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New consensus about the path of demand
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Air Transport Digest
 
Ben Goldstein

The disparate capacity strategies pursued by the three large U.S. network airlines are converging, reflecting a new consensus about the path of demand and the most rational way to serve it.
 
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Masks are a major topic with the COVID-19 pandemic. Most people obey government and private sector requirements to wear face coverings indoors, but a defiant few refuse to comply - mostly knowing there will be no fine. Airports, caught between requirement and enforcement, are moving to influence the unmasked to mask.

 
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Karen Walker

Governments should remove all international border and quarantine restrictions and replace them with sensible, practical measures like preflight testing and contact tracing.
 
 
Sean Broderick

Storage-related corrosion of Boeing-supplied valves on certain CFM56 engines has been linked to four engine shutdowns, prompting regulators to order inspections before the 1,140 aircraft are returned to service after extended downtime.
 
Alan Dron

Central European ULCC Wizz Air has called for an end to the slot-waiver stance being pursued by many airlines to preserve their positions at airports during the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
GALLERY
Linda Blachly

From Aegean Airlines offering 48,000 tickets for 24,000 hospital staff to Emirates covers COVID-19 medical, quarantine expenses. Read examples of how the aviation industry is going #aboveandbeyond to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
AWIN ANALYSIS
From Chinese Airlines hitting new peak in pandemic activity to Airbus increasing interest payments in bid to resolve WTO dispute and more. A roundup of Aviation Daily news.
 
FLIGHTS PATH FORWARD
 
Joe Anselmo | Sean Broderick | Guy Norris

He prioritizes new airplanes over aftermarket business and looks ahead to the company’s next airplane.
 
Jens Flottau

Guillaume Faury is optimistic about a market recovery, but pace and timing are among many aspects impossible to predict.
 
Guy Norris

Listen in as Calio talks down the line to Senior Propulsion Editor Guy Norris as part of Aviation Week’s Flight Path Forward series about his hopes for the company’s commercial and military engine businesses.
 
Guy Norris

With the groundbreaking of Aerion’s new Florida headquarters approaching, company CEO Tom Vice talks to Senior Propulsion Editor Guy Norris about the design, development, and sustainability of its newly reconfigured AS2 supersonic business jet.
 
Flight Paths Forward: A detailed examination of the future of the aerospace industry as we begin to climb out of the COVID-19 crisis. Join us for two weeks of virtual content including in-depth reports, videos, webinars, CEO interviews and technology-focused podcasts.
 
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July 28
10:00 EDT | 15:00 BST | 16:00 CEST

As the EU and UK continue to relax their borders, demand is starting to return to the continent. But the impact from airlines down the tourism business chain has already been seismic, with little of the summer season left to claw back revenues. We learn more about how safety standards and marketing can reignite passenger demand, and how networks are being rebuilt for the return of leisure travel across Europe

  • Can Europe salvage the critical summer 2020 season?
  • How can the industry instill confidence in passengers who are unwilling to travel?
  • How can airports and airlines coordinate to rebuild viable long-term routes?

Join Aviation Week Network to discuss this crucial topic.
 
CAPA ANALYSIS
Analysis of the CAPA Fleet Database shows that the COVID-19 crisis has had a proportionately bigger impact on numbers of leased aircraft in service than on the total fleet in service.
 
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
 
Ben Goldstein

American Airlines is using the air travel downturn as an opportunity to expand into the U.S. northeast and west coast markets where the carrier has struggled for years to compete against Delta Air Lines and United Airlines.