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Analysis CAPA Founder and Chairman Emeritus, Peter Harbison, delivers an address on the environmental sustainability pressures facing the global aviation industry before and after the Covid-19 pandemic. At this month’s CAPA Live Summit, screening on Wednesday 10-Mar-2021 and addressing the theme of sustainability, Mr Harbison says finding a balance between survival of the world and survival of the aviation and travel industry is “not an easy equation...One is an existential threat, and the other one is a threat to our existence; one is very short term, the other one is short-term and long...

Technology is by far the most important overall factor for cutting carbon emissions, embracing both aircraft and engine technology and sustainable aviation fuels. Aircraft/engine technology: 'upcoming aircraft' and 'future aircraft' Aircraft/engine technology improvements includes both evolutionary change to 'upcoming aircraft' (i.e. aircraft models already available or in the pipeline that are more efficient than most of the installed fleet) and next generation future aircraft types. The modelling envisages that upcoming aircraft reduce emissions by between 15% and 25% over previous generati...

Analysis Saudi LCC flyadeal turned three years old in Sep-2020 and pre-pandemic was about to reach 10 million passengers, but despite the setback is already back to 90% of its frequencies, flying domestically. Plans to start flying internationally have been pushed back to summer 2021; flyadeal will stay within the region to start with. There is likely to be some overlap with its sister airline Saudia, but as they have very different customer demographics, they see a role for both airlines.  The LCC will receive A320neo future deliveries, to facilitate growth, and those aircraft are more fuel...

Analysis International recovery will take longer than Sir Tim Clark, president of Emirates Airline, first thought. With the focus now on controlling the spread, it’s not possible to think of operating fleets at the levels they had hoped. Apart from the US, Sir Tim does not see the sector-specific aid that needs to go into the perfectly good businesses to help them survive. They have good business models – just no passengers. Sir Tim believes it’s a good time to sort out a lot of the issues that have been niggling for a long time. There is an opportunity to think about how you would go a...

Analysis African airlines were grounded for the period from Mar- to Sep-2020, and with no aid forthcoming it has been difficult for many airlines. As a result "the African airline industry has been severely damaged". Ethiopian Airlines could see that there was an opportunity with cargo demand and made a quick decision to build up capacity. That has helped the airline manage its cash flow without any bailout money or borrowing, and without any lay-offs or any salary reduction. The airline is operating to China with 50 widebody flights a week on average, plus operations to and via Europe with P...