The government bailouts for airlines and aerospace manufacturers in the United States will come with some strings, including the potential for some equity ownership by the government in exchange for their financial support. This seems like a reasonable proposal, given…
The poet Rudyard Kipling is famous for the poem “If“. It starts with powerful imagery – “If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you…” We are in the midst of…
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,…
We, along with several others, are helping an NYC hospital right now in urgent need of masks (see request below) for N95 rated and other masks, protective shields, and gowns. Readers, if you have any personal protective equipment you could…
The hopeful news that the quarantine in Wuhan is ending, combined with the fact the continued reduction in seats in NorthEast Asia has reached a nadir, is good news for both the crisis and our industry. If we assume that…
It’s always darkest before the dawn, the saying goes. We are watching for signs the contagion is turning and we are seeing signs that this may be happening. The Chinese province of Hubei, where the pandemic began, lifted travel restrictions…