The economic shockwaves from the Covid-19 pandemic have prompted airlines to consider the prospect of operating turboprop aircraft through new eyes. Deutsche Aircraft maintains that an urgent need for carriers to recalibrate yield calculations as traffic levels slowly recover provides a strong springboard for its plans to step up the development of an updated version of the Dornier 328 regional turboprop.
The Coronavirus impact on the aviation Industry
Dec 18, 2020 - 1:03 PM
Renewed lockdowns in North America and Europe led to a 20 percent year-over-year drop in business aviation flights in the first half of December, according to WingX’s latest Global Market Tracker. This remains well ahead of scheduled airline activity, which is less than half of what it was a year ago.
WingX tracked 147,353 business aviation flights in the first half of the month. A decline in the North American market, in particular, is weighing down the overall market with 24 percent fewer flights this month.
Dec 17, 2020 - 12:45 PM
Aviation data and safety specialist Argus believes a return to “normal” is still several months away with year-over-year declines anticipated through the next several months, but sees improvements after that as Covid-19 vaccine distribution increases.
Dec 17, 2020 - 12:45 PM
Aviation data and safety specialist Argus believes a return to “normal” in business aviation flight activity is still several months away with year-over-year declines anticipated through the next several months but sees improvements after that as Covid-19 vaccine distribution increases.
Dec 15, 2020 - 11:13 AM
The Covid pandemic could soon claim its first casualty in Indian aviation as AirAsia India’s 49 percent partner, Malaysia’s AirAsia, considers pulling its share in its joint venture with the Tata Group.
Dec 11, 2020 - 8:30 AM
Despite recent positive news about the development and imminent start of distribution of Covid-19 vaccines, global airline lobbyists continue to stress the importance of a speedy implementation of a harmonized testing protocol as a means to lift national quarantine requirements. However, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) cannot mandate states to adopt identical procedures but only encourage the application of risk assessment to decide what mitigation measures to take.
Dec 10, 2020 - 11:32 AM
The U.S. House on Wednesday passed 343-67 a measure to extend government-wide funding—including for the Department of Transportation and the FAA—by one week until December 18 as talks continue on full-year Fiscal 2021 bills, as well as a coronavirus relief package. The government is currently funded through December 11 under a stopgap measure adopted in September. Facing that deadline, the Senate is expected to consider the one-week extension before the end of the week, averting a shutdown.
Dec 10, 2020 - 10:18 AM
ARC Safety Management saw a 130 percent increase in the use of safety management systems (SMS) forms between January and October. The company claims this illustrates an increase in SMS integration by business and other aviation operators since flight activity has decreased in the same period due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Dec 10, 2020 - 10:07 AM
While the FAA contemplates scaling back on its pandemic-related exemptions, the agency did recently provide relief from certain crew training mandates until March 31, 2021.
Dec 10, 2020 - 8:30 AM
I don’t know exactly how I contracted Covid-19, but it was three days after my return from an annual industry event in March when I began feeling off. This was back in the days before the call for mask-wearing in public. Yet, I attempted to keep my distance during the event, declining handshakes and hugs, skipping all after-hours socializing, grabbing take out food each night to eat in my hotel room while writing, and watching reruns on TV.
