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[Paphitis]

I suspect that’s actually a difficult forecast to get right. Once this plague settles down to flu-like proportions and consequences I wouldn’t be surprised if there was an explosion (poor pun) in air travel.

Personally, I’ve flown on 11th September a couple of times since 2001 and always felt it was probably the safest day of the year to do so.

Yes, of course it is a difficult forecast, but airlines around the world are not able to be very optimistic since Covid-19 will not go away and neither will it downgrade itself to being a flu-like proportions and consequences. The only possibility of getting back to some degree of normalIt’s is that we all have vaccination travel passes to be updated with booster shots every year or a Covid tests each time one flies, which will come at price as well as last minute trip cancelations at a cost should the Covid test is a positive a day before departure. We already know many millions of people will not want to be vaccinated, but also many millions of people won’t have the opportunity to be vaccinated around the world.

A little different than just flying on September 11th since 2001.

It doesn’t matter that millions will choose to not have the vaccination. These people are the least likely to fly anyway.

I can foresee that anyone who works will be forced to get vaccinated. So when most of the worlds population is vaccinated, there is no reason at all for the travel industry to not resume towards normal operating capabilities.

If you ask me, COVID is here to stay. But hopefully with a vaccination, it just means a runny nose for a few days.

[Londonrake]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/tr ... story.html

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[Kikapu]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/boeing-737max-southwest/2021/04/09/df4ac0b2-992c-11eb-b28d-bfa7bb5cb2a5_story.html

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Can’t open. Not a subscriber to WP.

[Kikapu]

Oops!

Business Insider
Boeing's infamous 737 Max plane has a new issue, and 16 airlines are being told to ground planes

Ben Gilbert
Fri, April 9, 2021, 2:55 PM

Boeing's 737 Max, which was involved in two fatal crashes, has a new issue.

Boeing said that some jets have "a potential electrical issue" and recommended they not be flown.

At least 16 airlines are affected, including Southwest, United, and American.

Visit the Business section of Insider for more stories.

Dozens of Boeing's 737 Max plane, which was involved in two fatal crashes, have another issue.

The company said Friday that some of the planes are facing "a potential electrical issue." As a result, the plane-maker recommended 16 airlines immediately ground their affected models so that the issue can be resolved.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/boeings-infa ... 19251.html

[Londonrake]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/boeing-737max-southwest/2021/04/09/df4ac0b2-992c-11eb-b28d-bfa7bb5cb2a5_story.html

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Can’t open. Not a subscriber to WP.

Neither am I actually. Just in case my mentally fucked up vindictive stalker's tempted to contact the Washington Post. From the safety of a keyboard of course.

Tick tock.

[Londonrake]

Turkish Airlines to fly 737 Max:

https://cyprus-mail.com/2021/04/10/turk ... -approval/

https://cyprus-mail.com/2021/04/09/boei ... customers/

[Kikapu]

Reuters
French lawmakers approve a ban on short domestic flights

Sun, April 11, 2021, 12:05 PM
PARIS (Reuters) - French lawmakers voted late on Saturday to abolish domestic flights on routes than can be covered by train in under two-and-a-half hours, as the government seeks to lower carbon emissions even as the air travel industry reels from the global pandemic.

The measure is part of a broader climate bill that aims to cut French carbon emissions by 40% in 2030 from 1990 levels, though activists accuse President Emmanuel Macron of watering down earlier promises in the draft legislation.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/french-lawma ... 58114.html

[Kikapu]

I don’t think there are any domestic destinations in France (not counting the French islands in the Pacific and the Caribbean) which are further than 2.5 hrs flight, so that would mean almost no flights at all. If this is repeated in other European countries, the skies would be virtually empty other than flights heading to international destinations. Personally, that would be a good thing to reduce the carbon footprints by not flying when not necessary, especially when there are better alternatives to travel such as high speed rail.

[Londonrake]

I don’t think there are any domestic destinations in France (not counting the French islands in the Pacific and the Caribbean) which are further than 2.5 hrs flight, so that would mean almost no flights at all. If this is repeated in other European countries, the skies would be virtually empty other than flights heading to international destinations. Personally, that would be a good thing to reduce the carbon footprints by not flying when not necessary, especially when there are better alternatives to travel such as high speed rail.

Having, in a distant life, (when I was young and beautiful. Well, you get the idea ) flown the Inverness/Hrw/Inverness commuter many, many times, I can't imagine the consequences, for productivity (not to mention my BA Gold card of course) of having to take a train. I wonder just how much less carbon I would have been responsible for generating, travelling on that smoke belching diesel abomination.

[CrookedRiverGuy]

I don’t think there are any domestic destinations in France (not counting the French islands in the Pacific and the Caribbean) which are further than 2.5 hrs flight, so that would mean almost no flights at all. If this is repeated in other European countries, the skies would be virtually empty other than flights heading to international destinations. Personally, that would be a good thing to reduce the carbon footprints by not flying when not necessary, especially when there are better alternatives to travel such as high speed rail.

Ehm

routes than can be covered by train in under two-and-a-half hours