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How Will COVID-19 Impact Aviation and How Will It Recover?
The impact of the urgent financial action • loans, loan guarantees COVID-19 pandemic has should be taken by or direct support to caused an unprecedented governments to assist maintain financial state of uncertainty for all the aviation industry liquidity across the business circles as well as to protect jobs, ensure aviation ecosystem aviation which has been essential operations, and According to latest the hardest hit. Executives plan for recovery. economic impact analysis and officials are struggling The most comprehensive released by the ICAO, to understand the new scenario-based analyses the latest estimates situation with new on how to survive, sustain indicate that the possible challenges. essential operations and COVID-19 impact on The industry is united preserve jobs have been scheduled international with governments around conducted by ICAO, passenger traffic for the the world in efforts to IATA, ACI and all related full year 2020, compared stop the spread of the international organizations to Baseline (business as virus, and, in the face and associations of usual, originally-planned), of massive government aviation.They have would be: imposed travel restrictions, respectively published best -V-shaped path (Scenario the industry is doing all it & worst-case scenarios 1: a first sign of recovery can to maintain air cargo about the future of the in late May) – Overall operations that are vital global aviation sector from reduction ranging from to supporting global the outset of the outbreak. 38% to 55% of seats supply chains, including Recently Airports Council offered by airlines – medical shipments that International (ACI) World Overall reduction of 861 are critical in the fight and the International Air to 1,292 million passengers against COVID-19. Transport Association – Approx. USD 151 to 228 The economic impact (IATA) came together to billion potential loss of of the measures taken call for governments to gross operating revenue on all involved in the quickly grant financial of airlines global air transport relief to assist airport -U-shaped path (Scenario industry has been operators and airlines 2: bottom out and pick up air travel, and economic severe. With passenger during the COVID-19 in third quarter or later) – conditions, etc. demand plummeting to crisis and to support the Overall reduction ranging unprecedented levels, essential connectivity the The European Commission from 48% to 71% of revenues are falling beyond industry will provide for is currently developing a seats offered by airlines – the ability to mitigate this economic recovery. set of rules for the safe Overall reduction of 1,108 drastic decline, even with reopening of air travel ACI and IATA are calling for to 1,524 million passengers the most extreme cost- in the context of the urgent balanced support – Approx. USD 194 to 269 cutting measures. Airports COVID-19 crisis. These to the industry via: billion potential loss of and airlines continue to guidelines and protective gross operating revenue face a financial liquidity • taxation relief, including measures should be of airlines. The impact crisis. Moreover the current alleviation of payroll published mid-May depends on the duration state of the global air taxes, corporate taxes, 2020 according to the and the magnitude of the transport industry risks concession fees or other European Commissioner outbreak and containment the loss of millions of jobs. government income from for Transport, Ms. Adina measures, the degree of the industry Valean. The proposed It is obvious that and consumer confidence for
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rules should ensure a safe, intensive schedules that has given everyone our business lives and we timely and workable return with monthly travel and an opportunity to think can face the future with to normal operations meetings are now working and ask themselves these renewed purpose and the for all airspace users in remotely and perhaps questions: who am I, what full force of our energy... Europe. pondering their life, while am I doing, what do I want Enjoy the issue.. breathing deeply from a from life, what do I love I personally believe window or balcony of their and what is really a waste that the whole world is home during quaratine. of precious time. I hope to facing many of the same What did humanbeings calm down in this process Ayşe Akalın challenges and it is as miss while being focused and reflect upon my life. Editor in Chief if the pause button was on a fast paced life, the I also hope that many of pressed and the world thrill of goals, contracts, us will take time to look as we knew it came to a competition, ambition at our lives from a new sudden hault. Business of success, making more and different perspective people who could not money? It is as if an as our personal lives catch a breath from environment was created inevitably extend into
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Şebnem Akalın Can Erel International Saffet Uyanık Chief Advisor to Relations & Editor Editorial Board Advertisement Director Ayşe Akalın Publisher & Editor in Chief
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Yeşim Bilginoğlu Cem Akalın İbrahim Sünnetçi Editor Yörük Managing Editor Administrative Coordinator
7 Turkey’s International Cooperation, Expertise and Forward Vision in Aviation
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In this exclusive Aviation in the Ministry of and I’ve served as an is a discipline and service Turkey interview, Suat Transport. I served as a executive in top levels of industry developed in the Hayri Aka, the Permanent Deputy Undersecretary management during the last 150 years. A branch Representative of Turkish between 2006 and 2016 last 13 years. This is a long developed in many Republic of Turkey to and as Undersecretary career in transportation. aspects being inspired the International Civil of the Ministry since I became familiar with by maritime rules and Aviation Organization 2016. While I was Aviation in 2006 after I procedures in areas discusses how Turkey’s Deputy Undersecretary, was appointed as Deputy such as law, technique, active participation in I was responsible Undersecretary. Although operation, security and international cooperation for the aviation and I had some hesitation safety. Life, Property is building national maritime sectors and at the outset, I had the and Environment safety visibility with a target our Ministry's Foreign chance to learn and and security constitute to become a member of Relations and EU affairs, accommodate myself to the core of the basic the Council and Aviation and related departments. aviation rather quickly rules considered as the Navigation Commission. When I became an thanks to the operational constitution of both The next Council Undersecretary, my and technical similarities branches. members will be elected responsibilities also in the Maritime and I can say that being a in 2022 in the elections included matters such Aviation sectors. licenced Ocean Going at the General Assembly as the construction and Maritime is a much older Master is one of the and preparations are regulation of Highways discipline than aviation; factors supporting this underway engaging and Railways, as well it has a history of more rapid adaptation. the ICAO community as Communication and than two thousand as well as Turkey to join Information Technologies As one of the decision years, whereas aviation back with Council and Satellites. makers on behalf of membership. Aviation Turkey: Mr. Aviation Turkey: Aka, you have had an Mr. Suat Hayri Aka, important professional you have assumed the Maritime career. In role of the Permanent addition, you assumed Representative of the responsibilities in the Republic of Turkey to field of Aviation and the International Civil Air Transportation in Aviation Organization the past as well. What (ICAO) and we wish would you like to say you success in your about this? new position. Could you Suat Hayri Aka: Yes, I please briefly introduce yourself to our readers? assumed various roles in various branches of Suat Hayri Aka: Thank maritime, both during my you. I was appointed as the education and as a long Ambassador - Permanent part of my professional Representative of the career. I worked at sea Republic of Turkey to the as a seafarer, lectured ICAO with the Presidential at various universities decree dated December for many years as an 7, 2019 and I took office academician, engaged in Montreal on January 1, in maritime trade at 2020. various fields on my Dr. Fang Liu - ICAO Secretary General met with Suat Previously, I was working own behalf for 16 years Hayri Aka
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the Ministry for 12 contain unprecedented thanks to its location national visibility has years, I was involved opportunities and risks on the route of the enormous significance in the activities of the as well. I also have the world's busiest air in the preparation of the General Directorate opportunity to improve transportation, as well Council elections I just of Civil Aviation and my know-how on such as the success of its mentioned. the State Airports issues. airlines. Of course, Aviation Turkey: Authority. We worked Aviation Turkey: the achievements What will Turkey’s closely with Turkish As of January 1, of our regulatory vision be towards its Airlines, our private 2020, you assumed a bodies and airport Council membership airline companies, service significant role during administrations should again in 2023? What organizations delivering a time when Turkey had not be disregarded. In would you like to tell ground services etc., lost its membership in our activities, we focus about the process and the planned and with sectoral ICAO Council. Could primarily on providing you please inform campaigns? non-governmental a representation us briefly about the organizations at all times. equivalent to this leading Suat Hayri Aka: The current daily activities We teamed up with our of the Permanent position in the ICAO and process for the Council stakeholders on issues Representation, duties having a voice in the elections in the ICAO is such as planning and and responsibilities, ICAO's decision-making different than those in construction of airports, and organizational bodies. the other UN agencies training, supervision, structure? like IMO and others. We say Turkey should and authorization and First, it depends on the Suat Hayri Aka: First of will become a member of certification of airline consensus reached all, I would like to point out the Council and Aviation companies, negotiations within the regional that Turkey did not lose Navigation Commission, and decisions for national organizations that the its Council membership; which determine the and international states are a member Turkey did not nominate global civil aviation flights, aviation of. At this stage we at own request. This standards and take safety and security, will strive to achieve a was because of an important decisions. The and international general consensus in the organization made within next Council members cooperation. European Civil Aviation the European ECAC will be elected in 2022 at Conference (ECAC) Many issues such as group in the previous the General Assembly, for Turkey to become a safety, environment, period. While I was the in which 193 member member in the Council. education, licensing, Undersecretary of the countries will attend. As a strong member traffic and supervision Ministry of Transport, We strive to work on the of the European civil are highly similar, but Maritime Affairs and ICAO community as well aviation community, we when you look at the two Communication, Turkey as Turkey to join back do not want to achieve sectors together, you see was elected as the with Council membership. an election success that the relative speed is Council member of in Additionally, we "despite" our European very high. This requires a 2016. we carried out inform our sector and counterparts. Even new way of thinking, a collaborative work for institutions about though many Europeans new approach in most this goal together with the developments allied states take cases. our Ministry of Foreign in the ICAO, and we Turkey’s membership to Affairs and Turkey was In addition, areas such as exert utmost efforts the Council naturally, elected the Council unmanned aerial vehicles, to incorporate in their it can sometimes be member after 66 years. the use of artificial contributions with their difficult to ensure the intelligence in aviation, Turkey, however, has expertise and experience reflection of a collective high-altitude operations, maintained its position in the activities of the consensus to the novel technologies among the leading ICAO. This is a very elections. The only way to and cyber security countries globally important point, since achieve this is to engage
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39th Session of ICAO Assembly in genuine dialogue Affairs. We have bilateral, by the Permanent of them is the assignment and uninterrupted multilateral relations with Representation of the in the Organization’s exchange of views. It each country and every Republic of Turkey to units provided that the is our success that our region, we have economic, the ICAO regarding costs are covered by the participation of country is effective and military, commercial Turkey (i.e. secondment) Turkish associates in is not ignored, however cooperation, we are the and the other is the the ICAO’s processes being fair enough not members of international and organizations for acceptance by the to ignore this success is organizations other aviation safety and ICAO as a contracted the duty of our European than the ICAO and we security? employee. In the last allied states. In addition, have highly structured decades, more than 10 Suat Hayri Aka: The there is an alternative relations with various experts have served role of our experts on for us to withdraw from stakeholders. in the Headquarter Turkey's achievement the regional formations and regional offices of We will contribute to in civil aviation is and participate in the ICAO through the conducting a membership incontrovertible. We the elections as an secondment method. campaign for 2022, the really owe much to independent candidate. In order to increase this details of which will the work discipline figure, it is our duty to If an agreement is be designated by our and dedication of our maintain Turkey’s active reached regarding the institutions taking into expert staff. We want to position and good Council elections within account these factors, contribute to expanding relations in the ICAO. It the ECAC, the votes of as in the process that our experts' vision is also our responsibility the European region lead up to our Council and to increase their to be in close would be towards backing membership in 2016. professional experience communication with the Turkey’s membership to We will strive to inform by making use of the top management of the the Council. But of course, our institutions on all international working Organization, to act as the number of votes is processes, from political environment that the a bridge between them not enough for us to be decision-making, to ICAO offers and the and our institutions, and elected. The ECAC has ECAC consensus, global portfolio it has, to conduct negotiations 44 members; you need campaign preparations, and in doing so, we want to propose the most to get over 110 votes campaign conduct and them to take an active suitable candidates for to be elected. At this the policies we will follow role in setting global vacant positions within point, we plan to carry during our membership aviation standards. the ICAO. out campaigns before period. There are two methods all ICAO stakeholders I am pleased to say Aviation Turkey: for the assignment of our in coordination with that our officers that What are the activities experts in the ICAO; one our Ministry of Foreign being carried out who are temporarily
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assigned to ICAO units (ACI World) and the Civil Consultation” is Suat Hayri Aka: through secondment Air Navigation Services followed. In this process, Currently, 2 experts work are appreciated for Organization (CANSO). the ICAO does not in the central units of their work discipline, There are nearly 50 civil only receive written the ICAO and 2 in the performance and good sector organizations opinions from member European and North communication skills, invited to ICAO activities. states, it also receives Atlantic Office in Paris, and their term of office is Currently, there are contributions from under a secondment requested to be extended four Turkish specialists sector organizations. method. In addition, as by the Secretary General. working at the IATA, These organizations do permanent staff - even Our institutions evaluate one of which is at the not have the right to vote if not directly from the such extension requests executive level. like a member state, but aviation industry - the as per their personnel their contributions may, ICAO’s Internal Audit I should also mention here requirements. We want in some cases, be more Director (Lead Auditor) about the effectiveness to increase this figure. effectual than member is our citizen. The Lead of such organizations states. Auditor is a member of the Aviation Turkey: in ICAO processes. In Senior Executive Group Dear Ambassador, the ICAO, it is almost The success of our where the Secretariat's Montreal is a very compulsory to involve country’s operators important center important decisions are industry organizations and airport terminal where all stakeholders taken. performing activities in in the process of setting operators necessitates the field of aviation are aviation standards. At them to be active in Here, there is a point to able to work in areas in the end of the day, there global organizations in which I would like to draw addition to Permanent are not only national this field and requires attention. The fact that Representation, and official civil aviation the assignment of our we become more active in aviation experts from regulators among the experts there. As an organizations such as the Turkey also work at implementing agencies addition to what I have ICAO, IATA, ACI World and different levels and to implement the related just said about our CANSO depends on the posts in the ICAO. norms you set here; experts working in the increase in the number What do you think about the number of there are also operators IATA, we also want our of our qualified aviation Turkish employees, (the private sector experienced personnel experts. As you would their level and status, in many countries), working in airport appreciate, a country and their effectiveness airport terminal operations to work at becomes capable to in contributing to ICAO operators, air navigation institutions like ACI for train more personnel processes? Do you have service providers, example, in order to make for such organizations plans for improvement and of course aircraft Turkey’s competent staff only after it reaches in these areas? manufacturers. These more visible. We have just the level of managing Suat Hayri Aka: As you sector organizations made initial contacts to its own expert needs. said, in Montreal there are participating in ICAO this end. Today, human resources organizations established activities express their Aviation Turkey: strategies are being by states such as the opinions on behalf of What is the number discussed and global European Union, as well the sector they represent of Turkish employees initiatives are being taken as representatives of during the decision- currently working at that can support the sectoral associations. making process. They the ICAO? What is the increasing demand for air The most commonly make very significant ratio of the permanent transportation worldwide. recognized organizations contributions. staff on the ICAO Our country also takes payroll? If we accept of this type are the an active attitude under Also, while setting or the Secretary General’s International Air the initiative of "Next updating a standard, a position as the top level, Transport Association Generations of Aviation consultation process what is the level of the (IATA), the Airport Professionals" initiated called “State Letter Turkish employees? Council International by the ICAO and it also
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involves its academic institutions in the process. Making and keeping the sector attractive for the new generation is a matter of comprehensive planning, training and investment. In this context, we continue to make awareness- raising contacts for our institutions and stakeholders. Aviation Turkey: As a result of the New Type Coronavirus © ICAO (COVID-19) outbreak, which is a global ICAO Headquarter, Montreal, Canada pandemic, we see that the aviation industry such events and disasters of ensuring that response also conducts is affected the most that civil aviation actions and measures awareness-raising and by this crisis. Many previously managed to are based on science informative activities airlines have grounded overcome, such as Ebola and facts, expressed for all stakeholders their aircraft and flights and SARS, the novel strong support for the to ensure that ICAO have been suspended to Coronavirus stands as calls by the World Health standards are fully many countries. What activities are being an uncommon challenge Organization (WHO) and implemented under the carried out within before us. What will affirmed the importance current circumstances. the ICAO to address happen in civil aviation in of strengthening It opens some points for this crisis? What are this regard depends very international cooperation discussion in relevant the responsibilities much on the decisions and solidarity. units whether the that you assume to be taken at national Chicago Convention and The Collaborative as the Permanent level on public health and its annexes need to be Representation of the Arrangement for economic performance. updated, and the ways in Republic of Turkey to the Prevention and On the other hand, which they are rearranged the ICAO for this kind Management of Public national governments bring about better of disaster and state of Health Events in Civil make their decisions results, and it reinforces emergency? Aviation (CAPSCA) almost instantaneously international and cross- First of has already been Suat Hayri Aka: as per the developments industry dialogues. all, we have to say that established here, which is and findings. In a nutshell, in the ICAO, like many a concrete contribution In addition, the ICAO's a complete uncertainty other organizations such of the ICAO in the field of Air Transport Bureau prevails. as the United Nations, international cooperation, assesses the economic many member states In this context, the ICAO is a network in which effects of the pandemic, have been going through has multidimensional states, non-governmental its potential impacts an unprecedented crisis, functions. The Council organizations and United on the industry and the aftermath of which is -the political decision- Nations institutions possible consequences difficult to predict. Even making body- made participate, and it is a for the global economy. though the ICAO has a declaration on this platform for effective As you know, according established the Crisis matter. In its call, it sharing of current data. to the organizations stressed the importance working on the data and Response Policy based on The ICAO Secretariat
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forecasts in this regard, one-unit value created in the civil aviation industry reveals as a growth of 3.25 units in the overall economy. In other words, the contraction of this industry results in a larger contraction with a multiplier effect on the overall economy.
