According to a note from the US DoT today: “The 23 U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 1.5% fewer full-time equivalents (FTEs) in mid-September 2020 than in mid-August 2020: Mid-September’s total number of FTEs (404,869) was down 6,307 FTEs from mid-August…
Worldwide, almost 30% of airlines’ fleet is still grounded, according to data provided by Cirium. In Mexico, though, most commercial airlines’ planes have resumed their operations, but are they flying enough? Mexican airlines finished 2019 with an active fleet of…
Worldwide, the recovery of the Mexico-US aviation market is gaining headlines. According to Airlines For America, Mexico has become the number one country pair by total nonstop air passengers for the US. By September, 946,000 people traveled between both countries,…
Brazil is the largest aviation market in Latin America. In 2019, it handled over 213 million passengers, double the second-largest market in the region, Mexico. Currently, Brazil has over 5 million COVID-19 cases, being the third worldwide with the…
Watching session after session at Thursday’s digital World Aviation Festival, you couldn’t help but think that one airline executive after another top manager was reading from the same piece of paper. Their message: governments must work together on common Covid-measures…
London Heathrow and Dubai International are offering to become pilot-airports for pre-travel Covid-testing that if successful should convince decision-makers that this is the way to go. It should win back the confidence of the traveler. Airport CEO’s discussed the current…