The lack of demand caused by global travel restrictions often meant low load factors for those aircraft that did manage to take to the skies. “That had never been seen before and we had to work out how they could be maintained and then returned to service in a safe but efficient manner,” says Gilberto Lopez Meyer, IATA’s Senior Vice President, Safety and Flight Operations. At one point, it is estimated that some 15,000 were parked-the majority of the world’s fleet. There were numerous issues regarding aircraft too. On the personnel side, various licenses had to be extended as there was no practical way to re-certify and solutions had to be found that kept skills updated during reduced operations. The coronavirus pandemic had a catastrophic effect on the industry, but ensuring safety was not compromised on its restart was essential, according to IATA.
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