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| SiliconWizard:
This is not going to be pretty, even without this half-filling plane thing. Several airlines have already said this could be several years from now until they can serve dividends again, which is likely to put off quite a few shareholders. And if enough of them sell, I'll let you imagine what happens next. |
| PlainName:
--- Quote ---but just how is are the airlines going to keep prices low or affordable, --- End quote --- Fuel is very nearly free at the moment, so the airlines costs are not what they were. Whether that reduction is enough to cover losing a third of the passengers I don't know, but what's killing the airlines right now (and has already done for some small outfits) is not flying anywhere. |
| rsjsouza:
If there is such mandate, there'll be bailouts. In other words, you and I will foot the bill on one hand, while paying a lot more per ticket on the other. Regarding the app... I agree with the opinion the silent contagion phase may make it quite innocuous or way too dangerous due to the amount of tracking data gathered about one person's life. Besides, the data proessing engine for all that may be quite expensive and I don't trust Google or Apple to handle that. |
| EEVblog:
--- Quote from: SiliconWizard on April 27, 2020, 11:40:16 pm --- --- Quote from: EEVblog on April 27, 2020, 11:31:59 pm ---They have already said likely it'll be a social distancing thing, like a one seat gap between groups. Again, likely still government mandated. --- End quote --- If this is what will be, I'm good with that. I like having my personal space in planes. But this sure would prevent filling planes, and would lead to further losses for airlines... for who knows how long. --- End quote --- You can bet the airlines won't do it willingly without it still being official government advice, thy will want to pack out the planes as quickly as possible, to get them out of extinction of course, but to also capitalise on the low fuel costs at present. They know that people who fly will want to fly regardless. And this whole hype will die down very quickly in places like Australia with single digit cases unless there is another huge flare-up and media beat-up. The air inside an airplane cabin is actually very clean, it's HEPA filtered and exchanged constantly. So the actual chances of picking up something aren't that high if everyone follows good hygiene and sick people don't come on board and start coughing or sneezing. |
| EEVblog:
--- Quote from: Electro Detective on April 28, 2020, 12:39:12 am ---Gents, please excuse if my inconvenient math is incorrect but just how is are the airlines going to keep prices low or affordable, when planes are flown deliberately half empty or half full ? that's just begging for a cheap takeover acquisition/s and who knows how the new owners may/will seek to cut costs, or what their priority thinking is relating to servicing of the planes --- End quote --- a) Fuel is incredibly cheap at present. b) The goal is to encourage people back flying again with extremely low airfares, even if they don't make a profit on a route, it's better than going out of business. The airline business is a long term play. c) The continued flying of planes regardless of number of passengers is vitally important in order to keep pilots certified without requiring simulator time and re-certification. You can't just shut down and airline completely for a couple of months and then just start up again the next day, you'd have no recently active pilots left, they wouldn't be allowed to fly unless you a special exemption. |
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