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turbulence even more severely than most and even with some of the fleet returning to the skies the impact on airlines and access makers is set to be long lasting ground it over 19 and the airline industry that's our focus this week on mate i'm chris colfer it's good to have you aboard when covert 19 had europe earlier this year it didn't take long for airlines to react as one country after the next imposed lockdowns flights were canceled all over the world take a look at how the crisis affected the aviation industry the 1st slump came as early as february by may and june there was a 70 percent decrease and global air traffic compared to the previous year it still hasn't recovered even in mid august was only at 50 percent of its pre kovac $1000.00 levels now the pandemic marks a turning point for this trillion dollar industry carriers and many factors are in freefall putting the axe on jobs and former press to. projects take air buses giant

double decker a $380.00 for example the 4 engine jet was always if you will thirsty undertaking now without paying passengers to fill a seats airlines have lost interest in the world's largest airline are now our business phasing out production and we went to say of what the last of its kind. whenever one of these huge planes was to be assembled the nearby abas plant sections of the fuselage had to pass through the living yank villages turned out for the festive procession and to say hello this time in june it was also to say goodbye. number 270 was the last 8380 to be built and then when the series was unveiled 15 years ago it marked a revolution the world's biggest passenger plane now it's being discontinued. i think that people would have loved to have the sec rough you know being produce

for a longer period of time anyway again i think that everybody is very proud about the aircraft and what it means to help us to know how the skills that we developed along those is very important then to pave the way for the future innovation like. for example. the a $380.00 is so extravagantly enormous it's positively owen inspiring that. people have grown fond of it even if they don't work for every us but. i think it's a it's a mixed feeling between a bit of sadness. but also a lot of a lot of pride. and again i'm very proud to have been part of this journey i think that you felt the passion of all the people i think that help us would not be a bus without a future yeah even world wide i mean anybody is able to recognize the few 80 and

this is not a given for any aircraft flying around the world. a 380 was designed to hold as many as 850 passengers on its today but times have changed and the lines. no longer aim to cram as many people as possible into huge planes smaller fuel efficient models the call for now. the end of the road for the a 380 came too soon for ever us the development costs with huge and can hardly have been offset by sales at the same time the pandemic is devastating the industry a large part of the global commercial air fleet remains grounded airlines that were doing well and now facing bankruptcy the german state had to rescue love tenser with a 9000000000 euro bailout orders for new planes have been cancelled or have failed

to materialize. production at abas is being cut back sharply thousands of workers are working reduced hours. as they are still a big cliff with us but of course we've been hit hard as a manufacturer and we have to respond appropriately we've studied past disruptive events such as 911 and sars they all had a negative impact but not as great as the pandemic ours we have to find a way to emerge from the crisis swiftly rise up from this low point given the enormity of the crisis we're talking about years not months we won't get back to where we were until at least 2023 there will be nor return to normality before that . you know material defaults of what's on it has taken off here and clear of course very cool europe with euro for what could of course. ever since pinning its hopes on its a 350 series introduced in 2015 it's quiet fuel efficient and state of the art

oil station i'm unpiloted this one on its 1st flight and bus in toulouse his airline of time so ordered it some years ago and this was the acceptance flight bang in the middle of the deepest crisis end of tenses history. before you fight an open minded policeman it's an important gesture for my colleagues at home on short time work. if if if we have applied one this is a difficult time but it's important to look ahead. before spending your money. doesn't buy that you. love tenser inspectors check every detail of the plane windows seats safety features. everyone free sit down that's your seat belt secure. the list price of an a $350.00 is $300000000.00 euros to for a purchase or paste the full amount is pilots put the plane through its paces.

right now live 10 so it is in the process of shrinking its fleet buying a new plane was controversial within the company. the device is a sign of its most see it as a glimmer of hope of course colleagues are asking why why now and why couldn't delivery be postponed but most appreciate as a contract is binding he can't just say i don't want the plane now it's a sign that we're getting going again high for dozens of deaths it's. it's a limb or of hope for the airline and for the manufacturer have us pilot thomasville hence says every plane that gets built help secure jobs. that once is nice to it's important for us to maintain production albeit at a lower level so it's a good feeling and a positive sign that we continue to deliver such big planes it also shows that

lufthansa and the aviation industry and air bus are confident that things will take off again even if the steps are small and slow to clinton does this with all threats be it opens your lungs on this what this is up to muslim is all well and good. but nobody actually knows what commercial aviation will look like in the future for example of tensors switching some planes from carrying passengers to freight and has therefore removed rows of seats social distancing may be with us for some time and passenger planes too might be facing a redesign less sardine tin more limousine angles look at said designs cabins for adults he says it's crucial to make passengers feel safe so they're willing to fly even journeying the pandemic but i'm here and i've been to the ventilation system exchanges and filters the air in the cabin every 2 or 3 minutes i thought it circulates downwards to help ensure the air is free of viruses.

