Europe, unlike the U.S., is getting the shorthaul summertime travel boom that airlines hoped for. It’s not really a boom of course, just a murmur of life after several months of nothingness. Carriers are filling planes though — Lufthansa said…

Financially strong aircraft lessors appear more or less relaxed about the airline industry’s epic meltdown. Count Air Lease Corp. (ALC) among them, feeling reassured by early signs of recovery, by stabilizing airline balance sheets thanks to prodigious public aid, and…

Airports Council International-Europe called the second quarter “disastrous,” pointing to an almost complete collapse in demand at airports across greater Europe (which includes markets like Russia). Traffic fell more than 96% y/y. In the first half, traffic fell 64% y/y.…