The International Air Transport Association (IATA) on Wednesday issued an upbeat assessment of statistics that show an increase of flight totals of 30 percent from a low point on April 21 to May 27. The uptick followed a 94-percent plunge in revenue passenger kilometers (RPKs) during April compared with the same month a year earlier, as Covid-19-related travel restrictions virtually shut down domestic and international air travel.
The Coronavirus impact on the aviation Industry
Jun 3, 2020 - 11:45 AM
The UK government is pressing ahead with requirements for all travelers arriving in the country to be quarantined for 14 days. Ignoring demands from business groups to delay, amend, or abandon the rules, Home Secretary Priti Patel on Wednesday confirmed in a statement to the country’s parliament that the quarantine requirements will be enforced from June 8.
Jun 3, 2020 - 11:11 AM
Norway’s Helitrans is the first customer to take delivery of new Airbus helicopters using the OEM’s e-Delivery process devised to comply with Covid-19 health and safety restrictions.
Jun 2, 2020 - 3:34 PM
Demand for air cargo fell 27.7 percent in April compared with the same month a year earlier, marking the sharpest drop ever recorded, according to date released Monday by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). Nevertheless, a lack of belly cargo capacity on passenger aircraft due to the coronavirus pandemic-related cut in traffic resulted in insufficient capacity to meet world demand.
Jun 2, 2020 - 12:36 PM
Following its March acquisition of Sky Night, North Carolina-based LGM Enterprises has launched flyExclusive International to provide intercontinental charter service to destinations in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.
Jun 2, 2020 - 11:38 AM
The International Civil Aviation Organization’s Council Aviation Recovery Task Force (CART) on Monday issued a set of guidelines for member states to implement a coordinated plan for reopening the world’s air transport system following the Covid-19 pandemic.
Jun 2, 2020 - 10:11 AM
Europe’s airlines are gradually resuming passenger operations as governments begin to relax lockdowns and travel restrictions, and Eurocontrol expects that more than 8,000 flights a day will operate across the European network in the second half of June. That would mark a quadrupling on the “rock bottom” of April 12, when just 2,099 flights operated across the network. The region’s air navigation service providers handled 5,090 flights on June 1. Commercial flight activity has started to show “some positive movement upwards,” asserted Eurocontrol director-general Eamonn Brennan.
Jun 2, 2020 - 8:39 AM
Aviation insurance executives provided a bleak picture of the post-Covid-19 insurance industry during the Aviation Insurance Association (AIA) conference held via online videoconferencing throughout the month of May.
Jun 1, 2020 - 12:00 PM
With the Covid-19 pandemic continuing to drag on, the FAA is beginning to extend certain exemptions and other leniencies designed to keep the air transportation system operating during the crisis, the first among them surrounding air carrier crew training and checking requirements. In March, the FAA initially granted petitions for exemptions to provide Part 135 flexibility in meeting protective breathing equipment requirements during training, as well as to provide more time to meet the crew recurrent training requirements.
Jun 1, 2020 - 11:30 AM
Flight Safety Foundation’s (FSF) Basic Aviation Risk Standard (BARS) has gone virtual during the Covid-19 pandemic through the use of remote monitoring and video conferencing for safety audits. Launched in its current form 10 years ago in collaboration with resource and mining support companies, BARS establishes a consensus-based industry standard and provides for auditing, risk assessment, data collection, and information sharing among participants.
