COVID testing is a critical component to ensure safety

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Ben Goldstein

Delta Air Lines will test its entire workforce for exposure to the COVID-19 coronavirus, as airlines look to reassure passengers and crew about the safety of flying during the ongoing pandemic.

The teleconferencing ﬁrm Zoom was doing well prior to the pandemic and is now booming. The ﬁrm recently announced Pittsburgh as its latest R & D hub. Why?

Zoom founder and CEO Eric Yuan noted the region’s “incredibly well-educated, skilled and diverse talent pool that is well-positioned to support Zoom’s ongoing growth.”

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The airline industry remains in the early stages of an unprecedented crisis. Demand, while beginning to recover, remains minimal, and cash is flowing out at stunning speed.

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It’s no wonder people are hesitant to get back on airplanes. They’re constantly bombarded with images of flight attendants dressed in hazmat suits, cabins filled with anxious-looking masked passengers, airport disinfecting chambers, and odd plexiglass seat shrouds that allegedly contain airborne bio-contaminants.

Aircraft cabin manufacturers continue to innovate and develop new cabin designs. Take a look at how some designers have reimagined what flying will look like during the COVID-19 era.

Karen Walker

Because the pandemic is global and has effectively grounded at least 80% of the fleets of most passenger airlines, the LCCs are mostly in the same position as any other airline: Their revenues have dried up, and demand for air travel is exceptionally low-to-zero, depending on the region.

The Aviation Week Network invites our readers to submit questionsto our editors and analysts. We’ll answer them, and if we can’t we’ll reach out to our wide network of experts for advice. Read some of the answers to recent questions from readers.

From American Airlines seeing improved load factors and booking trends to Cathay opting to take government wage subsidies and more. A roundup of Aviation Daily news.

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As the markets in Asia-Pacific, China and Australasia begin to open and airlines and airports across the region restore their networks, traffic demand is returning. As the rest of the world follows, are there lessons learned that could be applied to other regions?

What are the economic and virus-control drivers across this vast region that are helping spur air travel restoration? How are LCCs faring against legacy carriers in the pick-up? Which countries have “air corridor/quarantine bubbles” and how is that affecting demand?

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KLM Royal Dutch Airlines reported its CO2 emissions decreased by 4% in 2019 compared with 2005. Emissions also decreased 31% on a per passenger basis.

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Jens Flottau

The return to pre-coronavirus rates will take a number of years and varies greatly by program. In general, narrowbodies will probably return more quickly.