on the air quality is comparable to that in a hospital surfaces in the washrooms have antibacterial coatings and there are no touch controls so that is a very good starting point a strong basis for ensuring hygiene safety in the air. as it had to flee. the maiden flight of its new a 350 may have gone well but abbott has announced it intends to cut 15000 jobs while white. tens of thousands of jobs on the chopping block that's been one of the results of the dramatic decline in international air travel giant fields of unused aircraft have become an eye catching indicator of the problem here are some more facts to

illustrate the full extent of the industry's crisis. before the coronavirus an average of more than 1000000 people were traveling by plane at any given time the pandemic reduced the number to less than 100000 the u.s. and britain have been especially hard hit by the aviation crisis. the industry accounts for 3 percent of their g.d.p. . it's estimated that up to 64 percent of commercial aircraft were grounded and lines attempts to sell off aircraft are usually unsuccessful carry is all over the world have declared bankruptcy if you received government bailouts germany's lift answer was given a rescue deal of 9000000000 euros. hong kong's cathay pacific received 4500000000 the u.s.

bailout plan for airlines is worth 42000000000 euros but it may not be enough the international air transport association has warned that the crisis could last years . especially if rather than sending staff to their customers and business partners around the world companies continue to hold more video conferences instead. we're conferences are something we hear w have also been getting used to they help us stay on the air. for staying in the air freight business is the one bright spot for abuse and right now it's booming and no wonder as a result of the pandemic people are shopping online like never before our reporter chris. paid a visit to leipsic airport logistics trying d.h.l. operates an international air freight hot. d.h.l.

freighter arrives crammed full with express packages. manager eve on the side of the he's in charge of on loading and rerouting. his planes just arrived from zagreb . the ramp team has just one hour to unload and reload the plane. the number of flights has definitely risen this year and there are more and more night landings. you know the numbers going up to 65 and sometimes there are more than 70 and croft. expressed a livery service d.h.l. as international hub is located in the eastern german city of life. for years business has continued to improve for what is the world's largest logistics company . during the pandemic it specialists have to use every centimeter of available cargo space in their dedicated transport planes. as the coronavirus crisis broke

global passenger flights screech to a halt vastly slashing capacities for air freight as well that's work to do you charles advantage if you're going to say we've been experiencing growth for years but especially now you're in the coronavirus crisis we've seen all the airlines reduce their capacity and if you consider that 60 to 70 percent of freight volume is normally transported in the holds of passenger planes you can imagine that if the airlines disappear and that capacity goes that things will start piling up elsewhere instead. tonight's assignment involves sorting 400000 express packages and bulky items. after arriving in my position the packages are then loaded on to other planes for the next leg of their journey.

2000 employees work the night shift here. paid to be going to is in charge overnight they have 2000 tonnes of parcels to process on this shift. we have to make sure that no parcel is left behind this is a trans shipment hub goods come in and they go straight out again all over the world you know it's one. sends out freight to more than 500 airports every day using the main commercial flight routes flying 1st to major hubs and then on to smaller airports. we've attached a clock to that plane and it's counting down the aim is to empty it in that time it's often thought that the machine at the end. she has 30 minutes to do that.

the night shift is the busiest here and goes from 9 pm to 6 am. that's when the largest number of staff members work. and as most of us my pocket people pay good money to have beds livery by 6 in the morning or by noon we are in charge of making sure everything leads as fast as possible. a typical delivery looks like this at 2 pm someone or 9 or says she wants to send a parcel to rome an hour later it's collected from the customer or truck takes it to the d.h.l. gateway airport. by 7 pm it's on a d.h.l. cargo plane to hong kong for sorting in the d.h.l. hub. around midnight local time it sets off for leipzig.

