Airplanes

Singapore Airlines announced Thursday that it will cut 4,300 jobs – around 20% of its workforce – as the coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc on the aviation industry. 

Virgin plans to cut a third of its workforce and ditch its widebody planes to focus on being a domestic and short-haul carrier

The TSA screened a record number of travelers over the Labor Day weekend since the coronavirus hit the U.S. in March.

Boeing is facing another manufacturing problem that is slowing down deliveries of its 787 Dreamliner. The production problems add to pandemic-related travel restrictions that have slowed deliveries by Boeing and Airbus SE this year, pressuring their finances as customers typically pay the bulk of an aircraft’s price on receipt of the plane.

Production problems at a Boeing Co. 787 Dreamliner factory have prompted air-safety regulators to review quality-control lapses potentially stretching back almost a decade, according to an internal government memo and people familiar with the matter.

Association of Flight Attendants President Sara Nelson told “Fox & Friends” that the return of business in the airline industry is “just not happening."

As it stood before, "Basic Economy didn’t show the full potential of the travel experience on American because it was so restrictive," a spokesperson for American told FOX Business. 

Virgin Atlantic announced 1,150 job cuts Friday despite completing a $1.6-billion restructuring plan aimed at rebuilding the company during the travel downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic. 

Sky News is reporting that Virgin Atlantic is preparing to cut more than 1,000 jobs

Closed borders, travel restrictions and quarantine measures that "continue to annihilate travel demand" says a major trade group.

Demand for air travel shows little signs of picking up.

Boeing said it has notified the Federal Aviation Administration and is conducting a review into the cause of the problem

There is no U.S. federal mandate on masks in airports or on airplanes, leaving U.S. airlines to enforce their own rules.

White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said Wednesday that if Congress does not take action, President Trump is prepared to take executive action to help airline workers.

The airline said on Tuesday that it’s rolling out new features to its mobile app that will allow passengers to perform various tasks from their phones and avoid contact with public surfaces or employees.

Flight attendants will face the greatest cuts with the airline dropping some 8,100 positions, the carrier said in a regulatory filing.

LONDON - Virgin Atlantic's creditors will vote on a 1.2 billion pound ($1.6 billion) rescue plan on Tuesday in a crucial test of the airline's ability to survive in an industry devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Delta Air Lines is set to furlough 1,941 pilots in October, the carrier said in a memo seen by Reuters on Monday that noted the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic and plunging air travel demand.

Delta said its resumed service would include daily flights from Seattle to Tokyo, Seoul, Beijing and Shanghai

Boeing Co said on Friday it is developing a hand-held wand that emits ultraviolet light to neutralize bacteria and viruses, part of a suite of methods to disinfect flight deck surfaces and controls, as well as surfaces throughout the cabin.