Tony Concil speaks to Solar Impulse Foundation Chairman, Bertrand Piccard, about the need to create value and jobs while protecting the environment.
Analysis Environment
Willie Walsh, IATA Director General
Alexandre de Juniac, former IATA Director General and CEO
Dimitris Gerogiannis, Aegean Airlines
With premiums rising across the airline insurance market, safety performance will become a key factor to mitigate increasing insurance costs, write John Rooley, CEO, and Simon Knechtli, Managing Director, Global Aerospace, Willis Towers Watson.
Economics
Aviation has never seen anything like it. In mid-April 2021, close to 9,500 aircraft were still parked, about 34% of the global fleet. While this is down from the 14,000-peak of a year ago, it is a staggering figure.
Safety
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a catastrophic downturn in air travel, revenues, and profitability that has continued through the 2021 first quarter. Perhaps surprisingly, over the same period, the industry’s drive toward airline retailing, enabled by initiatives such as the New Distribution Capability (NDC), has accelerated.
Technology
Andrew Stevens looks at the ability of sustainable aviation fuels to help reduce the industry’s emissions.
EnvironmentHow Covid-19 is driving innovation in the aviation industry. By Alexander van Deudekom, CEO, Get-e
TechnologyTransport services provider Get-e finds that airlines can save at least 13% on their crew transfer costs by going digital.
Amsterdam, 20 January 2021: Amsterdam-based ground transportation company, Get-e, is announcing the airline industry’s first intelligent disruption management solution revolutionising the way airlines resolve the complexities involved when an unexpected diversion or delay displaces passengers.
Approval from the UK financial regulator is a key milestone in Skytra’s mission to develop the next generation of risk management tools for the air travel industrySkytra Price Indices enable airlines’ revenue risk to be hedged for the first time, potentially helping them to achieve higher Ebit predictability, better credit ratings and cheaper access to capital.Independent reference price for air travel published on a daily basis opens up new applications such as new ways of negotiating and contracting for air travel