In its economic impact studies, the ICAO conducts analysis based on the SARS and Ebola virus outbreaks that previously emerged and Suat Hayri Aka affected the world and strives to develop some Aviation Turkey: flight cancellations, and training Next Generation possible inferences Mr. Suat Hayri Aka, is the emerging “black of Aviation Professionals according to good and there any message you market” transportation (NGAP); the Turkish Civil bad results by creating would like to convey alternatives during the Aviation Academy (TCCA) to Aviation Turkey scenarios through the volcanic eruptions in exists for this objective; readers? data received from Iceland in 2010. We should the training centers of institutions and operators Suat Hayri Aka: Firstly, keep our confidence in the our operators can lead us of member states. I wish mercy to all our positive contributions of to a new position in the However, as I mentioned citizens who lost their lives civil aviation. We should international arena. previously, COVID-19 is an due to the pandemic and I bear in mind that if this Lastly, I would like to say unprecedent pandemic. extend my condolences to sector shrinks, it means that I attach particular Since its course and the their families. I would like many other sectors also importance to the policies of the states to express my gratitude to shrink or even disappear. activities of media that towards it vary, what it will all our healthcare workers. My second message is for have a significant role bring for the future of civil I would also like to express young professionals and in informing the public aviation remains unclear. my sincere gratitude educators and trainers. about developments in to our aviation workers Our duty as a national One of the sectors air transportation like working under great risks delegation is also to that will maintain its you and I wish them to for their dedication. inform our country’s effectiveness as long as continue. Aviation Turkey institutions on all I would like to convey three the human species survive Magazine plays a key these developments, messages to your readers. on earth will undoubtedly role in this sense and fills to encourage the Firstly, I advise them to be the logistics sector. I a gap. On this occasion, active participation realize the meaning that advise them to consider I would like to convey of our country in the civil aviation has for the latest trends of this my sincere regards to international cooperation the world and humanity. sector and contribute to your team. I would be process, and to Against the adverse point the policies that will bring glad to cooperate with transparently inform the of view about the aviation success to our country you as the Permanent international civil aviation to led to the spread of for training the new Representative of the organization about the COVID-19, we should bring generation professionals Republic of Turkey to the measures taken in Turkey to mind the impossibilities together. Our country ICAO and the background. that occurred due to the can be a center for
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Istanbul Airport - A Monument of Achievement that will be Passed down from Generation to Generation by H. Kadri Samsunlu Chief Executive Officer at IGA Istanbul Airport
In April, we were excited to celebrate the first year of the full operation of Istanbul Airport. It is the gate of our country which opens to the future and is called the “Victory Monument” by many authorities. We achieved a great accomplishment by carrying out the most successful and biggest move in aviation industry with our stakeholders on April 6, 2019, for the transition to full operational capacity. IGA © © Istanbul Airport is the H. Kadri Samsunlu reflection of a profound vision, beyond being just of a masterpiece. It was was conducted with the aviation history as being an airport, from the initial created with the vision seamless transfer of 47 among those countries. groundbreaking to the of bringing our country's thousand 300 tons of As IGA, we have made an construction phase, and to assertiveness in aviation equipment from Ataturk additional payment of EUR the first moment it started up to the highest level, Airport to Istanbul Airport 22.4 million to the state its operations. Istanbul with the desire to produce in 33 hours, just shorter as a result of exceeding has been the capital of a sustainable structure, than two days. As IGA, the EUR 233.1 million important civilizations part of a long-lasting we flawlessly managed International Passenger throughout history, the ecosystem that is worthy the operations from an Income guaranteed by civic center of Europe, of this valuable treasure. active airport to the new the General Directorate Asia and Africa, and it one located 45 kilometers We experienced many of State Airports during is a unique city not only away. In this regard, the historic moments during the first year of Istanbul for us but also in terms "Great Move" has secured the construction and Airport, the full-capacity of world history. Istanbul, its place in aviation activation of Istanbul operation process of which which has become a brand history as an extremely Airport. The massive was started on April 6, with its architectural comprehensive and well- transfer operation called 2019. During our first year, and historical richness, managed operation. I would the “Great Move” was one without using any state and a global center of like to especially express of the most ambitious resources, we became attraction in terms of that there are very few transfer operations in the center of interest for culture, art and trade, is countries in the world that the civil aviation industry the international aviation a kind of meeting point of have the capacity to carry and demonstrated proof community by placing Turkey. Istanbul Airport out such an operation. Our of Turkey’s logistics our signature under this has the characteristics country is distinguished in success. This process important achievement.
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The occupancy rate of controls, we disinfect the outbreak. Considering consultations with our Istanbul Airport Duty transportation vehicles, that approximately stakeholders, we see that Free reached 98.4% as of and we also utilize the 65.5 million people earn everyone shares the same March 2020, spending per red line application at their living from sectors opinion. The aviation capita increased by 55% counters and passport related to the aviation industry has always since the opening, and control points. I would industry such as travel and been able to get out of we served 445 thousand like to emphasize that tourism, the IATA research such crises stronger, as passengers in our IGA after the Coronavirus published on April 7, 2020 we have seen in the past. Lounge, performing above outbreak we will adapt also reveals that 25 million I am sure that we will our targets during the last with the world as we jobs are at risk in aviation achieve even higher one year period in private navigate new ways of and related sectors figures at Istanbul Airport passenger services. We operating to provide worldwide based on a in terms of the number of broke a record by offering safety and stability with scenario with severe travel passengers and cargoes. our special passenger our understanding that restrictions lasting for There is no deviation from services to a total of 1.3 “public health comes first” three months. In addition, our target of entering the million guests. Within a by making the appropriate it is clearly seen how our 100 M club in terms of the period of nearly one year, changes. sector is seriously affected number of passengers. between April 6, 2019 and by the crisis, considering Aviation is one of the As IGA, the operator March 31, 2020, we hosted that passenger revenues industries mostly affected of Istanbul Airport, 64 million passengers and of airline companies are by the coronavirus we constantly renew 74 airline companies at expected to drop by 44% (COVID-19) outbreak that ourselves in terms of travel Istanbul Airport. in 2020 compared to the first emerged in Wuhan, experience. Currently, the previous year, and that With our exclusive China in January 2020. construction of the 3rd demand will decrease by architecture, efficient While the pandemic rapidly runway is ongoing. We plan 70% in the second quarter infrastructure, superior changed the economy, to put this new runway of this year. Additionally, technology and the high- public and our daily lives, into service on June 18th, airline companies will face level travel experience we it also changed our travel 2020 which will provide a liquidity crisis with a US$ offer, we are at a critical habits. This delay to the substantial advantages 61 billion cash burn. juncture to fulfill our season opening of the operationally. With our promises to our country, tourism sector, domestic In the light of all these spirit of enthusiasm, we our aviation industry, and international travel developments, a very look forward to welcoming our stakeholders and our restrictions, cancellation difficult year is ahead of our passengers once passengers. Now we are all of many international us. But we are confident again. As a country that enduring the Coronavirus cultural, sports activities that the growth of the achieves growth in every pandemic which is and many sectoral fairs Turkish aviation industry field, realizes outstanding adversely affecting both affect us negatively as will continue with projects, and one that has the entire world and our well as all industries. increasing momentum in become a major player country. We have been the coming days and will with its investments not According to the analyses, exerting all efforts to take overcome this crisis with only within its region but the potential impact of the maximum precautions solidarity. This crisis we also on global scale, we coronavirus pandemic against the Coronavirus have been going through believe that good days will on the aviation industry risk by placing thousands is not just a financial come soon. is estimated to be a of hand disinfection crisis. It will not take loss of US$ 70 billion. With our aim to make points throughout Istanbul much time for people to The International Air Istanbul Airport a global Airport. Disinfection return to their old habits Transport Association brand, we will offer the activities are conducted following the creation of (IATA) announced that world Turkey’s world- at the terminal building an environment of trust 25 million jobs dependent class expertise, and we are and we have provided after they have been stuck on aviation and related taking firm and confident training to our personnel. in their homes for weeks sectors would be at risk steps on our path toward We use thermal camera on end. In our mutual due to the coronavirus this objective
17 ©©Pegasus Airlines Mehmet Nane: “We will Look Towards a Brighter Tomorrow with Hearts Full of Hope Muhammed Yılmaz, one Muhammed Yılmaz: this situation, as the crisis. In this perspective, of our magazine’s authors We are at the office of CEO of an airline that one can perceive that conducted a live interview the CEO of Pegasus now has most of its this is an extreme case. with Mehmet Nane, CEO Airlines, Mr. Mehmet airplanes temporarily Therefore, without doubt, of Pegasus Airlines, on Nane. As you know, we grounded? it is natural to launch his Boardinginfo Youtube have a heavy agenda as unique action plans the whole world battles Mehmet Nane: Not only Channel on April 1, 2020. and implement certain against the coronavirus the aviation sector, nearly CEO Nane expressed his measures in such unusual pandemic and the all sectors, excluding a views and opinions for the aviation industry is few, have been adversely cases. Hardly any of the first time on the damages one of the sectors affected by this crisis in an previous crises stopped caused by the Coronavirus most affected by the unprecedented way in our the pace of life to the in the aviation sector, his pandemic. Nearly all history as this crisis does extent that we are seeing projections, the company’s global airline companies not proceed similarly with now. Sanctions such as the strategies and discussed temporarily grounded the economic crises or closure of national borders approximately 95% Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen other epidemics we have and the lockdowns have of their aircraft. Airport’s 2nd runway, which experienced before. The not been imposed before is under construction for Operations have almost and the hospitals did not been suspended and deaths occurring due to quite a long time. We’ve exceeded their capacity Pegasus Airlines is the rapid spread of the compiled the highlights of either. This led countries one of the aviation virus will unfortunately this exclusive interview for companies that make every citizen of to internalize their you, the readers of Aviation adopted such measures. the world remember this economies. Consumption Turkey. How do you evaluate habits of individuals
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became rather focused scenario, a revenue loss 28th, our domestic flights follow will also become on healthcare and food. is expected to reach were suspended as well. clearer. When this date The lack of consumption US$ 252 billion. How This resulted in a decrease becomes definite, we will in other areas has caused will Pegasus Airlines be in our turnover each day. finalize the outlook and problems in the production affected in this scenario If we project our turnover will launch one of the of services and goods. that projects a financial for this year roughly as €2 scenarios we designed or loss of US$ 252 billion? The aviation industry is billion, as Pegasus Airlines, will be implementing one In other words, taking one of the main sectors we will fail to achieve at of our transition scenarios. into consideration the that have been affected prominence of the least €1 billion of this Based on daily data, the from such circumstances aviation industry on a projection. When we review IATA looks over the loss where global measures global scale, what does Q1 data, we have only incurred by the aviation and restrictions have been this huge revenue loss realized one third of the industry. When we look at applied. This outbreak signal to us and where aforementioned turnover this situation from a wider decimated the demand does Pegasus stand in figures. We presume perspective, many product for travel. Finally, upon the this process? that we would achieve a and service suppliers decree adopted on March Mehmet Nane: The turnover of € 600 million ranging from tourism to 28th, domestic flights scenario revealed by the more in the remaining trade will be affected have been suspended IATA is merely related to period on the presumption adversely from this crisis. and it was decided upon the commercial losses that domestic flights Muhammed Yılmaz: to conduct flights with the of its member states resume. I believe that it will The reports published permission of the related and companies, but the end up in a positive way; I by the IATA suggest governorship only under indirect impact of this believe we will achieve the that this process will certain conditions. crisis will be far worse. An remaining €1.5 billion out proceed in a U-shaped of the projected turnover sharp fall, followed by a Muhammed individual will stay at a prolonged contraction Yılmaz: You are also a hotel when visiting a place, of €2 billion, surely on the and then a recovery, member of the Board will dine at a restaurant condition that domestic rather than a V-shaped of Governors of the flights will resume as of or two and perhaps buy fall followed by a rapid International Air July. Even we cannot make a few things at a store. recovery. According Transport Association a clear projection; we can New business connections to this scenario, many (IATA). The IATA are built during business barely design different airline companies will follows the crisis very travels, setting the scene scenarios such as a-b- not be able to maintain closely and reveals c-d. What if we only see their operations with various scenarios on for new opportunity. that domestic flights are their existing cash- its reflections over the Therefore, tourism restarted? What happens flow. Even major airline industry, and the losses intrinsically affects trade companies may go in the sector in terms of very significantly. When if both international and bankrupt. There are also passenger and finance. we consider the turnover domestic flights become some terrible scenarios We also follow these loss of the airlines, similar active again? These forecasting that all developments closely scenarios also have their conditions also apply to airline companies will as well. A possible loss own breakdowns. We are a Pegasus. When the IATA go bankrupt if this of US$ 131 billion was publicly traded and listed revealed its projections in process lasts for 3 announced as part of the beginning of March, company. Normally, we months. Overall, is it the worst-case scenario we were still conducting reveal an outlook including probable that Pegasus in the report published our projections at the Airlines will fail? What in the beginning of flights abroad and we beginning of the year. But is the outlook for your March. However, the were also carrying out this year we failed to do company in being IATA updated its domestic flights. All our able to continue its reports as the crisis international flights were so, as the measures and operations after this gained depth and the suspended on March 23rd restrictions escalate day crisis? What are your figures proceed towards in line with the measures by day. When the date alternative plans? terrifying levels. adopted by our country. of the flights become According to the latest Five days later, on March clear, the course that will
