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NEWS Air Mauritius Enters "Voluntary Administration" Air Mauritius enters Voluntary Administration Read More →
NEWS Virgin Australia to Enter "Voluntary Administration" According to Multiple Sources, Australia’s second largest airline, Virgin Australia, has entered "voluntary administration". Read more here. Read More →
NEWS South African Airways Close to Liquidation According to multiple sources, South African Airways is nearing collapse. The carrier is currently in the process of laying off all of its staff. The move comes days after the government of South Africa cut off aid to South African Airways. Read More →
NEWS AirAsia Plans to Resume Domestic Flights AirAsia, a low cost carries that flies around Asia, is planning to restart scheduled domestic flights around Malaysia on April 29, 2020. This will be followed by flights in Thailand and the Philippines on May 1, India on May 4, and Indonesia on May 7. This is all subject to approval from each country's governments. These flights are open to booking on the airlines website. Read More →
NEWS Boeing to Reopen Multiple Factories Amid Pandemic Last month, Boeing decided to close their factories to prevent the spread of COVID-19. However, just last Friday, they announced that they will reopen their factories in Puget Sound (Washington State), Philadelphia, and possibly Ohio. Read More →
INFORMATIONAL How United Airlines Will Rebound From COVID-19: An Opinion United Airlines has been heavily affected by COVID-19. How will they rebound? Find out in this informational and opinion-based article. Read More →
NEWS Terminal at Singapore Changi Closes Due to Pandemic As a result of the low demand for travel caused by the coronavirus pandemic, Singapore's Minister for Transport, Khaw Boon Wan decided on Monday, April 6th, that Singapore Changi's Terminal 2 will be closed. This will go into effect on May 1st, and will last for 18 months. Read More →
NEWS Three Passenger Air Canada Planes Transformed into Cargo Aircraft Air Canada announced this morning that they will transform three of their Boeing 777-300ERs into temporary cargo aircraft to transport vital supplies into Canada. The first aircraft is complete, with the next two aircraft being transformed soon. Read More →
NEWS Trump Administration Releases Financial Aid Package for U.S. Airlines After meeting with Steven Mnuchin, the United States Secretary of Treasury, Donald Trump and his administration has released an financial aid package that includes the larger airlines repaying loans with interest after the pandemic is over. Read More →
INFORMATIONAL When Will Aviation Return to Normal? Right now, the aviation industry, along with the rest of the world, is in decline. COVID-19 has affected everyone and everything, including the world of flying. Airlines have cut routes, pilots have been forced to go on furlough, airlines, including the U.K. airline FlyBe have collapsed, aircraft have been grounded and even retired, airport and airline staff have been laid off, and many other ill effects. Read More →