El Al Reeling from Coronavirus Travel Bans

“This is a testing time for the airline sector and El Al,” company CEO Gonen Usishkin told employees on Monday in a statement on the economic impact of the coronavirus epidemic. El Al has suspended flights from Tel Aviv to Beijing and Hong Kong and scaled back the frequency of flights to Bangkok. Ticket cancelations are growing while bookings decline, Globes said. (hamodia.com) 기타...

Trans States Airlines to Cease Operations

Regional carrier has announced that they plan to cease operations by year's end, citing pilot shortages... 36 of their Embraer E145 aircraft will be transferred to ExpressJet and there will be no impact to Compass Airlines or GoJet (who are both owned by Trans States Holdings) (thepointsguy.com) 기타...

Boeing orders 737 Max inspections after fuel tank FOD is found in several Undelievered Planes

Boeing has ordered the inspection of all undelivered 737 Maxes, after it found debris in the wing fuel tanks of some of the grounded narrowbodies. The airframer states that it has also recommended 737 Max customers globally with aircraft in active storage for more than a year to inspect the fuel tank for foreign object debris (FOD). (www.flightglobal.com) 기타...