coincidence. that 10 previously the earth was just in math the chemistry lab level told me she summed up. the improbable but. through the rest of the creation of our solar system with our planet is a bit like winning the lottery if there is a little bit of. what is earth or more unique start september 18th on g.w. . a 99 percent drop in paying customers the coronavirus pandemic has been wreaking havoc in many sectors of the economy but the airline industry has been feeling the

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 kober 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 air traffic was only at 50 percent of its pretty covert $1000.00 levels now the pandemic marks a turning point for this trillion dollar industry carriers and many factors are in freefall putting the x. on jobs and former prestige. take airbuses 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 or now are both as 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 at the nearby adams plant sections of the fuselage had to pass through a living yak 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 that's 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 raf 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 and normal it's positively people who were inspiring . people have grown fond of it even if they don't work fast. 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 of us without the yeah even worldwide i mean anybody is able to recognize the few 80 and

this is not a given for any aircraft flying around the work. be a 380 was designed to hold as many as 850 passengers on its today but times have changed and airlines. no longer aim to cram as many people as possible into huge planes smaller fuel efficient models the cold for now. the end of the road for the a 380 came too soon for us the development costs less 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 abas has been cut back sharply thousands of workers are working reduced hours. as has been a beautiful thought 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 ass 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 but we will get back to where we were until at least 2023 there will be a nori turn to normality before that. you know maturity before it's over it's on its what they call fear and clear corporate coffee up with a record 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.

piloted this one on its 1st flight abas in toulouse has an line of 10 so ordered it some years ago and this was the acceptance flight bang in the middle of the deepest crisis end of tenses history. if you. 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. or doesn't like a few. tense or inspectors check every detail of the plane windows seats safety features. everyone for a sit down passenger seat belt security. the list price of an a 350 is 300000000 euro news before a purchase or pays the full amount its 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. for the bison is one of the 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 you 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. a glimmer of hope for the airline and for the manufacturer have us pilot thomasville hen says every plane that gets built help secure jobs. that once is reached it just 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 lift

and the aviation industry and airbus are confident that things will take off again even if the steps are small and slow it's in dozens 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. well 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 and of look at so designs cabins for and us he says it's crucial to make passengers feel safe so they're willing to fly even journey in the pandemic of the i'm here in the ventilation system exchanges and filters the air in the cabin every 2 or 3 minutes. it circulates downwards to help

ensure the air is free of viruses. and shit. 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 here as it heads of. the maiden flight of its new a 350 may have gone well but abbott has announced it intends to cut 15000 jobs worldwide. perfect. for. 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 airlines attempts to sell off aircraft the usually unsuccessful carry is all over the world have declared bankruptcy a few received government bailouts germany's lift answer was given a rescue deal of 9000000000 euros. hong kong's cathay pacific received 4500000000 the us 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. video conferences are something we here 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 . paid a visit to leipsic airport where logistics trying d.h.l. operates an international air freight hawk. d.h.l.

freighter arrives crammed full with express packages. manager evo inside it is in charge of unloading 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 known night landings. you know the numbers going up to 65 and sometimes there are more than 70 aircraft. express to livery service do you chose international hub is located in the eastern german city of lights. for years business has continued to improve for what is the world's largest logistics company. during the ground specialist serve to use every centimeter of available cargo space in there 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 during 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 leipzig the packages are then loaded on to other planes for the next leg of their journey.

2000 employees work the night shift here. pay to be counted is in charge overnight they have 2000 tonnes of parcels to process on this shift that's my god 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 its 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. the pace of work is fast 30 containers have to be unloaded from the whole of the plane. he runs idol deals with 8 planes a night. yes we've attached

a clock to the plane and it's counting down the aim is to empty it in the time it's often called that the machine at the end. she has 30 minutes to do that. the night shift is the busiest year and goes from 9 pm to 6 am. it's when the largest number of staff members work. and as most of us my pocket people pay good money to have that delivery by 6 in the morning or by noon we are in charge of making sure everything moves as fast as possible. but typical delivery looks like this at 2 pm some $100.00 or he says she wants to send a parcel to rome an hour later it's collected from the customer a 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 leipsic. and arrives 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 idol has to monitor the loading of the planes holds this work is done by hand.

and then you are loading so-called flew straight into the belly here the same way passenger baggage is loaded in passenger planes because this plane only has 15 positions the securing launch containers up in the cabin you know 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 are 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 with a topes will be ready for takeoff within just 3 years. take go 3 to. the new airbus flying taxi performed its 1st public flight demonstration this

summer or italy or 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. but team of 30 engineers is working to change that. before then. 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 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 these have felt like ghost towns all reporter military 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 fairing since the pen demick it and.

this is kind of changed so much this place used to be a hive of activity always crowded a mass of people from around the world well it isn't anymore. almost half the shops in terminal one are shut or 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 and 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. there are almost no long haul flights at the moment almost all are within europe. but last german sausage used to sell like hotcakes at this fast food stand 500 portions are day that is prepared gammick the airport made the sausage stand stayed open throughout the lock down it's been losing money for months. 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 i know there is something to it the quiet. this is think it helps if you. understand closes that right he produces a cooking show with a friend there peak in 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 i have also invested hundreds of thousands of euros in this place. that i can't just walk away and. i still think frankfurt airport is one of the very

best locations in germany. and things will eventually get a lot better on because that's what i'm struck of as. the airport operator says it's going to reduce the rents for the shops and 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. 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.

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