Following the U.S. ban on travel from most of Europe and the escalating coronavirus situation, Norwegian has decided to ground 40 percent of its long-haul fleet and cancel up to 25 percent of its short-haul flights until the end of May. The changes apply to the company’s entire route network.

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is temporarily waiving minimum slot-use requirements at U.S. airports to help airlines that cancel flights due to the Coronavirus.

Under normal circumstances, airlines can lose their slots at congested airports if they don’t use them at least 80 percent of the time.

AvAir, a global supplier of aftermarket aviation parts, announces it will open a 25,000-square-foot warehouse facility at the Dublin Airport. The United States-based company’s expanded presence in Europe comes at the start of its 20th year and as part of a new strategic vision for AvAir, which offers customized solutions for customers and suppliers to buy, sell, exchange, loan, lease or consign more than 26 million in-stock aviation parts.

In the early 1980s, John and Martha King realized that with the magic of video technology they could teach thousands of learning pilots in their own living rooms. By packaging their weekend ground schools into a box and shipping them off, they made aviation knowledge readily accessible at an unprecedented level and changed the way pilots all over the world learn. With their engaging, clear, simple and fun teaching, many pilots began over the decades to view the Kings as their personal aviation mentors.

SUN 'n FUN and aviation job website, JSfirm.com, have once again partnered to host the 7th Annual SUN ‘n FUN Career Fair. On May 7, 8 and 9, during the SUN ‘n FUN Aerospace Expo and Fly-In, twenty-two aviation companies will be onsite at the career fair conducting onsite interviews.

Summit Aviation, a Greenwich AeroGroup company, announces it has hired Josh Allen as its new director of manufacturing for the company’s Somerset, KY, location. 

Duncan Aviation announces that the company has developed larger and dedicated aircraft on ground (AOG) teams at each of its main facilities in Lincoln, NE; Battle Creek, MI; and Provo, UT. The quality of service customers have come to expect at all Duncan Aviation facility locations can now be expected on the road.

The GlobalAir.com Calvin L. Carrithers Aviation Scholarship is now accepting applications. The scholarship will be awarded to four students with U.S. citizenship who are enrolled in an accredited university or college aviation program during the 2020-2021 school year.

StandardAero launches a new business-aviation engine exchange program with multiple options for all operators of legacy aircraft powered by TFE731, CFE738 and PW305 engines. The program also covers Honeywell 36-100/150 series auxiliary power units (APUs). 

Western Aircraft, a Greenwich AeroGroup company, announces that it recently completed its first 12-month maintenance repair and overhaul inspection on an Embraer Legacy 500 and its first 120-month inspection on an Embraer Phenom 100.