All Analysis – Page 25
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AnalysisHow did airline safety rank in extraordinary 2020?
With a dozen fatal airline accidents reported during 12 months of operations that were severely disrupted by Covid-19, how did aviation’s safety record for 2020 stack up against previous years?
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AnalysisChina’s Y-20 eyes new missions on anniversary of first flight
Eight years after its maiden flight, the Xian Y-20 strategic transport is transforming Beijing’s airlift capabilities as it looks to set to take on additional roles.
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AnalysisHow trust strained by the DC-10 fractured with the 737 Max
As the domino-chain grounding of the Boeing 737 Max and its gradual patchwork rehabilitation have revealed, unanimous agreement that air safety is paramount does not necessarily translate into a harmonised approach to delivering it. When the European Union Aviation Safety Agency grounded the Max in March 2019, the US ...
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AnalysisThe intricacies of managing aircraft storage
The continued high proportion of parked aircraft as a result of the global pandemic creates a range of issues for airlines and maintenance providers to ensure these aircraft remain airworthy and ready for a return to service.
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AnalysisStage set for battle royale among Australia’s domestic carriers
With international borders likely to be shut for most of the year, Australia’s airlines are focusing their energies on capturing domestic market share. This year, new entrant Rex enters the domestic trunk network, while a rebooted Virgin Australia takes flight after exiting administration. How will this battle shape out, and will there be casualties?
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AnalysisSAS leans on domestic markets amid intensifying competition
Large domestic markets have helped ease several carriers through the Covid-19 crisis, as travel restrictions and a fear of moving across borders bolster internal demand within countries with large populations and territories.
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AnalysisAirAsia X restructuring places creditors in a bind
AirAsia X’s debt restructuring negotiations highlight the dilemma creditors face when deciding whether to stand by a struggling airline during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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AnalysisUS carriers’ fate hangs on vaccine rollout
US carriers will likely have to slog through the prime summer season and most of 2021 continuing to burn millions in cash daily as they await the herd immunity promised by mass Covid-19 vaccination.
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AnalysisWhat does Norwegian exit mean for long-haul, low-cost adventure?
Norwegian is ditching the long-haul, low-cost model it pioneered over the past decade, but will the carrier’s legacy be a longer lasting impact on the transatlantic market?
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AnalysisMalaysia Airlines’ restructuring plan nears consensus
After months of negotiations, Malaysia Airlines has secured near-unanimous in-principle agreement from lessors and other creditors for its planned restructuring, three people close to the process tell Cirium.
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AnalysisUS airline unions seek mask mandate from Biden
US president-elect Joe Biden after his inauguration on 20 January plans to enact a federal mandate for interstate travellers on aircraft, trains and buses to wear masks after the Trump administration refused petitions from both airlines and pilot unions to order a mask rule.
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AnalysisIndian airlines brace for transformational 2021
Three major themes will shape India’s airline sector this year: vaccinations, a battle for survival at India’s smaller carriers, and consolidation.
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AnalysisWhy flight safety faces new dangers during downturn
One uncomfortable aspect of the extraordinary crisis inflicted on air transport operations is the extent to which the pandemic might, at some point, be considered a contributing factor to aircraft accidents, despite – or perhaps because of – the reduction in flight activity.
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AnalysisNorwegian’s lessors gain some certainty at least
Norwegian ’s intention to exit long-haul services and focus on short-haul and domestic flying as part of its restructuring plan presents its lessors with some certainty for the future at least – if little else. Under its restructuring plan, the Oslo-based carrier will become an entirely short-haul carrier with ...
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AnalysisDoes shift towards pre-flight Covid-19 testing spell disaster for airlines?
The tightening of border controls is an emerging theme in the early days of 2021, as governments react to concerns about new variants of Covid-19 and soaring infection rates in many regions.
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AnalysisHow Deutsche Aircraft plans to tackle regional resurgence with reborn Dornier 328
Fledgling airframer hopes that new engines and avionics, plus compatability with sustainable fuel, will enable D328eco twin-turboprop to take advantage of predicted demand for smaller, greener aircraft
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AnalysisWill US military end user list clip MA700’s wings?
The Avic MA700 turboprop finds itself in an awkward situation after airframer Xian Aircraft showed up on the US government’s Military End User list. With progress on the aircraft at a glacial pace, could the US government’s move seal the MA700’s fate?
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AnalysisAsia-Pacific cautious about 737 Max return
Regulators and airlines in the Asia-Pacific are taking a wait-and-see approach in regard to getting the Boeing 737 Max flying again in the type’s biggest market.
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AnalysisVaccine rally takes edge off tumbling airline share prices in 2020
Share prices of many leading airline groups ended 2020 down between a third to a half during a torrid year for the sector.
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AnalysisWhich airlines launched, failed or merged during 2020
Such has been the magnitude of the pandemic impact on air travel demand that the airline industry has to some extent been in a stasis since March - and with it so too has much of the normal merger activity, start-ups and airline failures.