It is a universal item of interest for people in the commercial aviation silo – when do we crawl our way out of this? The stress in the system is at an all-time high – there is desperation for people…
Worldwide, everyone is looking for recovery signs; whether this is medical or economic. The need to get out of the pandemic is universal, regardless of politics or creed. So how are we doing in aviation terms? We assembled passenger numbers…
Air travel in Nigeria seems to be gradually picking up, albeit slowly, but airline operators are not meeting travel demand as demand is far outstripping supply. Armed conflicts in the Northern parts of Nigeria have equally fueled high demand for…
Like everyone else, we have been searching for solid evidence the recovery in air travel is coming. Readers who read the charts in our Morning Call series will have noticed the appearance of recovery. After an internal recovery discussion, we…
The most recent data from China suggests that their admirable air travel recovery has skidded of late. October was the recent high point and was approaching 2019 levels. But November and December saw traffic dropoff. Note the near disappearance of…
The air transport industry in Africa has experienced a number of major disruptions over the last few decades, including health and economic crises that temporarily set back the industry. But none was as devastating as the COVID-19 pandemic, which struck…