In other news, Steve Trimble, defense editor for Aviation Week, discussed how the airline industry is re-adjusting to weird dynamics to keep fleets that no one needs. Eurowings will also reduce the number of its fleet, while the Swiss International Air Lines will also reduce its fleet size by delaying deliveries of new short haul aircraft and considering early retirement of older aircraft. In addition, eleven Airbus A320s will be withdrawn from short-haul operations. As per the plan, six Airbus A380s and seven A340-600s as well as five Boeing 747-400s will be permanently decommissioned. Jason Rabinowitz, the airlines researcher, further shared an article on how the Lufthansa Group has issued a restructuring plan.
As a growing number of passenger aircraft get grounded because of the coronavirus related travel restrictions, border closures, and quarantine rules, airlines are grappling with a new problem and that is insufficient areas to park them. According to an article shared by the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the global trade of associations, over 40% of the world’s airline fleet is now grounded. The seats of the aircraft were removed to accommodate as much protection cloth and masks.Ī majority of world’s airline fleet being grounded to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, costs involved in managing them and keeping them in the best shape possible, and re-adjusting or reducing fleet size, were popularly discussed during the month.
The heaviest cargo plane ever, began operating multiple flights in the month to transport medical supplies for battling virus crisis from China to Europe.Ĭhina Aviation Review, which provides aviation news and analysis for the Greater China region and the world, further tweeted on the China Eastern airlines offering a new cargo plane, the Airbus A330, to carry medical supplies and equipment from Shanghai to Madrid. According to an article shared by Flightradar 24, which tracks global air traffic in real time, Antonov An-225, the world’s largest cargo aircraft, rested at Almaty, Kazakhstan, before travelling to Paris with medical supplies. Reconfiguring of aircraft to commence cargo operations in order to move medical supplies and equipment across countries to curb the growing Covid-19 pandemic, was popularly discussed in April 2020. The top tweeted terms are the trending industry discussions happening on Twitter by key individuals (influencers) as tracked by the platform. Sign up here for GlobalData's free bi-weekly Covid-19 report on the latest information your industry needs to know.Ĭargo leads as Aerospace Technology lists the top five terms tweeted on commercial aerospace in April 2020, based on data from GlobalData’s Influencer Platform.
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