The magnitude of the COVID-19 impact on air travel now compares with the September 11, 2011 terrorist attacks on the...
Log-in here if you’re already a subscriber Release DateMay 26, 2022Impact of the pilot shortage will cascade far beyond empty...
Log-in here if you’re already a subscriber Release DateMay 2, 2022Boeing and Airbus single-aisle workhorses squeeze out regional and widebody...
Log-in here if you’re already a subscriber Release DateAugust 17, 2020Aircraft out of storage and into the frying panPurchase a...
The first signs of a slowing recovery in air traffic are beginning to show in the United States just as airlines make their largest capacity increases. Even as screened passenger numbers from the Transportation Security Administration continue their upward trajectory, so do new cases of COVID-19 in states not first hit by the virus. With that growing uncertainty, the spread is showing its first indications of a slowing recovery in the months ahead.
Airlines can’t get back to 2019 levels if they furlough staff and retire portions of their fleets. The expiration of the airline provisions in the U.S.’s CARES Act puts the industry’s recovery at risk as airlines decide whether to keep staff in the face of mounting losses.
The Airbus A330 can be a good freighter, but the aircraft’s peculiarities offer a challenge to owners and operators.
Log-in here if you’re already a subscriber Release DateMay 29, 2020Business travel lags leisure early in coronavirus air travel recoveryPurchase...
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How China shut down its air travel system for Lunar New Year.
The second in a series focusing on Boeing’s road to developing its next all-new commercial airplane. What happens if the...
The abundance of aircraft parked around the world brings another, very human and more personal abundance - pilots. Without passengers to fly, aircraft will remain parked. With aircraft parked, some pilots find themselves the subject of a furlough. Yet, even as the industry stares down a potential sharp reduction in the overall pilot workforce, the massive change could simultaneously spark a major new wave of retraining that would overwhelm the global simulator infrastructure.
