The World of Aviation

Airports Council International (ACI) Asia-Pacific has released preliminary traffic data from 18 airports across the region, showing year-on-year figures for April have slumped by 95 per cent.

South African Airways will lay off all of its staff at the end of April after the national government ruled out further assistance to the struggling airline.

Boeing has flown a 737-700 from China to the United States to bring back personal protective equipment (PPE) to help during the coronavirus crisis.

The world’s largest cargo plane – the Ukrainian Antonov An-225 Mriya – has been brought back into service to assist with intercontinental transport of vital medical equipment and PPE during the Covid-19 crisis.

Just days after Airbus announced a 35 per cent drop in deliveries for the month of March, Reuters has reported that company chief Guillaume Faury will be looking into multiple customer requests to defer deliveries.

United is set to cut the number of May 2020 flights by 90 per cent as it contends with a 97 per cent drop in passenger numbers year to year in April.