A virus-driven temporary cut in air traffic is no substitute for lasting emissions-reduction measures, and this is still the time to consider what a sustainable post-COVID-19 airline industry should look like.
In the face of the widening COVID-19 crisis, Austria´s Innsbruck Airport will shut down commercial operations for three months as a cost-saving measure.
Irish ultra-LCC Ryanair is cash rich and has many assets other airlines lack to see it through the industry’s multiple crises. But like Southwest Airlines, Ryanair is an all-Boeing 737 operator, so the MAX grounding has been a particular blow to growth and financials.
Airports can take five critical actions to best prepare for disruption of their business operations from the COVID-19 virus, the head of Washington DC airports’ emergency management team said.