mlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>

Framework to mitigate disease-transmission risk during travel

If you have trouble viewing this email, read the online version.
Aviation Week Network
Air Transport Digest
 
Sean Broderick

Blanket quarantines of passengers flying between countries should be replaced by risk-based testing protocols backed by health certificates and other tactics that reassure the traveling public amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
Advertisement
An IATA-sponsored survey in July showed travelers who said they'd return to travel within a few months dropped by 16% since originally asked in April. This coincides with a second surge in COVID-19 cases and, as a result, airlines cut flights as much as 65 percent, including to popular leisure destinations.
 
Kurt Hofmann

Etihad Airways believes its restructuring measures, which had been implemented before the COVID-19 pandemic hit earlier this year, will help the Abu Dhabi-based carrier return to full operations faster.
 
 
Ben Goldstein

Delta Air Lines is on track to test its entire workforce for COVID-19, as the carrier looks to reassure passengers about the safety of flying during the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
Ben Goldstein

New analysis from Airlines for America found that New York and New Jersey—two U.S. states hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic—also lost the most commercial airline service in the U.S. in July.
 
AWIN ANALYSIS
From New COVID-19 cluster stalling New Zealand demand recovery to Alaska Airlines seeing Q3 capacity reaching 50% of 2019 level and more. A roundup of Aviation Daily news.
 
POLL QUESTION
  • Very probable
  • Intermittently probable
  • Not at all probable
 
PREMIUM CONTENT Powered by Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN)
 
 
 
ROUTE TO RECOVERY
 
DOWNLOAD ASM's LATEST WHITEPAPER
The tourism industry is beginning to see small glimpses of return to the economy, however many challenges are still highly present during this pandemic, including the tight connection it has with airlines and airports.

In ASM's newest whitepaper, gain insight on the impact of the global outbreak from the perspective of destinations, and learn what steps they can take to influence the growth of the air transport industry after COVID-19 and beyond.

Click here to download, and sign up to receive the rest of the series along with future updates to stay informed as we navigate the Route to Recovery.
 
CAPA ANALYSIS
Hawaiian Airlines has had the majority of its operations shuttered since late Mar-2020, since the COVID-19 pandemic forced Hawaii to institute 14-day quarantines for anyone entering the state. The airline’s long haul routes have also been idle due to travel restrictions.
 
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
 
Michael Bruno

The latest U.S. Trade Representative’s tweaks to U.S. trade penalties against Europe satisfy nobody but at least do not further flame tensions between the two sides as they continue to quasi-negotiate a way out of their large commercial aircraft subsidy dispute at the World Trade Organization.
 

Twitter   LinkedIn   Facebook  WeChat   Weibo
 

You are subscribed to this newsletter as newsletter@newslettercollector.com, and to ensure delivery to your inbox, please add news@enews.aviationweek.com to your address book.

To stop receiving the Air Transport Digest newsletter, please click here.

Questions or Problems? Contact customer service, or contact us directly by emailing Tyler Motsinger.

For advertising in this newsletter or other digital opportunities, please click here to learn more.

Aviation Week Network | Informa Markets | 605 Third Avenue, 22nd Floor, New York, NY 10158 | Privacy Statement

Copyright © 2020. All rights reserved. Informa Markets, a trading division of Informa PLC.