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In 2020, the operations of airlines were shattered. Over 60% of commercial aircraft in the world have been grounded. While floats were leaving the aircraft storage facilities to spend months at the warm, dry desert sunshine.
The International Air Transport Association warned in April 2020 that 25 million jobs were in danger of collapse because of COVID-19 demand for air services. The Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic leaves the international airline sector with a colossal loss of US$371 billion of gross passenger income by 2020 with another predicted loss of US$286 to US$317 billion by 2021.
Due to this devasting event in the airline industry, you could expect certain big names to disappear from the sky. The Aviation Centre, CAPA, lists only 34 non-surviving airlines in 2020. However, 46 commercial airlines fail in 2019 and 56 in the year before according to travel data company Cirium.
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Airlines were gutted in 2020. More than 60 per cent of the world s commercial aircraft were grounded. Whole fleets headed off to spend months in the warm, dry, desert sunshine of aircraft storage facilities. In April 2020, the International Air Transport Association warned that 25 million jobs were at risk due to plummeting demand for air travel caused by COVID-19. According to an International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) report, Effects of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) on Civil Aviation , released on July 6, 2021, the world s airline industry lost US$371bn in gross passenger revenue in 2020, with another loss of $US286-317bn expected in 2021.
Transport Workers Union
TWU is criticising Lindsay Transport for an inadequate response to the death of one of its workers six years ago.
Safe Work NSW has released information about undertakings it has forced Lindsay to comply with, including developing a safety app, following the fatality in October 2015 in Western Sydney.
But the TWU says a substandard workplace agreement and the death of another driver three years ago, who was left dead for 10 hours on the underpass of a Brisbane motorway without the company even knowing he was missing, shows Lindsay has not changed its attitude to safety.
The Fair Work Commission has raised a number of concerns about rates and conditions in the Lindsay enterprise agreement not meeting the minimum standards. Pay and safety for truck drivers have been scientifically linked through decades of research.
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Holiday travel has driven recovery of domestic airline market
A surge in domestic tourism as a result of increased consumer confidence, lower airfares and greater competition between airlines helped drive the recovery of Australia’s airline industry in recent months, the ACCC’s fourth Airline Competition in Australia report reveals.
The report, released today, shows total passenger numbers in March 2021 were 55 per cent of pre-pandemic numbers, up from 41 per cent in December 2020. The airlines have reported continued growth since March 2021 and had forecast a return to pre-pandemic levels of flying early in the second half of 2021. However, recent outbreaks and subsequent border closures are likely to delay this timeframe.
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Premium Content Aerial view of famous Navagio shipwreck beach in. Zakynthos in Greece. Picture: Getty Images The number of countries opening their borders to vaccinated travellers is growing, prompting further calls from airlines for Australia to develop a concrete plan to reopen. More than 20 countries have wholly or partially lifted restrictions for vaccinated travellers, including Germany, Poland, Portugal, Greece, Korea, Iceland, Israel, the Maldives and Estonia. Other countries, such as the UK, have implemented a traffic light system, with Australians among those able to visit without quarantining. Singapore is granting air travel passes for short-term visitors from countries including Australia.