An accelerated recovery is vital for air transport in Europe

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Helen Massy-Beresford

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and shutdown of air traffic on European aviation has worsened in recent weeks, IATA warned, as it called for a coordinated restart of air travel through border openings and continued financial and regulatory support.

One airline industry expert said: We haven’t seen these since the 1990s! While airlines may have you landing in places you would’ve never thought, these triangular routes were created as a result of the multi-trillion dollar CARES Act.

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Airlines are taking steps to position their assets in accordance with their recovery plans.

Ben Goldstein

JetBlue Airways will add 30 routes to its domestic network over the next few months in a bid to capitalize on a modest expected upswing in leisure travel demand.

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Thierry Dubois

Use of composites in aircraft will continue to grow. These materials, especially carbon-fiber reinforced plastic, enable designers to create more efficient aircraft.

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From Airbus A350 demonstrating fully autonomous vision-based landing to LEVEL Europe filing for insolvency and more. A roundup of Aviation Daily news.

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The news from airlines over the last couple of weeks has shown a general intent to quickly rebuild network connectivity. After a couple of months of watching and waiting for the Coronavirus pandemic to pass will be met by increasing roars from turbofan engines as grounded aircraft start to take flight.

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