and are. i was at 2 am central european time it's there and loaded onto another plane and sets off at 5 am for baggage in northern italy. and gets there at 7 am. then the parcel is taken by a truck to a sorting office in rome were a d.h.l. courier collected. the courier delivers the parcel to the recipient at 10 30 am. but back to life. once cabin container loading has been completed he runs idle has to monitor the loading of the planes holds this work is done by hand. and then you are loading so-called blue straight into the belly here the same way passenger baggage is loaded in passenger planes because this plane only has 15

positions for securing launch containers up in the cabin. and within the allotted hour the plane is ready to take off again this time for frankfurt just one of $65.00 takeoffs and landings on this one night at large city airport. one way or another the aviation industry is going to have to reinvent itself not only because of the bend i make with more and more traffic clogging up streets of cities all over the world urban air mobility is no longer the stuff of science it's airbus is just one of the companies hard at work on a design for a flying taxi which the topes will be ready for takeoff within just 3 years. to go 3 to. the new airbus flying taxi performed its 1st public flight demonstration this summer or was the even. the fully electric city air bus reaches

a cruising speed of 120 kilometers an hour and can carry up to 4 passengers. it's currently operated by joystick but is that to fly autonomous late later on. right now it can't go that far the battery is only enough for 15 minutes of flying time. a team of 30 engineers is working to change that. goal for the day but it could still be a while before the city air bus goes into regular operation in europe there's no legal framework for that yet still airbus expects to get certification by 2023. every corner of the aviation industry is reeling from the coronavirus crisis including the 10s of thousands of people who work in europe's airports for the last few months to have felt like ghost towns all reporter milton schmidt went to

frankfurt airport to find out how retail concessions the shops and food service outlets that normally thronged with people buying snacks and last minute gifts have been fairing since the pandemic hit. it's great to be up in the air again this is my 1st flight in many months before the pandemic and the lock down i used to take a trip every 2 or 3 weeks. the mood on board is surprisingly good when the coronavirus crisis started most passengers were really nervous flights are a lot more expensive now. i've come to frankfurt to find out how the retail concession shops and food service outlets at the airport have been faring since dependent make it and. this is kind fact i think it's not change so much this place used to be a hive of activity always crowded

a mass of people from around the world as well isn't anymore. almost half the shops in terminal one are shuttered the other terminal closed down in april. sales at the shops that are open have slumped many people from the far east and the united states were keen to buy lots of products made in germany but they're nowhere to be seen now. head phones for a 1000 euros 1000 or the manager of the 9 shops here tells me they don't stay open all the time like they used to. opening hours are matched to arrivals and departures from. the airport management tells us about flights and how many passengers are on board and we open accordingly i'm calm and. that means there are certain times of day when we're closed. here we tend to open at midday in other sections we are open in the morning and evening but closed

around midday there's no point worrying whether it's all going to be over soon that would just hasten the end better to stay positive and focus on the progress we're making. on department of. there are almost no long haul flights at the moment almost all are within europe. but the last german sausage used to sell like hotcakes at this fast food stand 500 portions a day that is prepared demick the airport made the sausage stand stayed open throughout the lock down it's been losing money for months. but he's a father of the money you people keep saying every crisis presents an opportunity when you've just been hit really hard by a crisis that sounds really offensive. vote that's how i felt. on the other hand there is something to it. is this think it helps if you. understand closes

that bank he produces a cookery show with a friend there reagan donuts will soon be on you tube. for such concessions to stem the bloodletting and make some money again many more people would have to come and buy something but passenger numbers are not expected to rise either fast or soon or wouldn't calling it a day be a good idea. to get to the for one thing there are contracts that say i have to carry on. with the verse i have also invested hundreds of thousands of euros in this place. that i can't just walk away and feel so leaving i still think frankfurt airport is one of the very best locations in germany. and things will eventually get a lot better on the kits that i'm stuck on. the airport operator

says it's going to reduce the rents for the shops in the food outlets to help tide them over but it hasn't done it yet negotiations. there are still underway i wanted to ask the operator about these plans. but the press people are all working reduced hours and none were available for an interview which is a pity and. so we're going to. nobody has a clear idea how things will develop it's a scary situation recovery scraping by for a while longer or bankruptcy it's anybody's guess. looking at things from above often gives you a new perspective and some space something that's very these days my colleague or

nothing i like to share his view on life's challenges and here he is to tell us what getting a bird's eye view from a full sized glider. on the limited freedom. i have total freedom. the world is at my feet. but what direction should i take this way what that way. is to get where i'm headed

what should they do. people make up to 20000 decisions every day so much pressure every day do i even want to do this my job hopped off. why am i doing this to myself who am i trying to prove something to all these possibilities all these choices don't make it any easier. i know i want to go that way. and somehow in our compost will show us the way we just have to trust it. on dot and then we can all fly and each of us knows where. i've. just seen this coming and coming from yeah.

that's our show for this week thanks for watching stay healthy.

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