The COVID-19 pandemic has been unlike any crisis, both in terms of depth and duration, and has damaged the aviation industry more than most sectors.
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Travellers have experienced progressively cheaper air fares since the 1970s. That era may be over.
Large Canadian cities, usually major tourist destinations, have have experienced drastic declines in tourists and tourism spending while some regional hotspots have been overwhelmed with visitors.
We thought things would be so much better for international air travel by now, though things could be worse for the airlines themselves.
In pushing out Virgin Australia’s chief executive Paul Scurrah, new owner Bain Capital has signalled more cost-cutting is on the cards.
Icelandic authorities have recently raised the threat level of the Grímsvötn volcano.
Virgin Australia’s cutbacks leave a big question unanswered. Can it ever become a sustainable competitor to Qantas under private equity ownership?
Airlines and airports reacted quickly after 9/11 to put new procedures in place that overcame passengers’ newfound fears of flying. An aviation historian explains why it may be harder to so today.
The scale of the COVID-19 crisis for the global airline industry is unprecedented. But the history of lesser past crises also tells us it will recover.
Seven of the past 10 business bailouts since 1969 have either broke even, or more frequently, ended up making a tidy profit for taxpayers.
Virgin Australia could emerge from this crisis in better shape.
The federal government’s dilemma is whether it is better to bail out Virgin Australia or allow commercial forces to rule, as it has done in the past.
We analysed what the world’s top 58 airlines – such as American Airlines, British Airways and Qantas – are doing about climate change. Even the best airlines are not doing anywhere near enough.
The economic impacts of the new coronavirus on the travel and tourism industry will be felt in every corner of the world and almost every sector of the economy.
Bad customer service is actually good for companies’ bottom lines.
The job of looking after safety in the skies remains a highly sexualised occupation.
Big lines and long distances to walk have plagued airports since the dawn of the jet age. New designs and technologies haven’t helped much, even if they’re visually impressive.
We have known for more than a decade that the pilot training pipeline is close to rupturing. Now the crunch has come there are some obvious things to do.
Over the last three decades, the number of US pilots has decreased by 30 percent. That problem is only going to get worse as demand increases.
Airplanes could be safer with technology at the helm. A key sticking point is human opinion.
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Associate Professor, Purdue University
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Professor of History, University of Dayton
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Deputy Chair, Aviation Department, Faculty of Science, Engineering & Technology, Swinburne University of Technology
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Senior lecturer, Swinburne University of Technology
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Associate Professor of Economics, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer, Tourism, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Sustainable Tourism, Griffith Institute for Tourism, Griffith University
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Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Macquarie University
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Professor of Work and Organisation, University of Essex
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Volcanologist, Lancaster University
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Professor in Work and Organisation Studies, University of Essex
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DANCAP Private Equity Chair in Human Organization, Western University
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Professor of Management, University of Bristol
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Assistant Professor of Computer Science, North Dakota State University
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Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Professional Ethics, Case Western Reserve University
