• The Australian government has secured dedicated cargo flights from Adelaide to Singapore operated by Singapore Airlines (SIA) under its International Freight Assistance Mechanism (IFAM). Read More »

• Vietnam’s Ministry of Transport has rejected a request from the country’s Civil Aviation Administration to remove social distancing rules for domestic flights to allow aircraft to operate with full passenger loads, local media reported this week. Read More »

• New Zealand Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, met with Australian Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, and the leaders of Australia's state and territory governments today via video link to discuss the implementation of a trans-Tasman safe travel zone, or "bubble". Read More »

• Air China has reported a 4.8 billion yuan (US$680 million) net loss for the three months to March 31, 2020, a sharp turnaround from a net profit of 2.7 billion yuan in the prior corresponding period. Read More »

• oneworld member, Japan Airlines (JAL), will introduce social distancing measures, such as blocking the middle seat on its 737-800 services, on domestic flights to June 30. Read More »

• Indonesia has imposed a temporary suspension of domestic and international scheduled passenger flights as part of efforts to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Read More »

• On Tuesday, All Nippon Airways' (ANA) parent company, ANA Holdings (ANA HD), reported net profit for the 12 months to March 31, 2020 came in at 27.6 billion yen (US$258 million), down 75% from 110.7 billion yen in the prior corresponding period, following a sudden decline in demand from the coronavirus pandemic in its fourth quarter. Read More »

International Air Transport Association [IATA] chief economist, Brian Pearce, said this week the recovery in China's domestic market had stalled at about 45% of normal capacity because of lack of demand from leisure travellers. Read More »

Malaysia Airlines Berhad [MAB] will operate just one international passenger flight in the months of May and June amid government travel restrictions and closed borders, the carrier's flight schedules, published this week, showed. Read More »

Administrators for Virgin Australia [VA] aimed to have a deal signed with a new owner of the financially struggling carrier by the end of June. Read More »

• Air China has reported a 4.8 billion yuan (US$680 million) net loss for the three months to March 31, 2020, a sharp turnaround from a net profit of 2.7 billion yuan in the prior corresponding period. Read More »

Two South Korean state banks have pledged to extend financial support to Asiana Airlines, local media reported this week. Read More »

Boeing has announced a new global organisation, Enterprise Operations, Finance and Strategy, that will be led by the present executive vice president, enterprise operations and chief financial officer, Greg Smith. Read More »

Qatar Airways said this week "mid-level employees and above" would take a temporary 50% deferral of their basic salary for three months. Read More »