Grounded airline fleets around the world.
Above: Stansted airport, London. Photograph: Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images; Shuttlesworth international airport in Birmingham, Alabama. Photograph: Elijah Nouvelage/Reuters (x2); Bournemouth airport. Photograph: National Police Air Service/PA; Incheon international airport, South Korea. Photograph: YONHAP/EPA and Brisbane Airport, Australia. Photograph: Darren England/AAP)
MORE: Planes grounded by coronavirus pandemic sit idle at airports around the world (The Guardian)
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U.S. Travel Industry Alone Set To Lose Over $500 Billion In 2020
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I wonder if this will be the final nail in Boeing’s coffin? After the delays and loss of sales of the 737 Max, the compensation claims that are sure to ensue, and now likely a further loss of sales as airlines go under and until the airline industry recovers I reckon it could be a very tricky time for them.
I reckon the skies have not been this empty since before the airline age, even counting September 2001.
aren’t they neighbours of Bill’s there in Seattle
bailing them out might be a better use of his surplus billions
Keeping it local like
Bezos and his billions probably more dependent on Boeing.
True
Any safety issues for aircraft not being active for so long?
Yes, but engineers will be maintaining them. Checking and changing fluids, giving the engines a spin, even moving the plane a bit so the weight isn’t sitting on one part of the tyres for too long
Typical, there’s never one when you need it and then they come in bunches.
I will never fly on a Boeing 747 max….