A nice new year's eve to everyone.
I want to write about the recent trends in the aviation industry in this year.
Indeed, the aviation industry in this year was at the mercy of the new coronavirus, aka. COVID-19. The virus spread throughout the world in a blank of an eye, and as a result, most international flights were suspended. Not only the tendency of aircraft, but also the management of airlines was greatly affected. Many companies were forced into bankruptcy and operation suspended. Let's see some examples. Air Asia Japan, the Japanese - Malaysian joint venture company launched in 2014, was stopped operation in October and went into liquidation in one month later. Other example is Flybe of United Kingdom and Nokscoot of Thailand. The former is filing bankruptcy in March and the latter has decided to discontinue in June.
Even in my home town, Fukuoka, there were no international flights about two months in spring. Although there are gradual movements to resume operations, starting with cargo flights, however they are unlikely to recover as soon as possible before the pandemic hit.
The photo below is taken on May 6 which was the last day of the long weekend in Japan called Golden Week. As you see the picture, there were no airplanes✈ at the international terminal❗
Of course, domestic flights were also in a very bad situation; about 130 departure flights a day being suspended at one time. Again, there was a gradual recovery trend, but it is certain that the outlook for the future is difficult to overcome the coronavirus disease increasing in Japan.
In terms of equipment trends for worldwide, due to prolonged coronavirus infection, companies are forced to reduce the number of fleets and retired at early age. For example, British Airways, the UK's national flag carrier, announced the immediate retirement of all the Boeing 747-400s on July 17. In Japan too, All Nippon Airways (ANA) was decided to sell 30 unit of Boeing airplanes such as the 777 family for cost reduction. On the other hand, Japan Airlines (JAL) keep introduced an Airbus a350-900 for domestic flights.
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