Heathrow 3rd Runway.
Discussion
Recent news from the chancellor supporting U.K. aviation is significant. Most U.K. Airlines were also expanding just before the virus with many having pilot shortages. Similar is happening in many other countries.
Most are making massive efficiency savings now and looking for money to tie themselves over until after the virus and getting ready for rapid expansion again. Fuel is also at record low price.
Airlines in different regions are going to be affected differently depending on government support and a variety of factors.
I think covid won’t be the big long term change to the aviation industry some are predicting although it may reduce business travel in some sectors as companies install and try better technologies replacing some face to face meetings involving flights.
We do need to develop cleaner technologies for aircraft though.
Most are making massive efficiency savings now and looking for money to tie themselves over until after the virus and getting ready for rapid expansion again. Fuel is also at record low price.
Airlines in different regions are going to be affected differently depending on government support and a variety of factors.
I think covid won’t be the big long term change to the aviation industry some are predicting although it may reduce business travel in some sectors as companies install and try better technologies replacing some face to face meetings involving flights.
We do need to develop cleaner technologies for aircraft though.
vaud said:
That's for the airlines......and maybe Boeing and Airbus, but it will take Heathrow much longer to recover, and it will take the financial world even longer, so there just won't be the enormous financial backing required available to contemplate the expansion programme even in 5 or 10 years time, especially as the enviromental issues will be even tougher to get around by then.Sadly, I think 3rd runway at LHR is now totally dead.
aeropilot said:
especially as the enviromental issues will be even tougher to get around by then.
But will they. Airlines are retiring massive amounts of their fleets.I think that this will signal the end for the 747, and quite possibly the A380.
Also, airlines will retain the most fuel efficient parts of the their fleets.
I can understand that the third runway will be delayed, if it happens at all, but I think it will be more about capacity than the environment.
Trevatanus said:
aeropilot said:
especially as the enviromental issues will be even tougher to get around by then.
But will they. Airlines are retiring massive amounts of their fleets.I think that this will signal the end for the 747, and quite possibly the A380.
Also, airlines will retain the most fuel efficient parts of the their fleets.
I can understand that the third runway will be delayed, if it happens at all, but I think it will be more about capacity than the environment.
A380 is a dead duck to pretty much most of the current users. Even Emirates must be sweating a bit with the number of them they have, and still have on order.
I was more thinking about the extra impetus the enviromental groups will have in another 10 years time, and there will be no Govt support in UK either, as they dropped HAL in it back in Jan after the court case.
I've spent a third of my working life working at Heathrow, but I doubt I'll ever work back there again now.
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