The Covid pandemic's initial impact in the spring of 2020 constituted an unprecedented shock to the global industry, and ever since the recovery path has been hard to chart. Seeking clarity in hard data, AIN asked two specialists, data and analytics provider Spire Aviation and aviation intelligence supplier FlightAware, to crunch some numbers that could illustrate the fluctuations that have characterized the air transport industry's situation. Spire generated data from its own constellation of more than 110 satellites to track the number of flights operated by six international carriers between January 2020 and the end of May 2021. The variations in their fortunes is striking, reflecting wide differences in Covid's impact, governmental responses, and societal attitudes towards the risk from travel.
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