mlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>

Designed to get airline back on solid financial footing
Aviation Week Network
Air Transport Digest
 
Sean Broderick

The Colombian government has agreed to loan Avianca Holdings up to $370 million as part of a restructuring designed to get the airline back on solid financial footing. 
 
Advertisement
How are Atlanta, Chicago, Charlotte, Dallas, and Denver airports similar? They’re all hubs
for major airlines where passengers catch connecting flights to reach their destinations.
After trimming the system years ago, one carrier is now looking toward point-to-point flying, favored by low-cost carriers, that makes for some unlikely routes.

 
ASK THE EDITORS
Daniel Williams

Our annual 10-year Fleet and MRO forecast has just been launched, and as you can imagine, there are some significant changes from last year’s forecast.
 
 
Alan Dron

El Al has completed the first flight of an Israeli airline to a Gulf Arab country, in the wake of an August rapprochement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates.
 
Linda Blachly

Recaro Aircraft Seating and Airbus leadership are discussing how to collaborate on ideas to manage the effects on the interiors industry as a result of the COVID-19 crisis.
 
AWIN ANALYSIS
From Vistara launching long-haul Delhi-London Heathrow flights to Adani setting to take control of Mumbai Airports and more. A roundup of Aviation Daily news.
 
POLL QUESTION
  • Strongly, for the better
  • Moderately, a modest bump
  • Not at all, current weakness will continue

 
PREMIUM CONTENT Powered by Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN)
 
 
 
FEATURED WEBINAR
 
September 3
08:00 EDT | 13:00 BST

The UK’s changing quarantine policy is creating uncertainty among both passengers and airlines, with the list of flight corridors changing on an almost daily basis. Airlines are becoming highly reactive, reducing and adding capacity with the policy fluctuations, while passengers are understandably booking later in the cycle to minimise their risks.

  • How are airports coping with the constant uncertainty?
  • With the summer season dwindling, how can the market weather the winter?
  • And how much has the network planning process been affected by the changes?
Join Aviation Week Network as we discuss this crucial topic.
 
CAPA PREMIUM ANALYSIS
Some airlines in the US have been pushing for the government to institute temperature checks as part of the passenger screening process, but regulators have not shown a huge interest in adopting the procedure.
 
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
 
Sean Broderick | Guy Norris

Boeing is working to determine the cause and scope of two different manufacturing quality problems in its Boeing 787 production process that, when combined, make affected aircraft susceptible to structure failure at loads they should be able to withstand.