New Air New Zealand (Air NZ) CEO, Greg Foran, believes the airline has the resilience to withstand the challenges posed by the coronavirus outbreak, COVID-19, after the carrier posted a sharp decline in interim net profit for its 2019-2020 year. Read More »

Countries in the Middle East have imposed flight restrictions and suspended scores of international routes amid the outbreak of COVID-19 in the Gulf region. Read More »

All Nippon Airways (ANA) said this week it had put pen to paper for up to 20 new 787s that will be powered by GE Aviation GEnx-1B engines. Read More »

United States-based Delta Air Lines has boosted its ownership stake in Korean Air's parent company Hanjin KAL to 11%. Read More »

American Airlines has put aside its previous differences with Qatar Airways to re-establish a code-share agreement on flights between the United States and Qatar, as well as destinations in the Middle East, East Africa, South Asia and South East Asia. Read More »

Low-cost carrier (LCC) AirAsia X has spoken to leasing companies about potentially pushing back some lease payments to support the airline as it battles the coronavirus outbreak, FlightGlobal reported this week. Read More »

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has certified the Airbus A321 passenger-to-freighter conversion. Read More »

Boeing has appointed Susan Doniz as chief information officer and senior vice president of information technology and data analytics. Read More »

ALLIANCES: Star Alliance introduced its second Star Alliance Connecting Partner, full service regional carrier, THAI Smile, in Bangkok this week. Read More »