The Covid-19 pandemic reduced the number of flights operating through European air space last year to levels last seen in the mid-1980s, according to data released by Eurocontrol on Monday. For the full year, European traffic was down 55 percent, to 5 million flights, compared with 11.1 million flights in 2019. Traffic volume fell across the region between 40 percent and 73 percent, with eye-catching declines in the UK, Germany, and Spain, each of which saw at least 1 million fewer flights and no less than a 56-percent decline in volume from a year earlier.
The Coronavirus impact on the aviation Industry
Dec 29, 2020 - 3:12 PM
Fifty-eight percent of the respondents to the latest annual reader’s survey by AIN sister publication Business Jet Traveler said the Covid-19 pandemic has reduced their private flying, while 17 percent said they increased their private flying in response to the health crisis. Eighteen percent reported no year-over-year change in their flying habits and 3 percent said they flew privately for the first time due to health concerns during the pandemic.
Dec 29, 2020 - 12:22 PM
As Covid-induced air travel restrictions begin to ease, DC Aviation Al Futtaim (DCAF) is reporting an uptick in its private aircraft operations at Dubai Al Maktoum International Airport. The company, a joint venture between German business jet operator DC Aviation and privately-owned UAE business group Al-Futtaim, provides FBO, MRO, and aircraft charter services.
Dec 29, 2020 - 10:29 AM
The Flight School Association of North America (FSANA) announced it will hold its upcoming annual International Flight School Conference as a live event. The three-day 2021 edition will be held in Orlando, Florida, at the Rosen Plaza Hotel starting on March 3.
Dec 28, 2020 - 4:26 PM
Colorado-based aircraft engineering and certification firm Peregrine Avionics has partnered with Lee Aerospace of Wichita to offer Aviation Clean Air (ACA) system installation data and STCs for the Cessna Citation Excel, XLS, and XLS+.
Dec 28, 2020 - 12:30 PM
In a departure from its general short-term Covid-related exemptions granted from certain crew training, medical, and other requirements, the FAA has provided a year-long extension for check airman observations. The exemption is one of the latest in a series of extensions the agency has agreed to as the Covid pandemic has dragged on, but also comes as the FAA has warned that it is looking to normalize operations.
Dec 28, 2020 - 11:16 AM
North Carolina-based fractional provider Jet It has partnered with Be The Match to help the medical nonprofit organization's volunteer blood stem cell donors travel via Jet It's HondaJet fleet to locations where blood cancer patients are being treated. While the charity typically provides airline tickets if necessary to transport the urgently needed donors, during the Covid-19 pandemic—which has seen reduced commercial airline schedules, as well as the need to protect the health of donors—it has come to lean more on private aviation to fulfill its needs.
Dec 28, 2020 - 11:00 AM
Starting in January, Flexjet’s 830 crewmembers will begin medically supervised Covid-19 testing at home before each tour of duty using a saliva-based polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test, the fractional operator announced.
Dec 22, 2020 - 9:13 AM
Congress late last night approved the sweeping coronavirus relief and government funding package, renewing support for air carriers and airports, providing nearly $18 billion for the FAA’s Fiscal Year 2021 budget, and calling for reforms of the agency’s aircraft certification processes.
Dec 21, 2020 - 12:58 PM
The House and Senate are poised to renew air carrier payroll support and adopt certification reforms under the massive $900 billion coronavirus relief bill that is expected to come under consideration in concert with a government-wide spending package.
Following Sunday’s announcement that an agreement had been reached on coronavirus relief, the House Monday afternoon was anticipated to consider that aid package, paired with the omnibus Fiscal Year 2021 spending bill. Senate action is anticipated to follow, potentially later on Monday.