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Mehmet Nane: As a in the country and in publicly held company, foreign countries need to we already have financial be transported to vitalize
reports that have been Turkey Aviation this industry. Here, the © declared and audited © airlines play the key role and we made it public in as carriers. Turkey hosted the beginning of March. 50 million international You see certain items in tourists last year and the balance sheet and achieved over US$ 30 one of them is the cash billion in tourism income. assets. You can find our We thought we would balance sheet at the break this record this official website of the year but unfortunately, stock exchange or at our the world encountered corporate website. Both the coronavirus crisis. For websites contain our year- instance, if you attempt end financial statements to bring 25 million tourists of 2019 audited by an via road transportation or international audit by seaborne or railways announced by our had to be taken under company. As Pegasus in this period, you will President does not control, because the Airlines we do not have see that neither the address only one sector, cash outflow could only such a pessimistic highways nor the train it addresses sectors all be managed properly in scenario, and I hope we will stations will suffice to over Turkey. As a company the existence of the cash never have one. We believe achieve this. Aviation is that remains a prominent inflows. Secondly, we in the strength of our truly more importance player among the top must maintain new cash financial structure. I am from this point of view. 50 companies of Turkey, inflow and in our case certain that our financial But if we fail to protect providing employment the availability of the reports also put forth this the aviation industry, opportunities to 6,600 utilization of credit limits stance quite clearly. it will lose strength and people, we will benefit may allow us to achieve weaken in Turkey. Then, if Muhammed from these stabilization this. Companies own foreign carriers gain more Yılmaz: State aid has and recovery programs. certain credit limits under prominence in Turkey, come to the fore in this At the first stage, we normal circumstances, this will lead to a loss of process. Today, even applied for the short-term we do not have any the company Boeing added value achieved in working allowance and a other demand other than has asked for a sizable Turkey which will create program composed of 19 the availability of the amount, US$ 60 billion an advantage for foreign items that are available for utilization of these credit directly from the state. countries. As we underline our company. There may limits. We need new cash The IATA’s report and the prominence of the other sectoral reports be certain breakdowns inflows to return to normal, Turkish aviation industry reveal that the survival based on sectors in time. if our approved credit for Turkish tourism, we of airline companies Both regarding the rule limits are launched, we can see that the survival of without state stimulus makers and also, we do not say that we can overcome aviation is also becoming package will not be know where this process this as an industry. We a critical component that possible. Have you is heading . As Pegasus will surely be pleased if enables the survival of asked for direct Airlines, the investment additional programs are support from the state, Turkish tourism. planned to be made this provided. At this point, as Pegasus Airlines, year for new airplanes is the priority sectors should Muhammed since the beginning of Yılmaz: You have over the crisis? nearly US$ 1 billion. This be determined. Tourism is crisis has affected our one of the industries that 6,000 employees at Mehmet Nane: The company in two aspects. build our main sources of Pegasus Airlines and perhaps most of your stabilization program Firstly, the cash outflows income, and our guests employees are thinking
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about their future and March 31st. Our executive for our company in an ardent these are all symbolic wish to hear more board gathered in a virtual effort to avoid any layoffs. moves that demonstrate about what the future meeting yesterday and We also implemented salary our resilience and ability to holds for Pegasus, from as part of the resolution increases as planned for shoulder responsibility; we the top executive of that we adopted, we will 2020. We distributed the will overcome this hardship their company. What be continuing to work from premiums of 2019 that we together. would you like to say home until further notice. owed to our employees to the employees of Muhammed By the way, as part of the and we talked about the Pegasus on the topic Yılmaz: What are your of paid/unpaid leaves support of our government sacrifices we need to projections on the future and layoffs, and about within the scope of the make with our teammates, of the trainee pilots the future that awaits stabilization shield project, and we are relieved as our that are continuing them? we have a short-term government will provide their training at your working allowance. Last compensation for this company’s flight Mehmet Nane: Today week we submitted our as part of the short- academy and the (April 1, 2020), I conveyed application for this and are term working allowance. prospective pilots that to them my messages made preparations to waiting for it to be granted. Within the next 3 months, clearly via a 4.5-minute apply to this academy We aim to survive this if we could benefit from video message. Therefore, in 2020? Similarly, what crisis without losing even this allowance after our presently Pegasus would you like to say to a single employee of our application, we will not be employees do not have those individuals wishing 6,545-member team and faced with any financial any hesitations in this to work at Pegasus we wish to look hopefully losses. As part of the Airlines? area. We started to towards the future as we executive management work from home as of Mehmet Nane: The name did yesterday. We are team, I took the initiative March 23rd. The process of the program that we benefiting from all the and declared that I would of working remotely was launched is the Cadet facilities that are provided be working for three supposed to last until Program. There are two months without any salary Cadet Programs in which payment and demanded we offer training to our unpaid leave, then the trainees at home and members of our executive abroad. We had to suspend board joined this pledge as the training of our trainees well. Our colleagues on the in line with the suspension Executive Board and top of the education system in management positions did Turkey. The training of our not ask for salary increases 40 fellow trainees in Ireland and we did not receive any continues there. raises this year. Surely,
SAW 24 final approach of Pegasus Airlines TC-AIP Boeing 737- 82R WL to Sabiha Gökçen Airport, 04 May 2014.
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We were going to procure 16 more airplanes this Pegasus © year. Two of these © airplanes arrived and next week 3 more will arrive, we continue to receive them. Germany’s air space is closed so the airplanes of Airbus from Hamburg will be received at the airport of Airbus on our behalf and will wait there (on April 22nd three airplanes were received through the e-delivery method) and we will bring these airplanes to our country once the air Pegasus A320neo space is opened. We will this group are under continue to procure these Muhammed Yılmaz: Muhammed Yılmaz: In addition to the airline There was a problem maintenance abroad. airplanes and we will grow. companies and airports, in delivery at the end Currently, 80 airplanes We foresee that this is a airplane manufacturers of 2019 and deliveries are parked position in our temporary crisis just like were also hit by this were postponed, any country. others and believe that it pandemic. Entire comments on this? will not last forever. As we production schedules Muhammed Yılmaz: believe in the dynamism of manufacturers were Mehmet Nane: Five Is the whole batch of of our country, its growth affected as many airline airplanes were supposed 80 airplanes in parking potential, and since we companies applied for to be delivered in 2019 but position at Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport? believe in our country, either postponing or the delivery was delayed to cancelling their orders. 2020. The delivery of four we will continue to make Mehmet Nane: 6 2 You have a contractual, airplanes was delayed to investments, create airplanes are in parking significant production 2021 and after. Europe employment opportunities position at Sabiha plan with Airbus. Have and the whole world are and transport tourists to Gökçen Airport and 18 you made any request experiencing the slowdown, our country. to Airbus for a change airplanes are parked at and it is just the same in production or delivery various airports across Muhammed in the business realm in Yılmaz: So, the process programs? Or do you plan our country. Our main Turkey. Production lines continues for the to request changes in the airports are located at are affected similarly by prospective pilots and upcoming period? Ankara, Izmir and Antalya this process. Airbus and the ones wishing to take and 2 in Adana. All these Mehmet Nane: We Pegasus will decide on the part in this program. airplanes are now at these need to know when and position we will be taking 4 airports. Mehmet Nane: Surely the which product will be accordingly and on our next process will continue. We manufactured so that we steps. Muhammed fly to 35 points in Turkey can foresee the course Yılmaz: I would like to Muhammed Yılmaz: and to 43 countries and of events. Instead of go back to the topic Are all your airplanes 75 destinations abroad, postponing, we are trying of Sabiha Gökçen currently grounded? to a total of 112 points. to confirm the alignment Airport. The tender for the construction As our standard flights of the manufacturer’s time Mehmet Nane: We possess of the second runway are relaunched, we will schedule. The airplanes that 84 airplanes. Two out of was held in 2014 and these 84 airplanes are continue to provide were supposed to arrive next the construction was employment opportunities week were scheduled to be waiting to be returned launched in 2015. As again. delivered in March. So, there to leasing companies. of April 1, 2020, we see is already a 1-month delay. Also, two airplanes from
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that the second runway operator company made result or the reflection As a matter of fact, many has still not been several attempts to launch of the September 11 states announced state put into service. As the maintenance process. attacks. How do you aid programs supporting Pegasus Airlines, you The company launched the assess the future of the their country’s airline conduct 65% of the required infrastructure aviation industry, what companies. Almost all operations at Sabiha operations throughout will change? As you European countries clearly Gökçen and you are know, there are rumors the period where the announced that they would considered to be the on bankruptcies, and airport is closed instead be supporting their airline host of this airport. it is said that various Both the number of of assigning an additional consolidations will companies even if they your operations and the period for maintenance become inevitable. are private companies. capacity of the airport in order to launch both Especially, it is Therefore, we can only will increase once this runways when they are projected that many wonder, what type of runway is completed. ready for operation. European based structure will we witness Moreover, the traffic companies will go Muhammed resulting from these at the airport will be bankrupt. What is Yılmaz: Finally, I would support programs? Will less heavy and our your future projection like to conclude our these subsidies be enough country will receive in terms of the interview with a for the survival of airline more foreign currency aviation industry in general question on the companies? We will surely inflow. What are your the aftermath of the aviation industry. It is see the consequences comments about the coronavirus crisis? considered that many completion of this following the re-launch of rules in the aviation runway? Mehmet Nane: The operations. Any comment I industry will change approach of the states make now would be merely after the coronavirus Mehmet Nane: As a is quite critical at this a speculation. After the crisis. As you know, company conducting point, but it is unrealistic implementation of state- many rules that are operations at this airport not to project certain accepted as norms aid and revitalization and utilizing its facilities, unfortunate incidents. today were either the programs, and after the we desire the rapid recovery period, we will be completion of this runway. able to observe the results. We were notified that the second runway would be Muhammed Yılmaz: This has been a pleasant launched to operation and informative in November 2020. interview. We hope Our operations will be that our readers have executed over two runways received the answers to after the completion of the many of their questions. new runway in November. Thank you for your time. Muhammed I hope to have another Yılmaz: It has been pleasant interview with reported that the first you again when our runway will undergo sector and country, as maintenance work for well as the whole world 6 months during this becomes normalized, process; therefore, when we embrace our the operations will good old days. be conducted over a Mehmet Nane: I hope so, single runway even if and I believe those days the second runway is will come soon. We need launched. to keep our unity and Aviation Turkey Aviation Mehmet Nane: Sabiha © solidarity, and we must not © Gökçen Airport made use lose our hope! Thank you Muhammed Yılmaz with Mehmet Nane of this closure and the very much…
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ONUR VCS/VRS Systems Provide Convenience © Aviation Turkey © Aviation and Additional Capabilities in Terms of Use, Maintenance and Operation
In our Interview, established in 1980 to integration and after-sales our critical projects and General Manager of operate in the defense services. We started in we reached the home ONUR - Noyan Dede industry and civil this journey with contract stretch in other projects. discusess the efficient aviation fields and was work, then we extended to Multitasking at the same and functional VCS/ accredited as an R&D integration and then to the time in engineering and Center in August 2016. BRS systems that run development of our own system development is a We’d like to learn more in an IP-based digital systems. Our vision is to capability that most of our about the company’s become one of the strong competitors do not have. environment. As Experts technology know-how in their field, ONUR competitors for these and vision. Also, 2019 has another is willing to establish systems globally. meaning for us. In the last systems at over 40 more Noyan Dede: Our experience Aviation Turkey: period of the year, we have airports with support spans 40 years full of What would you like signed a contract for the from DHMI for the needs learning and development… say about the 2019 first time to deliver our voice that may arise both at With our team of 130 performance and 2020 communication systems airports and air traffic staffs, we are specialized targets for ONUR developed for air traffic control centers. in producing voice Mühendislik, a well- control to an overseas client. communication systems respected company Aviation Turkey: for Turkey's mission- that has been serving Aviation Turkey: Mr. Noyan Dede, could critical applications. defense industry and ONUR Mühendislik you inform us on the Today, we undertake the public institutions for has created public current structure, 40 years in our country? awareness mostly with number of employees, life cycle management of its projects realized in and services offered our own systems, including Noyan Dede: 2019 was a the defense industry, by ONUR Mühendislik system design, software milestone for us. In 2019, but with the introduction A.Ş. The company was development, production, we completed some of
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of the communication solutions you have developed for military use with national resources in recent years, civil aviation sales also started to get a substantial share in the Company’s turnover. Do you have a new structure that will increase the investments in the field of Civil Aviation in the upcoming period? Could you share with us your short and medium-term goals in this regard?
