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Newslinks: May 2020

June 2, 2020

NEWS

Covid-19 and aviation

COVID-19 TRANSMISSION FROM FLIGHTS

• Jevons’ paradox and a tax on aviation to prevent the next pandemic
https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/vb5q3

COVID-19 FLIGHT CUTS

• Aviation industry prepares for sweeping changes in post-pandemic travel
https://amp.ft.com/content/abc6355a-3801-4e32-a992-f55e475d4454?

• Ryanair’s Laudamotion to close Vienna base
https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2020/0522/1139963-laudamotion-to-close-vienna-base/

• 5000 aircraft could stay grounded report claims
https://www.airlineratings.com/news/5000-aircraft-stay-grounded-claims-report/

• COVID, climate and America’s corporate travel culture
https://www.greenbiz.com/article/covid-climate-and-americas-corporate-travel-culture

• Air travel is going to be very bad, for a very long time
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/05/james-fallows-flying-will-never-be-same/

• What will happen to airlines after coronavirus?
https://www.etoro.com/blog/market-insights/what-will-happen-to-airlines-after-coronavirus/?utm_medium=SEM&utm_source=45729&utm_content=0&utm_serial=Corona_AirLines_ASIC_AU_Taboola_AFFID_45729_&utm_campaign=Corona_AirLines_ASIC_AU_Taboola_AFFID_45729_&utm_term=https://trc.taboola.com/eslmedia-theindependent/log/3/click&utm_source=taboola&utm_medium=referral&tblci=GiCBP0PYP5cbpSC_rZ5hHTnuvM1DdfiBvWe5sBBTSuhB4CCY_Eg

• A year without conferences? How the coronavirus pandemic could change research
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00786-y

• IATA: Passenger demand may not recover until 2024
https://www.flightglobal.com/airlines/iata-passenger-demand-may-not-recover-until-2024/138357.article

• The airline business is terrible. It will probably get even worse
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/10/business/airlines-coronavirus-bleak-future.html

• “If someone had told me a year ago that global air traffic would be halved in 2020, I would have jumped for joy”
https://medium.com/wedonthavetime/if-someone-had-told-me-a-year-ago-that-global-air-traffic-would-be-halved-in-2020-i-would-have-7b39ab5a4649

• Aircraft financing in a post-COVID-19 world
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/aircraft-financing-in-a-post-covid-19-89280/

• Coronavirus: Virgin Atlantic to cut 3,000 jobs and quit Gatwick
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-52542038?at_campaign=64&at_custom1=%5Bpost+type%5D&at_custom2=twitter&at_custom3=%40BBCBreaking&at_custom4=0063D5E4-8ED0-11EA-AF3E-5AE739982C1E&at_medium=custom7

• Post-pandemic predictions
https://www.nwaonline.com/news/2020/may/08/post-pandemic-predictions-20200508/

COVID-19 AND FLIGHT REBOUND

• Qantas eyes rapid return to flying as states open borders
https://www.theage.com.au/business/companies/qantas-eyes-rapid-return-to-flying-as-states-open-borders-20200519-p54uf3.html#comments

• Qantas Group announces ‘fly well’ to prepare for travel restrictions easing
https://www.qantasnewsroom.com.au/media-releases/qantas-group-announces-fly-well-to-prepare-for-travel-restrictions-easing/

• Qantas decision to fill Australian flights to capacity condemned by infectious disease experts
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/may/19/qantas-decision-to-fill-australian-flights-to-capacity-condemned-by-infectious-disease-experts?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

• Chinese airlines not likely to rebound for at least two years
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeboyd/2020/05/19/a-rebound-at-chinas-airlines-is-not-likely-for-at-least-two-years/#347a8c02520d

• Morrison and Ardern agree on travel ‘bubble’ between New Zealand and Australia
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/05/trans-tasman-travel-bubble-to-allow-flights-as-soon-as-lockdowns-ease-morrison-and-ardern-agree

• Two-week quarantine will cripple us, aviation industry warns Boris Johnson
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/09/two-week-quarantine-will-cripple-us-aviation-industry-warns-boris-johnson

