The impact of Covid

The continuing global pandemic has greatly impacted the aviation industry, with Airbus retrenching 15,000 personnel worldwide, including 1700 at the UK facilities in Broughton and Filton, 5,000 in France, 5,000 in Germany and 900 in Spain. This grim situation is shared by Boeing, Rolls-Royce and ATR. Meanwhile, more Airlines have announced layoffs including Emirates, the International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG), Lufthansa, Qantas and Air France.