Following the roll-out of its new Safety 1st Clean standard in mid-June, the National Air Transportation Association (NATA) has already reached 50 companies that have self-certified their facilities in the Covid-19 mitigation program.
The Coronavirus impact on the aviation Industry
Jul 1, 2020 - 9:02 AM
As most of the world continues the slow process of reopening, flight training providers are grappling with rebuilding their businesses with the new realities of sanitization, social-distancing, uncertain economies, and the ever-present worry of a possible second virus wave and another round of restrictions. At the same time, providers have found a resiliency through innovation that they believe will expand opportunities and provide new flexibility for students in the future.
Jul 1, 2020 - 9:00 AM
Jeff Gusky, an emergency room doctor, believes the aviation industry is ignoring vital information that could help prevent infection by coronaviruses like Covid-19. The key is high humidity, he explained, because low humidity levels are a critical factor in the spread of Covid-19.
“Dry indoor air is like an accelerant that turns small viral outbreaks into massive viral bombs,” he explained. “Dangerously dry indoor air was like an invisible blasting cap that made Wuhan, New York City, and other hot spots explode.”
Jun 30, 2020 - 6:01 PM
The Middle East Business Aviation Association (MEBAA) is planning to proceed with its 2020 trade show in Dubai in December, although a final decision on whether to go ahead is unlikely until September at the earliest, association founding and executive chairman Ali Alnaqbi told AIN. The event is scheduled for December 8 to 10.
Jun 30, 2020 - 5:31 PM
The International Air Transport Association has raised safety concerns about possible microbial contamination of fuel stored in aircraft grounded during the Covid-19 pandemic. In a recent webinar hosted with Airlines for America (A4A) and the Joint Inspection Group (JIG), IATA also warned that the dangers could extend to fuel storage units that are seeing less demand as a result of some 16,000 airliners being inactive due to the crisis.
Jun 30, 2020 - 3:02 PM
Airbus plans to cut 15,000 jobs by next summer in response to a 40 percent drop in its commercial aircraft business activity resulting from the Covid 19 crisis, the company said Tuesday. The European airframe maker added that it already has begun a consultation process with unions in an effort to reach agreements for implementation starting this coming autumn.
Jun 30, 2020 - 11:32 AM
The European Union on Tuesday confirmed it will list the ban on non-essential travel for 15 countries from July 1. Countries from which travel into the EU will continue to be blocked include the U.S., Brazil, Russia and India, based on their high rates of Covid-19 infection.
Jun 29, 2020 - 11:16 AM
Participants were mostly optimistic in a recent International Aircraft Dealers Association (IADA) members-only webinar on the current state of the preowned business aircraft market in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the group of professional aircraft dealers and brokers. “May is generally better than April, and…we all anticipate June to even be significantly better than May. And so, the trends are all in the right direction,” said OS Partners executive v-p and IADA chairman Paul Kirby.
Jun 29, 2020 - 9:46 AM
Usage of Gogo Business Aviation’s air-to-ground airborne connectivity network is almost back to pre-Covid-19 levels, reaching 3,000 daily flights last week, up from the pandemic low of 378 flights in mid-April. During that April dip the company saw 30 percent of its customer accounts suspended or downgraded to lower service plans. But now nearly 60 percent of the suspended customers have reactivated their service plans, according to Gogo, “with approximately 80 percent reverting to their original service plan.”
Jun 29, 2020 - 6:24 AM
Year-to-date airliner deliveries through the end of May were the worst on record, according to the latest data published by the UK’s ADS industry association. The total backlog stood at 13,779 with 423 orders having been placed since the start of 2020. During May just 9 new aircraft orders (all widebodies) and 16 cancellations were recorded.
