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From advanced aircraft to new cabin classes, could flying be more fun after Covid?

There’s no doubt it’s been the toughest time on record for the aviation industry, with passenger numbers plummeting, flight schedules heavily reduced and planes left idle on runways. According to data analysts Cirium, 21 years of global growth has been wiped out in 12 months, with passenger flights down 67pc in 2020. Despite the bleak picture painted by these facts, most major airlines are soldiering on and looking forward to brighter times. Using the pandemic pause to take stock and make improvements, many of the industry’s highest flyers have enhanced aircraft and reshaped protocols to offer customers a safer, greener and comfier time in the sky.

FOCUS-Airlines flying blind into summer capacity sweepstake

FOCUS-Airlines flying blind into summer capacity sweepstake Reuters 2/2/2021 Airlines summer plans beset by uncertainty Last-minute booking clouds demand By Laurence Frost and Sarah Young PARIS, Feb 2 (Reuters) - European airlines buffeted by successive lockdowns have little idea what kind of summer to expect. But they must place their bets anyway. Time is short to commit to flight schedules for the main holiday season, whose profits usually tide the industry through the winter, but whose outlook has never been so uncertain. Cash-strapped carriers must decide when to trigger the costly process of returning parked planes and furloughed staff, or even rehiring. Getting it wrong means losing more money on half-empty flights or – if demand is underestimated – handing badly needed business to rivals.

European Airlines Flying Blind Into Summer Planning Amid Successive Lockdowns

Send European airlines buffeted by successive lockdowns have little idea what kind of summer to expect. But they must place their bets anyway. Time is short to commit to flight schedules for the main holiday season, whose profits usually tide the industry through the winter, but whose outlook has never been so uncertain. Cash-strapped carriers must decide when to trigger the costly process of returning parked planes and furloughed staff, or even rehiring. Getting it wrong means losing more money on half-empty flights or – if demand is underestimated – handing badly needed business to rivals. “It’s like trying to sail a boat when the wind changes direction every couple of minutes,” said Robert Boyle, a former British Airways executive whose firm Gridpoint Consulting advises the industry.

Airlines flying blind into summer capacity sweepstake

Airlines flying blind into summer capacity sweepstake Reuters 02/02/2021 © Reuters/DENIS BALIBOUSE FILE PHOTO: Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in Geneva By Laurence Frost and Sarah Young PARIS (Reuters) - European airlines buffeted by successive lockdowns have little idea what kind of summer to expect. But they must place their bets anyway. Time is short to commit to flight schedules for the main holiday season, whose profits usually tide the industry through the winter, but whose outlook has never been so uncertain. Cash-strapped carriers must decide when to trigger the costly process of returning parked planes and furloughed staff, or even rehiring. Getting it wrong means losing more money on half-empty flights or – if demand is underestimated – handing badly needed business to rivals.

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