• Aviation bosses raise ‘serious concern’ over UK quarantine plans
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/may/11/heathrow-calls-for-urgent-plan-to-restart-more-flights

Emissions growth

HELICOPTERS

• The climate challenges facing the helicopter industry
https://www.verticalmag.com/features/the-climate-challenges-facing-the-helicopter-industry/

CORSIA

• Airlines in EU face wait for greenhouse gas emissions clarity
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-and-energy/airlines-in-eu-face-wait-for-greenhouse-gas-emissions-clarity

• Trump’s EPA just introduced a historic CO2 rule for planes. Wait, what?
https://grist.org/climate/trumps-epa-just-introduced-a-historic-emissions-standard-for-airplanes-wait-what/

• The EPA introduced the first-ever U.S. aeroplane carbon regulations
https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2020/05/the-epa-introduced-the-first-ever-us-airplane-carbon-regulations/

Emissions de-growth

ALTERNATIVE FUEL

• UK’s first waste-to-jet-fuel plant gets green light
https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/civils/uks-first-waste-to-jet-fuel-plant-gets-green-light-29-05-2020/

• All electric aviation
https://www.newelectronics.co.uk/electronics-technology/all-electric-aviation/227389/

• Air travel: Greener by design
https://www.aerosociety.com/media/12007/greener-by-design-report-2018-2019.pdf

• BA and Shell provide £1m for Velocys clean fuel plant
https://www.sharecast.com/news/news-and-announcements/ba-and-shell-provide-1m-for-velocys-clean-fuel-plant–7481955.html

• Airline lobbying group praises new sustainable aviation fuel pathway
https://airlinegeeks.com/2020/05/14/airlines-for-america-praises-new-sustainable-aviation-fuel-pathway/

• Scientists create a prototype ‘air plasma’ engine that works without fossil fuels
https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-have-created-a-fossil-fuel-free-jet-engine-prototype

• Scientists in China target emissions-free flight with air plasma jet engine
https://inews.co.uk/news/environment/scientists-china-emissions-planes-jets-flying-2843619

ALTERNATE TRAVEL

• Want a battery train?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxZQeS__6sE&fbclid=IwAR2hrPqVuFqCOPeXqjxOvD4PXC_lR7oNsQOQAieKSapcgHVmzZaN6fE16OI

• World’s largest all-electric aircraft set for first flight
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/27/worlds-largest-all-electric-aircraft-set-for-first-flight

• High-speed rail on Australia’s east coast would increase emissions for up to 36 years
https://theconversation.com/high-speed-rail-on-australias-east-coast-would-increase-emissions-for-up-to-36-years-138655

• Life without airplanes: from London to New York in 3 days and 12 hours
https://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2008/06/ocean-liners.html?fbclid=IwAR3ThVUubb-dlp5K_ly4O2Mm8YP6Z-eGknOEESo8SpdLbs8iLO6_pVDqnE4

• Virtual travel experiences that let you explore the world from your living room
https://www.thrillist.com/travel/nation/virtual-trips-travel-tours

FLIGHT REFRAIN

• Does ‘flight shame’ affect social norms? Changing perspectives on the desirability of air travel in Germany
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S095965262032062X

• Flight carbon footprint calculator
https://www.carbonindependent.org/22.html

EMISSIONS REDUCTION TARGETS

• Dutch aviation pushed to net zero emissions by 2070; Schiphol will not expand into North Sea
https://nltimes.nl/2020/05/16/dutch-aviation-pushed-net-zero-emissions-2070-schiphol-will-expand-north-sea

GREENWASH

• How airlines can chart a path to zero-carbon flying
https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/travel-transport-and-logistics/our-insights/how-airlines-can-chart-a-path-to-zero-carbon-flying?cid=other-eml-alt-mip-mck&hlkid=ee0f780eab5449919f9850d77af88c7f&hctky=11343117&hdpid=6f7522a2-4e18-42db-95fd-1d69b3f7259e#

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