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Critical markets where the carrier has struggled for years
3,200 planes sat at American airports this spring as the COVID-19 pandemic raged. Airlines slashed fleets, routes, and began preparing to slash their workforce – some by 45 percent. Just last year the industry was facing a pilot shortage, with estimates of 200,000 pilots needed by 2038. But with fewer flights and the pandemic continuing, there’s too many pilots and aviation students who are preparing for turbulence in the job market.
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| Sudden Demand Dip Tests Southwest’s Flexibility | Sean Broderick
A sudden reversal in incrementally positive demand trends will force Southwest Airlines to scale back its 2020 capacity plans, but executives are confident that the headwinds will not force it to cut staff beyond what voluntary programs will accomplish. |
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| Cabin Interiors: Flying In The COVID-19 Era | Linda Blachly
Aircraft cabin manufacturers continue to innovate to develop new cabin designs, and many have responded to what aircraft interiors could look like in the post-COVID-19 environment—particularly in the economy cabin that would enable social distancing between passengers. |
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| Aviation Daily Roundup: July 23 | | From Spirit Airlines deferring Airbus deliveries over pandemic slowdown to British Airways pilots’ deal includes 270 compulsory job cuts and more. A roundup of Aviation Daily news. |
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| 2020 World Airline Report Roundup | | COVID-19 has not just rewritten the airline economics rulebook—it has devoured it. The revised financial outlook for 2020 is for airlines to make a loss of some $85 billion. |
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| Flight Paths Forward: A detailed examination of the future of the aerospace industry as we begin to climb out of the COVID-19 crisis. Join us for two weeks of virtual content including in-depth reports, videos, webinars, CEO interviews and technology-focused podcasts. |
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Route to Recovery | Driving the European Recovery
July 28 10:00 EDT | 15:00 BST | 16:00 CEST
As the EU and UK continue to relax their borders, demand is starting to return to the continent. But the impact from airlines down the tourism business chain has already been seismic, with little of the summer season left to claw back revenues. We learn more about how safety standards and marketing can reignite passenger demand, and how networks are being rebuilt for the return of leisure travel across Europe
Can Europe salvage the critical summer 2020 season? How can the industry instill confidence in passengers who are unwilling to travel? How can airports and airlines coordinate to rebuild viable long-term routes?
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