in Brazil and Colombia particularly hard.
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IATA Asks for More Government Action To Boost Airline Liquidity

The International Air Transport Association calls for states to allow airlines to issue vouchers rather than direct refunds for canceled tickets.
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U.S. Senators Call on Airlines to Issue Ticket Refunds

Congressional Democrats cite the airlines’ “moral responsibility” to pay back customers and repatriate U.S. citizens.
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EasyJet Grounds Entire Fleet Due to Travel Bans

The London Luton-based budget carrier operated the last of 650 rescue flights on Sunday.
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CARES Act Passage Applauded, But Details Carry Pitfalls

The U.S. Treasury Department now faces the task of allocating coronavirus aid and assigning conditions.
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Singapore Airlines Arranges for Major Funding Injection

SIA Group expects to raise as much as S$15 billion in equity and debt funding.
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Qantas Secures Major Private Funding Facility

The Australian flag carrier uses seven Boeing 787-9s as collateral for a new loan.
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IATA Warns Passenger Revenues 'Have Fallen Off a Cliff'

The international airline trade body calls on governments to urgently help bridge the industry’s liquidity problems.
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India Halts All Domestic Passenger Flying

An order issued by the Indian government to stop all domestic passenger flights followed a shutdown of train operations.
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Singapore Airlines Group To Cut 96 Percent of Capacity

The move to suspend most flights at SIA Group follows similar actions by major Gulf-region carriers Emirates Airline and Etihad Airways.
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Emirates To Suspend Passenger Services by March 25

The Dubai-based air transport giant will shut down passenger flying while imposing a 25 to 50 percent salary cut.
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New Data Shows Scale of the EU Travel Ban's Effect on Airlines

Almost 50,000 flights and more than 10 million seats will disappear from the market as a direct result of the European Union's 30-day travel ban.
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Qantas To Suspend All International Flying

Australia's flag carrier decided to “stand down” two-thirds of its workforce as overseas flying ceases.
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Lufthansa To Further Cut Capacity and Ground Most of Fleet

The German airline group has entered talks with Airbus and Boeing to defer deliveries and cancel orders.
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U.S. Regional Airline Compass To Close on April 7

Trans States Holdings sees its second regional subsidiary fail in the course of a week.
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U.S. Seeks To Strike Balance as Industry Pleads for Bailouts

U.S. airlines expect to be “first in line” for government support of the aerospace industry.
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Delta To Cut Management Salaries in $4 billion Savings Effort

The Atlanta-based airline is cutting total system capacity by 70 percent.
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Virus Crisis To Force Austrian, Porter To Suspend All Service

Austrian Airlines to stop flying March 18, Porter on March 20.
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Etihad Cargo Boosts Capacity Amid Covid-19 Crisis

The Abu Dhabi-based airline’s summer schedule adds capacity to Amsterdam, Hanoi, Hong Kong, Johannesburg, Milan, and Singapore.
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U.S. Regional Airline Trans States to Close on April 1

The St. Louis-based United Express partner has accelerated its original plan to draw down operations by year-end.
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Norwegian To Cut Service to Bare Bones, Lay Off 7,300

Long-haul LCC Norwegian Air will halt all intercontinental service by the end of March.