Noyan Dede: In the field of Civil Aviation, we follow Aviation Turkey: Through the contract Security Systems, the regulations with the What would you like we signed with the civil ONUR Mühendislik Directorate General of to say about ONUR aviation authority of the is one of the few Civil Aviation (DGCA) Mühendislik's ongoing Kingdom of Morocco in companies having the regarding the new needs export activities, the 2019, we are eager to competence to perform most important export as the main contractor that have emerged due to accelerate our export markets, the tenders and in meeting the the increased usage rate activities by increasing our needs currently followed needs of the General recognition level abroad. of unmanned systems, in and the share of export in Directorate of State particular. On the air traffic the Company’s turnover? Aviation Turkey: Airports Authority control side, we continue Engaging in 4 major (DHMI) especially in Noyan Dede: Since 2017, to hold talks with the activity fields as the field of Air Traffic General Directorate of we have been following the Voice Communication Control Systems, State Airports Authority opportunities with our own Systems, Air Traffic the Presidency of (DHMI) to further expand systems ready for export. Control Systems, Defense Industries our domestic and national We are confident enough Network Enabled (SSB) and the Turkish systems and minimize in our systems and our Communication Armed Forces (TAF). Could you inform foreign dependency. competitiveness. Systems and Cyber our readers on your We continue to present capabilities in the field our projects not only for of Air Traffic Control our airports, but also for air Systems for civil and traffic control centers and military customers and your ongoing major unmanned aircraft traffic. activities? During the period that we Noyan Dede: Our voice had gained momentum communication system abroad, the Covid-19 and recording and replay outbreak hit and impacted system, which we designed global trade. We are and produced with holding for the effects domestic and national of the outbreak to fade resources under the ONUR in the world, and we are © ONUR VCS & VRS brand in the field of Air maintaining our position.
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Traffic Control Systems, communication have the capability to solutions you developed meet all the needs of both for military use with airports and air traffic national facilities have control centers. Currently, Turkey © Aviation started to be used the communication in in civil aviation for the first time. What military airspace of our feedback have you country which is quite received from the end- intense is carried out users regarding VCS with ONUR systems. This and VRS that are in use actually indicates the high at these airports and level of competency that which are in compliance we have achieved as a with the EUROCAE ED- company. Air Traffic Control Noyan Dede: We can 137 standard? Tower (OMT-M2000) easily say that our Noyan Dede: With these We are also confident in solution in your Air Voice Communication projects, DHMI was civil airspace management Traffic Control Systems System (OCS-NG4000), provided with a domestic and control. We continue product range which developed and produced and national product our talks for further use of is in compliance with indigenously, is the most both civil and military in compliance with the our own systems, which are capable and competitive air traffic safety ED-137 standard for the developed in our country product in terms of its standards? first time. In this way, and provide 24/7 support, features and price in its the systems previously instead of the foreign- Noyan Dede: Today, Mobile own market. origin systems used so far. Air Traffic Control Towers used as analog at DHMI We have secured a were gathered to be As you know, Voice are the systems frequently tender in 2019, we are more lean/efficient and Communication Systems used for air traffic control now carrying out the first functional in an IP-based (VCS) are now evolving in emergencies or special export activity of this digital environment. In to operate compatible conditions. In short, these system, currently used in general, DHMI operators with Internet Protocol (IP) are the systems that can 37 airports in Turkey (11 of and maintenance staff numerically. The US Federal be transported anywhere which are civilian), for the in the field have given Aviation Administration with a carrier vehicle 5 airports in the Kingdom positive feedback that (FAA) and the European and become operational of Morocco. ONUR VCS/VRS systems Organization for the within 1 hour. Currently, provide great convenience Safety of Air Navigation there are two ONUR Aviation Turkey: Under the contract and additional capabilities (EUROCONTROL) are OMT-M2000s in the you signed with DHMI especially in terms of in the process of setting inventory of the Turkish in November 2015, use, maintenance and standards and rules for this Air Forces Command. They successfully perform leaving all international operation. brand-new application. competitors behind, their tasks at home and We, as ONUR Mühendislik, you established In addition, as a local across the border. Our participate in the and IP-Based Voice company, one of our standard-setting process negotiations continue for Communication (VCS) most important added with the invitation of the the use of these systems in and IP-Based Recording value areas is our ability aforesaid institutions international projects. and replay System to respond to all kinds of and we represent our Aviation Turkey: (VRS) for the towers support and improvement country. This detail Could you inform us of Adana-Gaziantep- requests in the shortest Siirt-Muş Airports and alone is sufficiently on the new IP based possible time. Voice Communication delivered them to DHMI. acknowledges the level of Aviation Turkey: System (IP-VCS) OCS- With the project, the our competence. ONUR Mühendislik won NG4000 developed final acceptance of the “New Generation Aviation Turkey: for air traffic control which was completed Voice Communication What would you like to communication? in January 2018, tell us about your Mobile the indigenous and Recording Systems
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Tender”, which was conducted by DHMI in 2018, involving the establishment of VCS and VRS systems at 7 airports, as the only domestic manufacturer, because foreign companies refused to bid on a TL basis and the contract took effect on October 19, 2018. Could you please inform us on the latest status of the installation activities and the technical features of the VCS and VRS systems established? Noyan Dede: This is a very the maintenance of the of the military airspace of good question. We have delivered VCS and VRS our country. We also want Noyan Dede: After our established our IP-Based systems on its own? to prove ourselves in the civil intense efforts in this Voice Communication What could you tell aviation field. project, we have completed System at 11 civil airports us about the training the deliveries for 7 airports. Aviation Turkey: so far. We continue our planned for 2020? With the start of 2020, In the field of civil support activities for such our systems started to be Noyan Dede: Within the aviation, you previously systems on a 24/7 basis. commissioned. scope of the projects delivered a tower to realized, system Erbil Airport in Iraq in We have nearly 40 more Our Voice Communication, maintenance training was full operation, after the new airports and we, as Recording and Replay given to the maintenance supply and integration of the expert in this field in Systems installed at staff located at all relevant all navigation systems. our country, are willing to Have you awarded the airports have many airports. In addition, user establish our systems at similar contracts abroad superior features. For training was also provided all of these airports. For the during the recent period? example, the systems are to user operators. needs that may arise both able to support all kinds Noyan Dede: As a company at airports and air traffic Aviation Turkey: of telephone and radio with 40 years of experience, control centers, we expect Could you inform our interfaces, match the we have gained significant support from DHMI, as other readers about the other radio systems with phone know-how and seasoned countries give to their own projects your company calls, they allow the system experience during this 40- manufacturers. is currently working on components to be installed in the civil aviation field? year period. Our journey at different locations over Aviation Turkey: started first with contract Noyan Dede: I have referred the network and allow all What would you like to work and then it extended to our projects for 4+7 calls to be recorded with say about the Factory to integration and now we Technical Training given airports for which we are time stamps. develop our own systems. by ONUR Mühendislik to responsible to DHMI. We Aviation Turkey: DHMI personnel for the are also willing to conduct ONUR Mühendislik is one Considering the fact VCS and VRS systems the modernization project of the few companies in that there are more than that will be put in use of DHMI for its air traffic the world that has the 50 airports in Turkey, at 11 airports operated control centers and we know-how to integrate all is it also probable to by DHMI? How many expect its support to systems at airports. We extend these VCS and personnel have been have recently undertaken VRS systems to other trained so far? With companies having domestic airports? Are there this training, has DHMI and national solutions. the integration of ILS any ongoing talks with reached the competency Our systems seamlessly systems of Sabiha Gökçen DHMI on this topic? level that can perform operate under the control Airport's existing and new
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runways and we continue our activities in this project.
We are in search of © ONUR establishing partnerships with the foreign navigation systems manufacturers, in which ONUR Mühendislik will assume an integrator role. Aviation Turkey: Could you inform us on the overseas projects of your company that are currently underway or being followed?
Noyan Dede: As I mentioned previously, we have an ongoing project in the Kingdom of Morocco. This export is an important step for us. With this new capabilities towards Unfortunately, the achievement, we are Aviation Turkey: requests received from our What would you international fairs we now able to meet the users to make our systems like to say about planned to attend were qualification requirements more robust and secure ONUR Mühendislik's canceled due to the of many tenders. We believe against cyber threats. expectations and goals Covid-19 outbreak. that we can be exceptionally for the next decade? competitive in every region Aviation Turkey: Aviation Turkey: Do under the conditions of fair Could you inform us Noyan Dede: During the you have any messages competition. Therefore, we on the R&D approach next 10 years, we want you would like to convey keep a close watch on all of ONUR Mühendislik, to become a regional to our readers? which was certified as power center and a global kinds of tenders appropriate Noyan Dede: O u r an R&D Center in August competitor with brand to our conditions, in Eastern Presidency of Defense 2016, the number of R&D awareness and value in the Europe, Turkic Republics and Industries shows the personnel, the amount sector. the Middle East. of resources allocated most determined stance Aviation Turkey: to R&D studies and the Within our company, we to support domestic and What would you like ongoing R&D activities? aim to achieve a shorter national solutions in our to say about your design-production-delivery country, and thanks to this Noyan Dede: Many of the company's competence cycle and further increase stance, many large- and projects executed by our in the field of Cyber customer satisfaction. small-scale enterprises, company are R&D projects. Security systems and and most importantly, our All the products that are Aviation Turkey: the ongoing activities? country has acquired an developed and produced What would you indigenous product with Noyan Dede: As I previously under these projects like to say about high added value in its field. mentioned, transition are indigenous products ONUR Mühendislik's participation in domestic Our greatest wish is that of communication and incorporate critical and international fairs in other public institutions systems to an IP-based innovation. structure makes them 2020? also give priority to The majority of our ongoing indigenous and national more “vulnerable” to cyber Noyan Dede: Our top priority R&D activities are based products in conducting threats, while providing ease is the IDEF fair within the on gaining cyber security their supply plans, with the of use and flexibility. For this country, but you know it will capabilities to the products same sensitive approach reason, we are working on be held next year, in 2021. that I mentioned earlier.
