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Pandemics, in all their ramifications and manifestations, have become one of the greatest threats to civil aviation in the past 100 years. The impact of a pandemic across all regions of the world today is evident in empty airspaces and airport terminals. The ubiquitous parking of aircraft at airports feeds to a sense of despondency that pervades the air …
Expansion Emirates SkyCargo says it has expanded its weekly scheduled cargo flight operations to cover 75 destinations across six continents. Through its wider reach, Emirates SkyCargo is able to transport essential commodities and other urgently needed cargo more rapidly across the world, allowing exporters and importers across markets to benefit from direct access to wide-body cargo capacity. Some of …
Drastic Reduction The Airports Council International (ACI) World has announced its preliminary world airport traffic rankings covering passenger traffic, cargo volumes, and aircraft movements for 2019 combined with a glimpse of 2020 data which shows the dramatic impact of COVID-19 on airports in the first quarter. ACI says passenger traffic at the world’s top 20 busiest airports grew by 1.7% …
Restart Ryanair announces plans to return to 40% of normal flight schedules from July 1, 2020, subject to Government restrictions on intra-EU flights being lifted, and effective public health measures being put in place at airports. The airline says it will operate a daily flight schedule of almost 1,000 flights, restoring 90% of its pre-Covid-19 route network. Since the …
Re-strategizing Comair, says the it will enter business rescue to safeguard the interests of the company and its stakeholders after the Covid-19 crisis disrupted the implementation of a turnaround plan. The company, which reported a half-year loss of R564 million for H1 F20, faced an unprecedented situation following the Covid-19 lockdown. Wrenelle Stander, Comair CEO, says: “While we …
Optimism Air Mauritius says all its international commercial passenger flights will remain suspended until 30 June 2020. The airline will however, continue the operation of repatriation flights and maintain our scheduled commercial cargo operations. According to Air Mauritius, the flights are scheduled to resume on the 1st of July subject to all conditions, including opening of borders and lifting of …
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released an analysis showing that the airline industry’s global debt could rise to $550 billion by year-end. That’s a $120 billion increase over debt levels at the start of 2020. IATA said $67 billion of the new debt is composed of government loans ($50 billion), deferred taxes ($5 billion), and loan guarantees ($12 …
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) on May 5th, 2020, issued a post-COVID-19 restart advisory circular,containing protocol for the scheduled carrier, following the announcement by the Federal Government of a gradual phasing and controlled easing of the country’s lockdown from May 4th, 2020. The circular, with number NCAA-AC-FSG-001, mandates all AOC Holders to review, demonstrate and/or submit evidence of …
The aviation landscape globally is changing as a result of COVID-19, with African airlines likely to be the hardest hit. According to IATA’s COVID-19 financial impact assessment of March 2020, Africa will experience one of the starkest declines in traffic. The majority of African airlines are currently grounded, with notably bankruptcies of South African Airlines and Air Mauritius, with a …
Jens Ziesel is the Regional Director for Africa and Turkey within Collins Aerospace Avionics business. One of his main tasks is to ensure flexibility in responding to an increasingly demanding marketplace. Before being named as Regional Director for Africa and Turkey in January 2020, Jens was Director Sensors and Fire Protection (S&FP) for EuMEA supporting the integration of the S&FP …
