[UPDATED 2] The industry shutdown has been a series of hard bumps. As airlines saw their bookings drop off a cliff, they cut back service on a day to day basis. Bookings were so abruptly cut, that airlines were caught…
The US airline industry has followed a path previously walked by the auto industry – cap in hand to Washington for help. This does make sense, given the massive disruption that hit within the past three weeks. So what are…
Several pundits were expecting this to happen yesterday. The impact will be devastating to the EU airlines, many of them already hammered by declining traffic. It needs to be mentioned again – airlines cannot divest expenses as quickly as they…
The Covid-19 virus is just about all anyone in commercial aviation wants to talk about these days. The impact is spreading as fast as the virus and there may be some overreactions. Airlines are canceling flights and parking aircraft because…
The headlines are one thing. But social media have pumped up the volume significantly. Here are two examples that caught our attention so far: item #1 A barber in China, item #2 A traffic stop in China. But this is…
News The outbreak of the COVID-19 Coronavirus that began in Wuhan, China, has been largely contained within China due to actions to quarantine the area to reduce exposure to spreading the disease via human to human contact. Nonetheless, travelers did…