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Turkish Cargo Achieved the Highest Growth Rate Among the Top 25 Air Cargo Carriers
04 May 2020, Turkish Cargo, the fastest growing air cargo brand in the world, achieved the highest growth rate among the best 25 air cargo carriers with 16.6 percent growth rate, according to the International Air Transport Association's (IATA) Freight © Turkish Cargo Tone Kilometers (FTK) February'20 results. central position in the world continues its operations Turkish Cargo, which has Previously ranking 8th in for the air cargo sector. Our 24/7 in order to keep the the 6th largest air cargo 2019, Turkish Cargo rose to geopolitical location and global supply chain intact carrying capacity in the 5th place and increased its available means will help our by carrying food, relief world, is providing air cargo global FTK market share country to become a more supplies, masks, medical services with 25 high- to 4.4 percent, while the significant player in the equipment and medicines capacity freighters to 90 global air cargo industry air cargo sector following during the global pandemic direct cargo destinations, shrank by 2.6 percent, the Covid-19 pandemic. of COVID-19. while also reaching 38 according to FTK data, Therefore, we will be destinations, including Turkish Cargo continues which is the measure of marching with surer footing London, Moscow, Cairo, to carry much-needed a flight's freight carrying towards our goal of making Shanghai, Bangkok, Doha, medicines and medical capacity calculated by Turkish Cargo one of the top Dubai and Casablanca with equipment from different multiplying the number of five air cargo brands in the 19 wide-body passenger continents first to Turkey tone of freight on an aircraft world by 2023. aircraft from the fleet of and afterwards from Turkey by the distance travelled in Turkish Airlines. Turkish Cargo to Chicago, Taipei, Atlanta, kilometers. continues to Sao Paulo, Seoul, New York During this critical period, On the successful growth contribute to the and Kiev, and to all over flag carrier air cargo brand of Turkish Cargo, Turkish the world. The successful continues to act as a bridge Airlines Chairman of the global supply brand carried 4,000 tons of between countries in order Board and the Executive chain medicines and 500 tons of to prevent the disruption Committee, M. İlker Aycı Turkey’s national air cargo medical equipment during of global supply chain, stated: “Just like our brand Turkish Cargo April. operating more than 900 nation, we are a company flights in April with cargo that cannot abide losing and passenger aircraft. or giving up. During these In addition to its difficult days where the only contributions towards thing we can do is to carry maintaining the global cargo, we are doing our duty supply chain, global air to the best of our abilities cargo brand Turkish Cargo while doing valuable work also continues to perform for humanitarian and its duty to our nation, commercial ends. The supporting our people as success of Turkish Cargo Turkish Airlines Turkish © the national flag carrier shows our commitment © during these difficult days. to carry our country to a M. İlker Aycı
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by Muhammed Yılmaz
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread rapidly and with drastic affects throughout the aviation industry. What ramifications are expected in the short and medium term? Are the been instructed to take which spreads quickly with would reach US$ 314 billion strict measures that are compulsory unpaid leave. no near-term predictions in 2020. This means a 55% being taken by states and Some countries have on when it truly it will be loss of revenue compared authorities adequate? Is partially or fully closed under control, has rattled to 2019. The IATA first the aviation industry on the their doors to commercial the aviation industry down announced in February that verge of collapse? Will state flights. There’s been record- to its core. the loss would be US$ 29.3 aid come into effect…and breaking losses in the stock billion. Later it increased January 2020 data show will it be enough? market across the globe and this figure to US$ 113 billion that flight traffic had the the value of airlines have that the impact on cargo Aviation Turkey Magazine lowest monthly increase in taken a nosedive. Overall, operations could not yet be Author and Aeronautical the last decade. Moreover, the airline industry’s mission fully estimated. And then to Engineer Muhammed Yılmaz restrictions on air travel to connect world economies US$ 252 billion. Therefore, has been followed-up the started only after 23 has now become secondary it was recorded to be more updated information from January 2020. The traffic to the primary struggle to than a tenfold increase the outset of the outbreak figures recorded in January survive. between the first and last for our readers. You can find are thought to be just the estimates. the whole chronological The Coronavirus tip of the iceberg. The period in our article. (COVID-19) outbreak outbreak will seriously test In the statement of the IATA, first occurred in Wuhan, the resilience of the global it is noted that the world is The aviation industry China in December 2019 aviation industry, and heading for a recession. has been coping and has been detected this is just the beginning. The economic shock of the with unprecedented in over 190 countries so By the end of 2020, it is COVID-19 crisis is expected conditions of uncertainty far. On March 11th it was estimated that the number to be at its most severe in as passengers want to declared a pandemic by the of passengers traveling by Q2 when GDP is expected postpone or cancel flights World Health Organization air will drop for the first time to shrink by 6%. Passenger that they may have (WHO) with an official since 2009. demand closely follows GDP booked months ago or announcement by the WHO progression. The impact of to get refunds. Airlines stating that the rate of the Loss of the reduced economic activity are keeping most of their spread of the outbreak was Industry could be in Q2 alone would result in aircraft on the ground out of control. The global US$ 314 billion! an 8%decline in passenger and many large airlines aviation industry, which demand in the third quarter. have significantly reduced The International Air has been facing various their capacity, but they Transport Association - As per the IATA’s statement, challenges for some time, still continue to run some IATA’s last statement in it is noted that the number was immediately and “ghost flights” even if there mid-April, it was predicted of flights globally was down drastically impacted by is not a single passenger that the revenue loss of 80% as of early April. Going this situation. The virus, onboard. Employees have airline companies worldwide back to normal in air traffic
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Alexandre de Juniac: “Like a war, will take more time and be slower than expected. COVID-19 has Brought Death Domestic markets may and Economic Devastation.” see the start of an upturn in We have never seen a re-start for aviation. And, demand in the third quarter. downturn this deep before. individual country decisions International markets, In our latest scenario, full cannot enable the restoration I emphasized that in a however, will be slower to year passenger revenues of international air services presentation to the ICAO resume as it appears likely plummet 55% compared when other markets remain Council last week. And this that governments will retain to 2019, while traffic falls closed. is the main idea driving these travel restrictions 48%. In other words, half our Furthermore, China and South the regional meetings with longer. The upward trend in business disappears. That’s Korea--countries which have governments and stakeholders the international market is catastrophic. been successful in controlling that we are planning to begin expected to begin in the last That impact is then amplified the disease within their own next week. quarter of the year at the throughout the economy. If borders-- are now doubling There is much more to learn earliest. airlines lose one job, another down on international travel about COVID-19. So, we don’t It was noted that airlines 24 disappear somewhere in the restrictions because they expect to see immediate re- could burn through US$ value chain. That was behind don’t want to risk importing a start solutions from our efforts. our analysis last week when second outbreak. 61 billion in cash reserves What is important, however, is we said that some 25 million in the second quarter Governments re-opening that we have the best minds jobs are at risk. alone and that puts 25 their economies must have in the world focusing together million jobs at risk that are That is also why we continue to confidence that the disease on solving the challenges that dependent on aviation. ask governments to make the is also under control in the COVID-19 has brought to the viability of airlines a priority. In countries they do business global air transport system. According to IATA, the the last week we have seen with. Otherwise they are not crisis will lead to various This week we are reminded of governments in Belgium and going to make travel easy or consolidations on the the precedent for industry and Sweden respond with relief convenient. airline side and will they government cooperation in the measures. We know that Passengers—business or face of enormous challenges. have to layoff airline staff. several others are considering leisure—will also need to have The Chicago Convention was Aircraft manufacturers will such steps. I encourage them their confidence restored. signed and ICAO was founded also seriously suffer from to move quickly. This industry by governments in December the crisis due to the order will run out of cash soon, so •They won’t return to travel until 1944. With that, the regulatory delays and cancellations. support of any kind will be a they feel personally safe in doing framework for the post-war lifeline. These include: so. The global airlines system for global air transport •They will need to have association also reiterated •Direct financial aid confidence that their travel will was created, even as World the call that governments •Loans, loan guarantees and not be interrupted by the disease War II raged. should step in immediately, support for the corporate bond or by quarantine restrictions, A few months later, airlines as the average airline has market by governments or central •And they must have confidence joined together to help enough money to cover banks; and in the economic situation. governments in turning that its fixed costs only for up •Tax relief framework into the industry to two months. With the I don’t underestimate the Turning to the lifting of mobility that we have today. IATA was emphasis that there is an challenges that are ahead. restrictions, there has been founded on 19 April 1945. That’s The keys to success, however, increasing liquidity crisis some positive news in Europe 75 years ago this week. are well-known in the aviation in air transport, countries where a few governments have world—cooperation and That’s very similar to the affected by COVID-19 seen progress against the harmonization. call to action we have today. now represent 94 percent disease improve to the point Like a war, COVID-19 has of the global air transport where they are beginning to Successive unilateral actions brought death and economic market. With daily travel re-open their economies. We by states can shut down devastation. And even though restrictions and the closing can all be encouraged by this. aviation as we have seen. the end-game for COVID-19 of borders, the market But unilateral actions cannot I must point out, however, is not yet clearly visible, it is demand for air travel fell restart aviation. Governments that the easing of lockdown absolutely clear that we must to critically low levels. must work with each other and measures, as far as we have work and plan for it together. together with the industry. seen, does not include a
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European Union to the USA for 30 days due to the coronavirus caused the world`s longest flight record to change.
Air Tahiti Nui operated flights between Papeete, the capital of French Polynesia and Paris, with a San Francisco transfer until last week. After the ban, the decision was Air Tahiti Nui Tahiti Air © made on March 15th to © make the flight non-stop. Air Tahiti Nui - Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner The 15,715 km flight was carried out with a Boeing The epidemic also means that airlines will not suspended for 30 days. 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft brought out a truth about have to pay compensation The US President`s and took 16 hours and the industry: The high for travel restrictions statement came after the 20 minutes. The world`s profitability situation in and canceled flights and WHO’s official declaration longest commercial flight the industry over the past delays due to coronavirus! of a global pandemic. record was broken on this decade covered around The European Commission Within the scope of this flight. Moreover, since 30 small airline groups announced that the restriction which entered the departure and arrival and investor companies; It temporary suspension into force on Friday, March points are French land, this was once again seen that date of 80-20 “use it or 13th at 23:59pm, flights to is technically accepted as a majority of airlines were lose it” rule was postponed the US from 26 European a domestic flight. very fragile in structure. until the end of October countries (Austria, The maximum range of the Although the current 2020. Belgium, Czech Republic, Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner decline in oil prices is Denmark, Estonia, Finland, aircraft is 13,950 km. expected to cushion the US bans all France, Germany, Greece, During this record flight, industry up to $US 30 flights from Hungary, Iceland, Italy, the plane was below billion annually, revenue Europe! Latvia, Liechtenstein, full load and passenger losses due to the crisis are Lithuania, Luxembourg, While the outbreak capacity. In addition, the much higher. It is thought Malta, Netherlands, spread rapidly in dominant winds blowing that the protection Norway, Poland, Portugal, Europe, especially in in the east helped the steps taken to prevent Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Italy and Spain, it raised flight to be completed the further spread of Sweden and Switzerland) anxiety within the US successfully. Therefore, the pandemic, which is were suspended. The UK administration. US it is not possible to make especially prominent in and Turkey were excluded President Trump said that the return of flight with the Europe, will further delay from the travel ban. In they have implemented Dreamliner. the positive effects that addition, cargo flights are very strict measures, citing oil prices may provide. exempt from the European the increase in the number The current longest ban. EU261 changed of cases in European Union commercial flight in the countries because of fact Trump’s ban world was the distance The European Commission that they were late in flown between Singapore decided to classify changed the and Newark, which I implementing outbreak record for the Covid-19 as “extraordinary response measures. have had the chance to conditions” under the longest flight! experience. This distance EU passenger rights Travel between 26 record has now been Trump`s decision to regulation EU261. This European countries improved by 321 km. and the US has been ban flights from the
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Aircraft being grounded, leased aircraft being returned!
