Newer Planes Are Providing Airlines a Trove of Useful Data
Newer Planes Are Providing Airlines a Trove of Useful Data During the pandemic, older aircraft have been retired, resulting in a fleet that can collect more information about emissions and safety. Credit...James Yang This article is part of our new series, , which examines how rapid advances in technology are transforming our lives. With few flights and even fewer passengers, the coronavirus pandemic unleashed a wave of challenges for airlines. Some have gone out of business and others are barely surviving as global passenger volume hovers at around 50 percent of 2019 levels. Without passeng...