The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Tuesday issued a draft report on revised training procedures for the 737 MAX, a milestone to return the plane to service.
We want to keep our pilots and cabin crew employed and paid and we are going to have to have huge government assistance for that, otherwise I'm afraid they're all going to go on unpaid leave for the winter,"
These capacity cuts and frequency reductions for the months of September and October are unavoidable given the recent weakness in forward bookings due to COVID restrictions.
All three are very low or low-cost carriers largely focused on leisure passengers and short-haul flying.
Pre-COVID-19, just over one-third of our global airlines portfolio was rated at 'B+' or lower, and now this has risen to about two-thirds of the total.
It accused the Irish low-cost airline of "repeated violations of the COVID-19 health regulations currently in force and imposed by the Italian government to protect the health of passengers".
The Irish carrier, Europe's largest budget airline, said it had begun the action to challenge what it described as the Irish government's "ineffective" green list of countries.
This list is due to be reviewed next week and is unlikely to be enlarged.
All three airlines had hoped to resume regular flights after air travel came to a total standstill during the coronavirus pandemic, leading to almost 20,000 job losses between them.
The chief executive of London's Heathrow, John Holland-Kaye, told the City AM newspaper it could lead to the loss of potentially 25,000 jobs at his airport -- a third of staff.
New rules requiring all arrivals to self-isolate for 14 days came into effect on Monday even though Ryanair, Europe’s biggest budget airline, easyJet and BA-owner IAG have threatened legal action over what they cast as a draconian move.