Airlines across the world are reducing or suspending their flights to minimize losses due to low demand. Airbus A380 and the Boeing 747 are likely to become the first aircraft casualties of the ongoing Lufthansa © global crisis as the airline © industry continues to Lufthansa Groups Aircrafts has temporirly grounded for a while. shrink by the worldwide lockdown. companies are forced to prior to the outbreak Irish-based budget airline temporarily halt activities. spread in Europe. However, Ryanair has decided to Airlines are expected to it is said that the outbreak ground the majority of switch to flying fewer, One of the countries most will also negatively affect the 450 Boeing 737-800 smaller aircraft – with affected by the outbreak this acquisition and aircraft in its fleet and the infection said to has been South Korea. that the Polish Airline largely suspend their have accelerated the Korean Air, the national will withdraw from this flights. demise of the world's airline of South Korea, process. The parties will largest passenger planes. one of the top 5 countries The three global alliances - come together for the These are the relatively where all airlines have StarAlliance, SkyTeam and last time and announce new Airbus A380 and stopped their flights OneWorld – jointly called the final decision. the Boeing 747-400. We completely (others are for government aid to probably will never see China, Italy, Iran and Iraq), Airlines are taking support this extraordinary a passenger 747 flying grounded 90 aircraft additional supportive situation. again and see only A380s in its fleet, including 10 decisions other than Air France-KLM Group has of Emirates in the near Airbus A380s. Korean Air canceling flights and decided to reduce flight future. expects that the flights grounding aircraft to operations by 70-90% will become normalized proceed with less damage. On March,8, German and ground all Boeing 747 soon. If the situation For example, they are flagship carrier Lufthansa and Airbus A380 aircraft persists for a longer returning leased aircraft grounded at least 150 in the fleet. period, the company`s in their fleet even while aircraft and reduced senior management is the lease period was still American Airlines flight operations by concerned that they active. In addition, projects suspended nearly all long- 50%. 14 Airbus A380s may reach the threshold for fleet renewal and haul international flights in the fleet are amongst where the airline cannot aircraft retirement, which after Trump`s flight ban those grounded. As from guarantee its survival. are planned to be realized decision. March 23, around 700 of The airline runs its cargo in the long term, are being Lufthansa Group’s 763 The Singapore Airlines operations with passenger brought forward. For Aircrafts are temporarily Group canceled 96% of aircraft to diversify cargo example, American Airlines grounded. its full capacity by the end routes and reduce aircraft will retire 16 Boeing 767s in of April. 138 of 147 aircraft The company parking fees. its fleet by the end of May in the Singapore Airlines management applied and 34 Boeing 757s in the LOT Polish Airlines, the and Silkair fleet have been for Kurzarbeit, which fleet will be retired by the national airline of Poland, grounded. Of the group`s involves the government end of the 2021 summer announced in January that low-cost brand Scoot, offsetting wages lost when season. it will buy Condor Airlines only 2 of the 49 planes are
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flying! Singapore Airlines József Váradi, CEO of Having decided to make Doha has become an canceled all Singapore- Budapest-based Wizz extra flights from Doha to important transit hub Istanbul flights in April Air, one of Europe's largest Paris, Perth and Dublin, it after the major hubs such 2020. low-cost airlines, stated flies the A380 aircraft in its as Dubai, Abu Dhabi, that they would like to fleet to Frankfurt, London Singapore Changi and Hong Singapore Changi Airport, turn the crisis into an Heathrow and Perth. It also Kong closed their doors to which is one of the most opportunity by expressing provides charter flight all transit passengers. important transfer its commitment to services from the US and centers, closed its doors A strong PR strategy such stand by the aircraft Asia to Europe. The airline to all transit passengers on as creating a positive delivery programs. It was has also started flying Tuesday, March 24. perception of the global announced that in 2020, to Brisbane for the first consumer and increasing In line with the new the delivery of 15 new time in its history. Unlike passenger loyalty during decision taken by the Airbus aircraft would be other airlines in the world, the pandemic period UAE administration, the taken over and would be Qatar Airways still flies is also thought to be country`s 4 airlines, included in the fleet as per to 75 destinations, with a strategy behind the Emirates, Etihad, FlyDubai the order schedule. a daily average of 150 decision of Qatar Airways and Air Arabia have flights, including the US. Vietnamese airline VietJet to continue its flights. The grounded all aircraft in On 6 may, according to the has taken an interesting airline's activities on social their fleet and stopped all latest official statement of step: They decided to pay £ media with hashtags like flights, including transit, Qatar Airways that plans 7,300 to passengers if they #takingyouhome are for at least 2 weeks. It was to grow its network back catch coronavirus after considered as the most the first time in the history to over 50 destinations flying with them between important sign of this of this country! resuming services to cities 23 March and 30 June strategy during this such as Manila, Amman, Australia`s flagship 2020. Domestic flights will process. Qatari flag carrier and Nairobi in end of carrier, Qantas, have also be covered. Qatar Airways has carried May. A further number of attempted to "survive" over one million people Qatar Airways, unlike other destinations are planned like all airlines because of home Since mid-February airlines, has announced to be added by the end of the negative impact of the as part of the repatriation that it will add 10,000 extra June. Covid-19 outbreak on the flights during ongoing seats to its flight network. global economy. The airline postponed the decisions to be announced for the "Sunrise Project" until the end of March 2020 and 12 orders planned for the Airbus A350-1000 for the project.
Australian Qantas and the KLM Royal Dutch Airlines conducted their last commercial flights with the iconic jumbo jet Boeing 747-400 also known as the Queen of the Skies. Both airlines had included the first 747 to their fleet in 1971. Both airlines were planning to retire Boeing 747s from their fleets in 2021.
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Pandemic crisis. The airline has also transported over 70,000 tons of medical equipment and aid relief worldwide.
The Covid-19 pandemic brought back an earlier practice in the aviation industry. The UK announced that it is preparing to deploy flight attendants who have medical training in hospitals to be built for the fight against Covid-19 outbreak. Then, similar practices started to be implemented ©©Emirates in many countries and airlines. These were the first self-service device called physical distancing rules The company, which has flight attendants in history Elenium at Abu Dhabi once Coronavirus travel taken action to terminate who were also nurses! Airport, which can monitor restrictions are lifted. the contracts of all its passengers' temperature, Ryanair CEO stated that employees by the end of British Airways has heart rate and respiratory the airline would not fly if it the month, is expected to suspended work for 36,000 rate. Thanks to the new was forced to keep middle go bankrupt. of its workers as unpaid technology, passengers seats empty. leave. An application was Emirates announced that with potential symptoms made to fund 80 percent of Russian national flagship scheduled flights would not of illness, especially wages by the government's carrier Aeroflot announced resume until the beginning Coronavirus, can be job retention scheme. that it has suspended all of July. identified at the beginning international flights until The UK-based easyJet, of travel. Norwegian Air announced August. one of the world's largest that 4,700 pilots and Dubai-based Emirates, low-cost airlines, has Portuguese charter crew members were laid by breaking new ground decided to ground its airline Hi Fly flew 12,338 off and its Swedish and among airline companies, entire fleet of aircraft due kilometers in 16 hours Danish subsidiaries filed started testing passengers to unprecedented travel with the Airbus A340-300 for bankruptcy. for Covid-19 before flights. restrictions. between Montevideo, the Blood tests are conducted capital of Uruguay, and Airbus and Lufthansa, the flag carrier in coordination with the Melbourne, Australia, and Boeing take of Germany has decided Dubai Health Authority and broke the A340's longest position for the to downsize its fleet due to results are available within flight record. 128 of the 217 crisis the ongoing Coronavirus 10 minutes. passengers in the record crisis. The airline removed Airbus management Canadian WestJet, which flight were Corona positive. 6 x Airbus A380; 7 x Airbus announced some has grounded three- A340-600; 5 x Boeing 747- The funding request of measures to support its quarters of its fleet, 400; 11 x A320 at Lufthansa; South African Airways financial position in the announced that it would and 10 x A320 at Eurowings. (SAA) at an amount of RB light of the economic lay off 1,700 pilots due to Also, it was decided to close 10 billion was rejected at difficulties caused by the Covid-19. Germanwings, one of the the beginning of the month global outbreak on March subsidiaries of the group. The British low-cost airline and SAA announced that 23. The measures included easyJet CEO said that it had to liquidate most a loan mechanism of Etihad started testing they would keep middle of its assets for debts 15 billion Euros ($ 16.1 the new technological seats empty to follow and severance payments. billion), the withdrawal of
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Sound region in Washington State was stopped for 14 days. (March 25th.)
Boeing closed its South Carolina plants where the 787 Dreamliner is produced, until further notice. The employees were given paid leave for 10 days, but the next stage is uncertain for now. Boeing © © European manufacturer Airbus partially restarted production and assembly the 2019 dividend offer to Congress and the White small suppliers from activities in France and and the suspension of House to save themselves. having to leave the system, Spain on March 23rd after pension funds. Airbus has Boeing made a $ 60 billion President Donald Trump a four-day shutdown also announced that the request from the U.S. said, "We have to help for health concerns over previously set targets government. This was said Boeing." Coronavirus. The production for 2020 will be revised. to be requested in the form activities in the wing plants However, if Boeing is given Production continues of government-backed at Filton and Broughton in the amount demanded partially due to the fact loans, but it is also said that the UK and at Bremen in as a loan, it is expected that personnel have to they want some grants that Germany were suspended that the company`s total maintain social distance do not need to be repaid. for 3 weeks. debt will reach 100 billion and work programs have Boeing management said dollars. In the short term, On March 29th the Spanish been loosened in all Airbus that most of this money will the company has a liquidity Government decided to plants in France and Spain. be transferred to the supply concern; How to deal with halt activities that are not American manufacturer chain. The commercial such a huge debt burden is fundamental throughout Boeing negotiated with aviation industry employs a big question mark. the country. For this reason, the US administration for about 536,000 workers in the European manufacturer Boeing also announced that a $ 60 billion financial aid the US. To prevent some Airbus stopped most of the production in the Puget package to secure itself and its suppliers. A liquidity injection is believed to help Airbus © the group survive and to © keep the supply chain afloat if airline companies delay or cancel aircraft deliveries.
The delay in deliveries of airline orders are occurring because airline companies want to maintain their own cash balance, and this has increased pressure on Boeing, which is already in a deadlock due to the 737 MAX crisis. Boeing also joined the US airlines’ call Airbus A320 Production Line
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production at its plants in Spain. However, Airbus produces face shields that provide personal protection to healthcare personnel in the fight against Covid-19 with more than 20 3D printers in its plants. The German side of Airbus announced that they have also become involved in this project.
Production activities Flybe © at the facility in Mobile, © Alabama in the US, where Airbus manufactures the The first victim Financial Rules for A220 and A320, have been of the outbreak is incentive temporarily paused. Flybe decision from stopping Due to airlines seeking ghost flights For giant global airlines with the Chinese to defer deliveries, it was government to decided to significantly sound financial standing, are loosened reducing capacity and reduce production in the airlines With the Coronavirus/ grounding aircraft is a A320 family and A350 The Chinese Ministry of COVID-19 outbreak that strategy used in order to aircraft. Negotiations with Finance and the Civil has paralyzed and brought cope with such a crucial the suppliers continue. Aviation Administration air traffic to a halt all over crisis. However, this and There will be delays also of China (CAAC) have the world, a new concept other similar crises will not in the A321XLR program. taken action to provide has emerged: “Ghost hesitate to polish off airlines It will produce forty A320s, financial support to airlines Flight”. with vulnerabilities. two A330s and six A350s that have suffered greatly In order not to lose slots on per month. Founded in 1979, the UK- because of the COVID-19 certain routes, the flights based and Europe`s largest outbreak affecting the Airbus has shelved plans to of airline companies independent regional airline, entire world. Direct cash establish a new production that do not have even a Flybe canceled all its flights incentives will be applied line in Toulouse for the final single passenger onboard and filed for bankruptcy. until June 30, 2020 in order assembly of the A321neo are called ghost flights. The airline, which has been to enable domestic and aircraft due to reduced Airlines face the risk of striving to overcome its foreign airlines to continue demand caused by the losing their `slots` at financial problems for a their operations to or from pandemic. This means airports if they fail to long time, was faced with a China. that the production perform their operations, dramatic end after the UK growth that has been The amount of incentives adhering to 80% of the government refused to lend going on for 8 years for to be given to airlines that scheduled and determined £ 100 million. Airbus' best-selling narrow do not halt or have resumed flight schedules within a body aircraft family has The airline, which was their international flights to flight year. reversed. unable to overcome funding China during the epidemic One of the most challenges, became the was as follows: 0.0176 yuan Airbus has also postponed noteworthy examples first airline to terminate per seat kilometer for the its plan to ramp up of its was the British Airways operations as a result of co-operated air routes, A220 production from four flight between London the severe impact of the and 0.0528 yuan per seat to ten planes per month in and Cardiff in the past COVID-19 outbreak, which kilometer if the route is Canada's Mirabel facilities few days, which had no also continues to affect the covered by a sole airline. until mid-2021. passengers. As the airline entire world.
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did not want to risk losing ©©Mustafa Erkatırcı the slot worth nearly £ @mustafaerkatirci 2 million at Heathrow Airport, it conducted the flight, albeit empty!
