tyb
IATA-Intl. air travel demand won't be back until 2024
The impact of the new coronavirus pandemic is likely to be hard on international air travel, with recovery only projected to come in 2024.
The International Air Transport Association, or IATA, released new analysis of air travel demand on Wednesday.
The association said that it expects overall passenger demand, both domestic and international, in 2021 to be 24 percent below 2019 levels.
And it expects that domestic passenger demand will recover to 2019 levels by 2022, while international demand is expected to return to 2019 levels in 2024.
The IATA warns that fears of being infected while overseas and quarantine rules at destinations are on the minds of potential travelers.
It says that their survey of passengers in April shows that 58 percent are likely to restrict their first trips after the pandemic to domestic ones.
And it noted that 69 percent of recent travelers said that they would not consider traveling overseas if it involved a 14-day quarantine period.
The association calls on governments to come up with a system to ensure the safety of travelers and to adopt measures other than quarantine, such as screening passengers' temperatures to prevent those who have symptoms from travelling.
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20200517_12/
RAAF LINC01 E-7A Wedgetail out of Al Dhafra Air Base-Abu Dhabi nw into the Gulf.
This is a newer version of the E-3 Sentry AWACS
The E-7A Wedgetail is based on a Boeing 737-700, with the addition of an advanced Multi-Role Electronically Scanned Array (MESA) radar, and 10 state-of-the-art mission crew consoles which can track airborne and maritime targets simultaneously. It is a highly advanced aircraft, providing an airborne early warning and control platform that can gather information from a wide variety of sources, analyse it, and distribute it to other assets. The E-7A Wedgetail can: control the tactical battle space; provide direction for assets in the air, at sea and on land; and support aircraft such as tankers and intelligence platforms.
Usually see RAAF tankers out of here. Have not seen this AC type from here at all. These were seen out of Nellis AFB earlier this year and late last.