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Introduce a common COVID-19 testing program

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Jens Flottau

American Airlines, International Airlines Group, Lufthansa and United Airlines are urging the EU and the U.S. government to introduce a common COVID-19 testing program that would allow airlines to restore a more substantial transatlantic network. 
 
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Masks are a major topic with the COVID-19 pandemic. Most people obey government and private sector requirements to wear face coverings indoors, but a defiant few refuse to comply - mostly knowing there will be no fine. Airports, caught between requirement and enforcement, are moving to influence the unmasked to mask.
 
Kurt Hofmann

Qatar Airways Group CEO Akbar Al Baker does not expect to return to profit in the next two or three years as the COVID-19 pandemic is sure to create uncertainty for several years to come, Al Baker said on an Aviation Week webinar July 21.
 
 
EDITORIAL
Karen Walker

Reeling in March from the suddenness and depth of the COVID-19 crisis, the air transport industry at least cautiously believed that the second half of 2020 would see the beginnings of a turnaround.
 
AWIN ANALYSIS
From FAA issuing draft directive affecting the 737 MAX to Virgin Atlantic resuming passenger flights
and more. A roundup of Aviation Daily news.
 
FLIGHTS PATH FORWARD
 
WORLD AIRLINE REPORT
Karen Walker

COVID’s lessons for the global air transport industry will be many. It’s to everyone’s advantage to embrace them.
 
WORLD AIRLINE REPORT
Aaron Karp

The virus kills US carrier notions of eternal profit.
 
WORLD AIRLINE REPORT
Victoria Moores

The state of the European market in midsummer 2020 is summed up in one statistic.
 
WORLD AIRLINE REPORT
Chen Chuanren

IATA predicts that Asia-Pacific airlines will collectively post $29 billion in losses in 2020 because of the COVID-19 crisis, the largest loss of any global region.
 
WORLD AIRLINE REPORT
Alan Dron

Major Middle Eastern airlines are likely to emerge smaller but intact from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
WORLD AIRLINE REPORT
Karen Walker

It has never been easy to be an airline in Latin America.
 
WORLD AIRLINE REPORT
Victoria Moores

African traffic is expected to fall 58.5% in 2020, the greatest percentage decline of any region, impacting an already struggling aviation sector.
 
Flight Paths Forward: A detailed examination of the future of the aerospace industry as we begin to climb out of the COVID-19 crisis. Join us for two weeks of virtual content including in-depth reports, videos, webinars, CEO interviews and technology-focused podcasts.
 
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FEATURED WEBINAR
 

July 28, 2020
10:00 EDT | 15:00 BST | 16:00 CEST

As the EU and UK continue to relax their borders, demand is starting to return to the continent. But the impact from airlines down the tourism business chain has already been seismic, with little of the summer season left to claw back revenues. We learn more about how safety standards and marketing can reignite passenger demand, and how networks are being rebuilt for the return of leisure travel across Europe

  • Can Europe salvage the critical summer 2020 season?
  • How can the industry instill confidence in passengers who are unwilling to travel?
  • How can airports and airlines coordinate to rebuild viable long-term routes?

Join Aviation Week Network to discuss this crucial topic.
 
CAPA ANALYSIS
Just as US airlines were seeing an uptick in demand for the high season of travel that is now in full swing, COVID-19 cases are increasing in many of the country’s most popular vacation destinations, including Florida.
 
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