The European Commission and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) decided to waive rules that led airlines to make `ghost flights` in order to ease the impact of the outbreak on the economy. European Commission provides a chance for In addition to the suspension On March 16, flights to President Ursula von der relatively smaller airlines of flights to/from China as Switzerland, Ireland, Leyen announced that the to have equal operating of February 3, 2020, flights Saudi Arabia, Egypt and rule described as `use it or conditions when operating to/from Iran on February the United Arab Emirates lose it` will be temporarily alongside major airlines at 24 and South Korea, Iraq were also suspended. waived. Airlines felt the most demanded giant and Italy on March 1 were Another Turkish company, relieved on this decision. airports. suspended. Following the Corendon, has decided to Flight rules were previously spread of virus in mainland stop its flights until April 17. suspended during the What is the latest Europe, all flights to a September 11 attacks, status in Turkey? total of 9 more European Turkish Airlines has delayed the SARS outbreak and The Turkish aviation industry countries (Germany, France, the delivery of the first the 2008 financial crisis. has also suffered greatly Spain, Norway, Denmark, Airbus A350 to be added Underneath the `use it or from the devastating effects Belgium, Austria, Sweden to its fleet. lose it` rule, there lies a and the Netherlands) were of the outbreak. Turkish Airlines announced fairness objective which also suspended. Minister that it will stop all Turhan (former Minister) international flights as of announced that flights to March 27th apart from the were suspended until April Hong Kong, Moscow, New 17 beginning from March 14, York, Washington and Addis 2020, 08:00am. It was also Ababa. stated that this period could be extended or brought Turkey added 46 more forward. flights to countries to the
©©Mustafa Erkatırcı @mustafaerkatirci
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list of stopped flights on March 21st as a protective measure against the effects of the virus. The current list of countries where flights are stopped: Kuwait, Bangladesh, Mongolia, Turkish Republic of North Cyprus, Ukraine, Kosovo, Morocco, Lebanon, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Oman, Slovenia, Moldova, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Canada, India, Hungary, Guatemala, Poland, Kenya, Sudan , Chad, Philippines, Latvia, Taiwan, Peru, Sri Lanka, Ecuador, Niger, Tunisia, Algeria, Ivory Coast, Finland, Angola, Czechia, Dominican, Cameroon, Montenegro, Colombia, viruses through a passenger in the cabin North Macedonia, Mauritania, Nepal, was simulated. Portugal and Panama. Are aircraft infected? As a result, it turned out that there are Turkish President Recep Tayyip two main factors influencing the risk Airline companies claim that they are Erdogan announced that all scheduled of infection on the plane: How often continually disinfecting their aircraft passengers interact with each other international flights have been stopped and 99.97% of all viruses have been and how often they leave their seats. effective as from midnight on March 27, neutralized through HEPA filters in 2020. Domestic flights were subject to ventilation systems. Therefore, they all Analyzes showed that those who the local authorities’ approval. Cargo agree that the risk of virus infection travel in the front and back seats of a flights were excluded. on the plane is much lower than in any diseased passenger on the plane are other indoor environment. 80% more likely to become infected. It was decided upon to conduct Fortunately, the risk of infection for domestic flights to Samsun, Trabzon, However, the situation does not seem other passengers was observed to be as innocent as the airlines claim! The Erzurum, Van, Diyarbakır, Malatya, only 3%. Gaziantep, Kayseri, Konya, Adana, humidity of the air we breathe in the Antalya and Izmir over Istanbul and aircraft is around 10%. This causes The study also measured the Ankara only by Turkish Airlines. The mucus in our throat and nose, which possible effects of an infected flight is our body`s first line of defense, to attendant on board. The results were first flight after the decision was made dry out. In a sense, our defense system as predicted. It was seen that the from Istanbul to Ankara and Samsun. becomes weakened in this type presence of a sick flight attendant All flights were conducted with half of environment. It creates an ideal on board put many more passengers the passenger capacity, at most, to breeding ground for microbes to take at risk, because the flight attendant maintain social distance. Passengers hold of our bodies and to spread. continually moves on the aircraft and were seated by leaving at least one interacts with a lot of passengers. The Planes contain thousands of microbes empty seat between them. flight attendant was, so to speak, not only because of the dry, unhealthy disseminating the disease. After the first announcement made circulating air in the cabin, but also due by the President, Turkish Airlines to the surfaces such as tray tables and Another remarkable result derived announced that ticket sales and lavatory fixtures that we touch. from the studyw was that people online check-in via its website and sitting in window seats and not leaving Researchers from Emory University, mobile application were suspended their seats during the flight were less Georgia Institute of Technology and until April 17, 2020. However, with a new at risk. Therefore, if you are going to Boeing conducted 10 different test travel by plane these days, perhaps the statement, it was announced that the flights, ranging between 3.5 and 5 hours, first thing you need to do to protect period was extended to May 1st . to analyze the risks of infection that yourself against virus exposure is to can be transmitted directly by droplets. Such a decision has resulted in the take a window seat and complete the grounding of all aircraft in the fleets of In this case study the risk of infection flight without leaving your seat if it is airlines conducting scheduled flights via passenger movement was tracked a short distance flight. such as Pegasus, Sun Express, Onur Air through an iPad app. The spread of
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How to avoid a virus on onboard
Keep your hands away from your eyes, face, and don’t touch surfaces that all passengers can touch. Try not to touch seat armrests, tray tables, in-flight entertainment system ©©Mustafa Erkatırcı @mustafaerkatirci screens, remote controls, overhead cabinets, toilet and charter flights such as SunExpress started cargo further increase with the doors, in other words, if Corendon, Tailwind and Free operations with passenger persistence of the crisis. possible, anything on the Bird. aircraft. Passenger cabins of Losses are not limited to plane. If you are sitting next 18 Boeing 737-800s in the passenger transportation. Sabiha Gökçen, Dalaman to a sick passenger, try not fleet have been arranged to Decrease in commercial and Bodrum Airports were to position yourself face to maximize capacity. Planes activities also affects also closed. face with them, disinfect are now able to carry a cargo airlines. As a result your hands with wet wipes Following the announcement maximum load of up to of a study conducted by and special solutions as made by President Erdogan 21,700 kg. the OECD on such negative much as possible. Always on April 3rd regarding the developments, it has called wear a mask that covers entry and exit ban to/ On the verge of on governments to delay your mouth and nose from 30 big cities and recession, share tax debt payments and Zonguldak, domestic buyback process to provide liquidity to the during the flight. Never flights were completely started markets. turn off the ventilation stopped. above your seat. Gargle On the other hand, after the The dramatic plunge with special fluids to help President Erdogan continues in world stock sharp decline in the stock kill germs and keep your announced on April 6th markets and it is said values of all companies throat moist, especially on that Atatürk Airport and that some stock markets operating in the aviation long flights. To strengthen Sancaktepe Military Airport may crash. While the industry, it has been your immune system, will be converted into crisis deepens, economies observed that the buyback start taking a standard 1,000-bed hospitals. are on the verge of a process has started. multi-vitamin a few days Pegasus Airlines announced global recession and new The Board of Directors of before your flight. Keep on April 13th that it has bankruptcies are likely Turkish Airlines approved away from the pillows canceled all its flights to occur in the aviation the `Share Buyback and blankets distributed between 1st of May 2020 industry, which is already in Program` on March 9, 2020 by the flight attendants and 15th of May 2020 in crisis, with a domino effect. to ensure the regain of its line with the additional Estimates signal that the own shares. Accordingly, and if necessary, bring precautions to combat World GNP will decline by up to TL 1 billion 500 million your own from home in a Covid-19. 0.5 to 1.5%. worth of shares will be protective bag. And most repurchased. importantly, drink plenty of Turkish Airlines announced As of early March, the water to make sure you are on April 14th that all revenue loss anticipated TAV Airports also decided to hydrated throughout the domestic flights have been in the aviation industry in buy back shares on March flight in order to boost your cancelled until May 1, 2020, Turkey is estimated to be 12, 2020 up to TL 200 million immune system. and all international flights US$ 100-120 million and to demonstrate that they until May 20, 2020. this amount is expected to stand behind the company.
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Coronavirus also Misleads Weather Forecasts! The fact that commercial The airlines have grounded the aircraft data comes since the start of the passenger flights have come nearly all aircraft in their in second, behind satellite outbreak. The reduction to a stopping point due to fleets throughout the world data. However, satellite in such data flow due the COVID-19 pandemic due to the travel restrictions wind observations recently to the pandemic may has become a challenge for caused by the ongoing integrated in the system cause some disruptions meteorologists, as weather coronavirus outbreak and will help compensate for in early detection of forecasts models are the reduction in flight the drop in the number meteorological events based on temperature and demand has considerably of aircraft-based and disasters, such as wind data collected from reduced the data obtained. observations. Furthermore, floods and hurricanes, thousands of aircraft in the The World Meteorological even though there is a which is unfortunately sky! Organization reported that significant decrease in not a desirable thing for the data obtained from commercial passenger our planet. Commercial passenger aircraft fell by 50%-80% flights, the ongoing cargo aircraft automatically in many parts of the world, and evacuation flights Impact of flight send meteorological particularly in Europe and continue to be used to data obtained via various data on weather the U.S. obtain data, albeit limited. sensors during flight to forecasts ground stations through This decline is also It is thought that removing A test was run in 2019 communication systems. The anticipated to have a all aircraft data degrades on weather forecasts U.S. National Oceanic and negative impact on the forecasts by up to 15%. to measure the impact Atmospheric Administration quantity and quality of Some EU member states are of data obtained from - NOAA supports its weather weather forecasts. The exerting efforts to receive aircraft. The difference forecast software with more continuation of such a more data by sending more between the reports not than 250 million annual significant loss of data from radio and sound waves to involving aircraft data and measurements obtained aircraft and the expansion high altitude balloons to the reports involving all from aircraft. However, of regions where this conduct meteorological related data was revealed. experts now have concerns becomes unavailable may readings to compensate because as of the end of create a gradual decrease for the lack of data from The greatest difference March, meteorological data in the reliability of weather aircraft, especially in Europe. between forecasts from aircraft have declined forecasts. was observed in the by half due to the sharp drop Coronavirus data obtained from the in air traffic. What kind of reduces manual aircraft at the standard cruising altitude of 10 According to the data is used data entry as well for weather and 12 km. Geographically, World Meteorological Of course, not only the the biggest difference Organization, the in-flight forecasts? U.S. and Europe, but also between the reports was measurements are a key The World Meteorological other parts of the world in the northern hemisphere source of information both Organization collects a are at risk. The majority for both wind and for weather forecasts and wide variety of data from of ground monitoring temperature forecasting. for monitoring climate satellites, ground stations, stations automatically changes. The Geneva- According to experts, ground tracking systems send data to weather based organization declared removing half the aircraft and marine-based stations, forecast units. However, in that thousands of aircraft data from weather in addition to aircraft many developing countries, in the fleet of 43 airlines forecasts would be in order to forecast the data is manually obtained contributed to the Aircraft expected to give slightly weather. While satellite data by observers. In some Meteorological Data Relay less than half the impact of provides a lot of information countries, there are almost Program (AMDAR), and they removing all aircraft data. about temperature and no radar stations available. produced and shared more Briefly, the more aircraft humidity, it provides less than 800,000 observations The World Meteorological data that is involved in information about wind. daily on issues such as air Organization reported reporting, the better, The European Center for temperature, wind speed and that a substantial drop as it will lead to better Medium-Range Weather direction, humidity and even in the number of manual forecasting results Forecasts (ECMWF) says turbulence. observations has occurred
47 Cashflow Catastrophe Seals the Aviation Industry’s Fate
airlines around the as they are unable to fill necessities such as face globe had to suspend planes with passengers, masks, protective gear, by Saffet Uyanık passenger flights and cut airlines are instead using gloves, and disinfectant schedules significantly. whatever capacity they quickly became ICAO, IATA, ACI, ITF, Due to the resulting travel have, to transport more scarce commodities. EUROCONTROL, ECAC, restrictions as well as cargo, such as medicines However, the global all related international significant reductions in to the regions most air freight market organizations and passenger numbers, some affected by the public demand measured in associations of of the world’s biggest health crisis as part of cargo ton kilometers Aviation have been airlines turned their the global supply chain. (CTKs), decreased by focus to cargo to produce 3.3% in January 2020, respectively published The earnings from fractional revenue. compared to the same best & worst-case passenger operations period in 2019; while scenarios about the According to the may have almost the cargo capacity, future of the global International Air vanished during this measured in available aviation sector Transport Association time of the COVID-19 cargo ton kilometers from the outset of (IATA), airlines transport pandemic, but global (ACTKs), rose by 0.9% the outbreak. How over 52 million metric supply chains still year-on-year in January these crises could be tons of goods a year, demand aircraft cargo 2020. Over 200,000 affecting the Aviation representing more than capacity. Thus, airlines passenger flights have world? 35% of global trade by have innovated and been canceled since value but less than 1% converted planes that The aviation industry the end of February in of world trade by volume. are normally used to is one of the sectors response to government That is equivalent to $6.8 transport passengers hardest-hit by the Novel travel restrictions. With trillion worth of goods into freighters. Since the Coronavirus (COVID-19) this, vital cargo capacity annually, or $18.6 billion beginning of the novel outbreak. When the has disappeared when it worth of products every coronavirus crisis, cargo outbreak of COVID-19 is most urgently needed day. This is not a typical demand has only risen as began to spread, many in the fight against situation for airlines; yet, simple goods or medical countries declared a COVID-19. state of emergency, imposed quarantines, and other restrictions for citizens of the most affected areas and tried to prevent their citizens from traveling overseas. Amid the health and humanitarian crisis, governments have closed borders and requested or forced people to stay home in an effort to stop the spread of the pandemic.
