All In Depth – Page 15
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Airline Business Covid-19 recovery tracker: March 2022 update
Our regular examination of the latest global data for several key airline market indicators, including traffic and capacity in passenger and cargo markets, in-service and stored fleets, jet fuel costs, and share price trends for the world’s largest groups.
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Airline Business Index shows industry exceeding three-quarters of pre-Covid size
The latest Airline Business Index shows the global airline industry has exceeded three-quarters of its pre-Covid size, driven by rapidly returning passengers and revenue in the fourth quarter of 2021.
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Flight International Letters, March 2022
Your views about the aerospace industry and our reporting.
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Why hydrogen is on the charge for a cleaner aerospace future
Airlines and lessors have been lining up in recent months to buy kits to convert their turboprops to new sources of power. Are their hopes justified? And could the technology work on larger aircraft?
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Why technology is targeting the harmful contrail
The elegant contrail may contribute to global warming to a more alarming extent than thought, but there are simple operational ways to avoid them.
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After pandemic’s battering, Singapore’s aerospace industry looks to turn the corner
After almost two years into the coronavirus pandemic, the worst could be over for Singapore’s aerospace industry, which sees itself a market leader in the region.
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ASEAN air forces confront fraught geopolitical landscape
Southeast Asia’s air forces are struggling to modernise in the face of new geopolitical realities.
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Airline Business Covid-19 recovery tracker: February 2022 update
Our regular examination of the latest global data for several key airline market indicators, including traffic and capacity in passenger and cargo markets, in-service and stored fleets, jet fuel costs, and share price trends for the world’s largest groups.
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Asia-Pacific’s big international reopening? Not so fast
The initial shock of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 has subsided, but for the time being Asia-Pacific governments remain extremely conservative about rebooting international travel.
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Flight International Letters, February 2022
Your views about the aerospace industry and our reporting.
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New year, new woes: Cathay falls further, with no end in sight
Recent developments at Cathay Pacific underscore how far the iconic Hong Kong carrier — once the regional powerhouse and the envy of many other airlines — has fallen from grace.
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Airline Business Covid-19 recovery tracker: January 2022 update
Our regular examination of the latest global data for several key airline market indicators, including traffic and capacity in passenger and cargo markets, in-service and stored fleets, jet fuel costs, and share price trends for the world’s largest groups.
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Which airlines launched, failed or merged in 2021?
One of the most counter-intuitive things about the pandemic for the airline sector has been that during the worst crisis the industry has ever faced, relatively few carriers have collapsed.
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Flight International festive quiz 2021
As a second pandemic-ravaged year – during which many people did not even get the chance to board a commercial aircraft – draws to a close, our festive quiz offers some welcome light entertainment designed to test your memory of 2021’s notable events and the broader world of aviation. To secure your Total Aviation Person status, you will need a final rating of 80% correct answers or above. Good luck!
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How far through the crisis are Americas’ biggest airlines?
While many international services remained heavily restricted for US carriers until November’s easing of travel rules into the country, access to the large domestic market had already helped give the travel recovery momentum..
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Flight International Letters, January 2022
Your views about the aerospace industry and our reporting.
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How far through the crisis are Asia-Pacific’s biggest airlines?
Airlines in Asia-Pacific paradoxically, are both among the hardest hit yet also the most profitable since the crisis hit. No region’s international passenger business has been harder by the pandemic than Asia-Pacific’s airlines, as international borders have remained all but shut and only started reopening in the last quarter of ...