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Insight: Wednesday 22 April 2020: The Other Side – Part 9: the MAX overhang

The coronavirus impact on our industry has hit both airlines and OEMs at the same time. As airline demand was falling, factories around the world have been closing and re-opening to different time tables, resulting in the inability to produce aircraft in the short...

Insight: Friday 17 April 2020: The Other Side – Part 7: Airline Failures and Consolidation

News:The coronavirus has already taken its first airline victim, Germanwings, a part of Lufthansa Group. While this airline was already in trouble, the coronavirus and travel bans were the impetus to finally push it over the edge. While its profitable routes will...

Insight: Wednesday 8 April 2020: The Other Side – Part 4: Fleet Impacts

News:Once the coronavirus crisis ends, air travel will resume, but at lower levels of activity for the first few months as the economy rebounds, employees return to their offices and plants, and airport open at different times throughout the world.Airlines will be...

Insight: Friday 3 April 2020: The Other Side- Part 2 – Demand for Leisure Travel

News:Demand for both business and leisure travel has fallen in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis. On Wednesday we spoke about changes to business travel. Today, we will focus on leisure travel.Leisure travel is directly correlated to economic activity, and with the...