As a result of COVID-19
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Because of this crisis which has spanned the entire globe, the likes of which has never been faced before in civil aviation history, we are already seeing losses that are hard to recover. On 14 April 2020, the IATA released an updated analysis showing that the COVID-19 crisis will see global airline passenger revenues drop by US$314 billion in 2020, a 55% decline to ensure that the second quarter of 2020 in other on-airport compared to 2019, under protection of health alone. In April, both the positions. Another 55.3 a “3-month lock-down + workers caring for European Commission million indirect, induced, recession” scenario and a those with COVID-19 is and the US Department and tourism-related jobs 48% decline in Revenue prioritized, to coordinate of Transportation stated are supported by aviation. Passenger Kilometers between each other and that airlines are still (RPKs, both international One of the industries with industry to ensure obliged to offer refunds and domestic) in 2020 that relies most heavily harmonized and effective for canceled flights. This compared to 2019. on aviation is tourism. By action to protect the has created a profound Airlines in the Asia Pacific facilitating tourism, air safety of passengers liquidity emergency region are expected to transport helps generate and crew, to provide for airlines. The impact see the largest revenue economic growth immediate financial and of the near shutdown drop of US$113 billion and alleviate poverty. regulatory support for of passenger services in 2020 compared to Currently, approximately airlines, to maintain the threatens the viability 2019 with a 50% drop 1.4 billion tourists sustainability of terms of 25 million jobs directly in passenger demand in are crossing borders and conditions for air and indirectly dependent 2020 compared to 2019. every year, over half of transport workers, and upon aviation, as well whom travelled to their Due to this sudden to assist the industry as the tourism and destinations by air. In loss of revenue, airlines in restarting quickly by hospitality sector. 2016, aviation supported began to hold out adapting regulations The air transport almost 37 million jobs against refunding and lifting travel industry supports a within the tourism sector, canceled flights and restrictions predictably total of 65.5 million jobs contributing roughly USD tickets to conserve cash and efficiently. globally. It provides 897 billion a year to global while European airlines According to the IATA, 10.2 million direct jobs. GDP. owe US$10 billion global air passenger Airlines, air navigation for canceled flights. When assessing the demand plunged 70%, service providers, and In a joint statement economic impacts and industry revenues airports directly employ addressing this on civil aviation, the from the passenger around three and a deteriorating situation, International Civil business are forecast to half million people. The the International Air Aviation Organization be reduced by at least civil aerospace sector Transport Association (ICAO) expects an overall $252 billion in 2020. (the manufacture of (IATA) and the reduction of international Airlines are expected aircraft, systems, and International Transport passengers ranging from to burn through some engines) employs 1.2 Workers’ Federation (ITF) 44% to 80% in 2020 $61 billion in cash million people. A further called for governments compared to 2019 as reserves during the 5.6 million people work
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well as an estimated (38.1%) of passenger pan-European, civil- accounted for about loss of two‐fifths of traffic and almost half of military organization 2% of total Departure/ passenger traffic and the revenues for airports EUROCONTROL Arrival flights, whereas 45% or over US$76 billion in 2020. This is equivalent published a now it accounts for 15% airport revenues in 2020 to 3.6 billion passengers comprehensive as of Saturday, April 25, compared to previous in absolute terms. This assessment of the 2020. Also, according business results. The shortfall in the number latest traffic situation to the data provided ICAO currently reports of passengers and the in Europe and provided a by EUROCONTROL, that the first quarter of cancellation of flights comparison to the same virtually all of Europe’s 2020 has seen an overall will continue to result in period in 2019. According largest airports are now reduction ranging from reduced revenues. Before to the COVID-19 managing 90% fewer 39% to 41% in passenger the COVID-19 outbreak Impact on European Air flights compared to last capacity, or a decrease ACI forecasted that Traffic EUROCONTROL year, examples: Paris Orly of 16.4 to 19.6 million global airport revenues Comprehensive had no flights, London passengers compared for the first quarter of Assessment, since the Gatwick -98%, Vienna to what airlines had 2020 would reach close beginning of March, all bi- -96%, Munich -95%, projected pre-COVID-19. to US$39 billion. Based on directional traffic flows Madrid -94%, Istanbul This equates to a traffic trends impacted between the European -91%, Paris CDG -91%, potential reduction of by COVID-19 and the Civil Aviation Conference Amsterdam -90%, Milan US$4 to 5 billion in gross inevitable reduction (ECAC) and other Malpensa -89%, Dublin operating revenues for in overall commercial regions in the world have -88%, London Heathrow airlines worldwide. Prior activity, ACI now decreased with various -87%, Frankfurt -84%, to the outbreak, airlines estimates a 33% loss of dynamics and amplitude: Athens -82% and Oslo had planned to increase revenues equivalent to the flow with Asia/Pacific -68%. seat capacity by 3.4% for an approximate revenue is now the largest share of As a result of COVID-19, 2020, compared to 2019. shortfall of US$13 billion. traffic to/from ECAC at the number of flights While the industry was 6%, but this is down 82% According to Airports operating daily in expected to generate compared to last year. Council International European airspace has about US$172 billion, (ACI), passenger traffic From April 1st to the 20th declined by 90%. As it may lose about 45% exceeded 9.1 billion 2020, the flow intra- this dramatic reduction or over US$76 billion in 2019, representing ECAC (within) decreased in operations is likely to by the end of this year 3.4% growth in total by 90 compared to the continue in the future, considering the ongoing passenger traffic year- same period in 2019, but the airline industry has crisis. A drastic decline over-year. Based on this its share decreased only sought the support of of such magnitude for data, the ACI forecasted slightly from 80% to 72% EUROCONTROL Member the industry represents that global passenger and remained by far the States to deal with its an existential threat. traffic would reach most substantial flow. sudden and significant Airports must also 9.5 billion passengers The flow to/from Asia/ cash flow crisis. On continue to maintain and in 2020. However, the Pacific decreased by 67% April 7, EUROCONTROL operate the infrastructure COVID-19 outbreak but is now the second- announced that its components such as made this traffic largest flow with 8% of Member States have runways, taxiways, volume unattainable the total flows compared agreed on a financial aprons, parking stands, as the industry was to 3% in 2019. The flow package enabling airlines and terminal buildings. grounded as of the end to/from Middle East, to defer the payment of Despite the sharp of March. Economic which was the 2nd flow up to €1.1 billion of air reduction in passenger analysis of Airports in 2019, has decreased traffic control fees due traffic, many airports Council International by more than 80% and for payment to Europe’s remain open for cargo (ACI) predicts that the now represents 6% of all air traffic management operations. COVID-19 pandemic the flows. This time last industry in the coming will wipe out two-fifths Besides all these, the year, all-cargo flights months
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Financial Impact of Coronavirus on Aviation Industry
Dr. Batuğhan Karaer Chairman of the Finance Association, Turkey
The coronavirus pandemic, which has paralyzed the entire world unexpectedly, wreaked havoc on the aviation and tourism industry, and then opened the door to an unprecedented contraction in the global economy by affecting almost all sectors. The virus crisis suddenly caught the world woefully unprepared.
The progression of the crisis, starting in China to find out medicines and primary sectors affected key issue. Recovery and and spreading to the North vaccines, however, the by the crisis and will be development after the American continent, has expectation is that the among the last to come outbreak-related crisis become directly linked wheel of the economy will out of the crisis. depends upon several start to spin again as of major criteria. to the economy. Capital The aviation industry is June and July this year markets are focusing on revising its strategies. For the future of the at the latest. Whether or the number of patients Companies are exerting industry, the questions on not the fight against the and death tolls of their maximum efforts the following main topics virus becomes successful countries rather than the to maintain their current need to be answered: sooner or will be later on, macroeconomic data. status and human an approach to deal with - Whether the crisis will The number of cases and resources, with the the spinning economic be short, medium or long related deaths are closely assumption that the crisis wheel now is vital before term, monitored on a daily will be overcome at the it is too late, and this basis. With these figures, beginning of this summer. - Whether the effects has been expressed with everybody is striving to But the main issue is the of the virus will be concern in economic forecast the progress of strategy to be adopted completely over, or circles. the crisis by trying to wipe if the crisis prolongs. whether life will continue away the smoke screen No matter how the fight Certainly, the strategies with the virus for a that blurs the vision of the against virus progresses, of airline companies, certain period of time, future ahead of them. the aviation and tourism which are at the center - The extent and scope industry have undoubtedly of industry dynamics, will The most asked question of the states’ support to been suffering from these affect the entire industry. is ‘when will the fight their industries, against this outbreak be crises. Whether the virus- Additionally, in what over?’; in a month or two, related crisis is settled in way and to what extent - The approach and or in a year or more. The the short term or in the the states and financial stance of financial common opinion is that long term, the aviation circles will support airline circles towards the it will take 1 or 1.5 years industry is one of the companies is also the sector,
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- The financial structures technical and insurance However, in the end, there transactions against and indebtedness expenses (ACMI: Aircraft, may be a reduction in foreign exchange risk and/ of companies in the Crew, Maintenance, fixed costs up to 60- or fuel price increase risk. sector, especially airline Insurance) must be 65% or some delays For example, it is difficult companies, made on a monthly basis. in expenditures. It is for an airline company to The average monthly inevitable that airlines will cover its loss of fuel prices - Whether the effects of fixed cost of a mid-size be faced with an expense hedged at a high price, the virus differ regionally aircraft, including the of at least US$ 250,000- when the due date comes. It would not be wrong to charter fire (although 300,000 per aircraft to As it is seen, there is say that the larger part it varies depending on maintain the existing no way for the airline of the aviation sector of the model and type), is fleet and the crew under company to financially a country, where the fight around US$ 500,000- all circumstances. compensate for the against the virus lasts 600,000, and around US$ The airline also has to loss caused by the through the medium and 700,000-1,000,000 for manage its liabilities virus-related crisis long term, coupled with a wide-body aircraft. For regarding previous singlehandedly. The the lack of enough support instance, if we think that expenses for flight effective and proper from state and financial the monthly cost of an operations. Deferred crisis management of circles, will no longer airline company with 10 liabilities to suppliers the airline company, the exist. All the sub-sectors mid-size airplanes will and airports due to stimulus package of the of aviation are formed by be at least US$ 5 million, operational expenses state, the approach of the volume and efficiency the suspension of flights such as handling services the financial sponsors, of airline companies' for three months possibly taken at the airports the understanding and activities. Therefore, the leads to a loss of US$ 15 where they fly, fuel, flight tolerance to be shown by critical factor to overcome million. Of course, making taxes and etc. should the staff and the flexibility the crisis as the industry partial or no payments also be managed well. In of the suppliers are all is directly proportional to to leasing companies or addition to the fixed costs indispensable to surpass the survival of the airline creditors for rental and and deferred liabilities, the the crisis. companies as stated the reduction of salaries loan repayment should above. of high-paid crews due The aviation industry be postponed and/or to force majeure may plays a key role in Airline companies have restructured. minimize some of this determining the power high fixed charges. loss. The cost reduction A model needs to be of countries in the Whether the flights is directly related with developed to compensate global economy as it are conducted or not, the airline's success in for losses that may interacts with many payments for chartering managing the process. incur due to derivative other sectors, especially agreements, staff salaries,
OUTBREAK CRISIS TRANSITION PROCESS SHORT MEDIUM LONG POST-CRISIS SITUATION (3-4 months) (5-9 months) (more than 10 months) HIGH More strong and (Financing of the taking advantage More strong Pre-Crisis situation SUPPORT OF STATE entire loss) of opportunities AND FINANCIAL MODERATE CIRCLES Market loss and Recession and high (Financing at least Pre-Crisis situation Pre-Crisis situation financial distress half of the loss) WEAK (Financing less Market loss and Recession and moderate Business closure, than half of the loss) financial distress financial distress bankruptcy
Photo Caption: The matrix is prepared with the assumption that the company’s financial structure is satisfactory. For companies with a higher level of debt, it is necessary to consider that its position in the matrix should be one box forward and below.
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within the tourism sector. There are many burning questions about the future of the industry. However, regardless of the perspective we look, it is obvious that the future of the aviation industry depends primarily on the time of exit from the outbreak crisis as well as the approach that the states and financial circles take with the industry. The level and effects of these factors can be seen in the matrix provided below:
There is also a need for a well-structured plan aftermath of the crisis, closely monitored by It is obvious that aviation to launch activities from and this will enable them some environmental industry will be reshaped the moment that the crisis to overcome the crisis organizations. Due to after the crisis, as is true is over. Support systems more favorably. the low number of flights for many areas of the need to be provided during during the outbreak economy. Regardless If the effects of the crisis the crisis and applications related crisis, many studies of the perspective from fade out on a regional such as denied boarding and research on the which we look at the basis, the regions and compensation, carbon effects of climate change sector, the aviation countries that recover emission taxes, etc. and carbon emissions can industry plays a key role from the crisis rapidly will should be suspended be conducted. Studies in the economic growth of be more advantageous. for a certain period of on climate change may countries and their global There may be capacity time, for the companies’ also lead to significant effectiveness. Countries transfers between compensation of losses outputs for the future of that can manage to find companies. For instance, after the resumption of the aviation industry. an exit from this virus the transfer of both flights. crisis in a short time and fleets and flight crews Even though it is not that stand behind the Since aircraft OEMs to the regions having a possible to predict the aviation industry will be have halted or slowed high number of flights is exact time of the end of able to turn this crisis down production, it is likely to take place. The the crisis, it is apparent into an opportunity with envisaged that after the fact that China’s leaving that many companies respect to aviation and crisis the supply will fall behind the impact of the have put a stop to their will gain a great economic short of meeting demand crisis early (currently owns operations if it takes advantage in terms of the in the industry, capacity nearly 40% of the world's longer. In order to fill global economy. Countries problems will arise, and aircrafts) may be a great the gap after the crisis, wishing to reduce the aircraft prices will go opportunity for the East it is expected that the effects of the crisis right up. Companies should Asian and Southeast surviving companies away will eventually conduct studies that Asian aviation industry. will take advantage of realize that ignoring the address the additional the opportunities and The environmental aviation industry is not a demand that may occur, new companies and impacts of the viable option as part of their plans to collaborations may reduced flights can be be implemented in the emerge.
54 UTIKAD Analysis: COVID-19 Impact on the Logistics Sector
The coronavirus and goods worth US$ cargo aircraft. The number capacity. However, due to (Covid-19) outbreak, 200 billion from the US is of passenger flights the sharp decrease in the which was first reported believed unlikely to even canceled in this current capacity of passenger in Wuhan, China in happen now due to the situation is so high that aircraft, and the high cost December 2019, affected coronavirus pandemic. the demand for airlines of carrying cargo with the entire world in a short The coronavirus epidemic is many times more than cargo aircraft, an increase period of time. Concerns has turned out to be a the current supply. At in air freight in the coming about the outbreak, major phenomenon that this point, airlines that period is inevitable. which has since been threatens economic and charged 80 percent of Cargo flights and declared as a pandemic social systems all over the the cost of passenger transactions in by the World Health world, especially human aircraft to passengers warehouses are being Organization, continue health. The logistics and 20 percent to cargo carried out under to increase. With the sector has also started were suddenly obliged challenging conditions effect s of Covid-19, to suffer in terms of to charge the full cost as all airline companies China’s exports, with the transportation amid the of the aircraft to cargo strive to conduct cargo second largest economy spreading coronavirus alone. Airlines have flights without stop- in the world, decreased outbreak. started to organize their overs, and flight crews by 17.2 percent in the passenger aircraft quickly A very significant portion perform their duties by first two months of 2020. and are now using them of cargo (70-80%) staying in self isolation The trade war between for cargo transportation in air transportation at hotels. According to the US and China due to increasing cargo is carried in the lower the latest announcement, was a factor that had demands which fill the compartments of Sabiha Gokcen Airport negatively affected global void caused by the drastic passenger aircraft, and has been closed to demand, trade and the decrease in passenger due to the cancellation flights for one month as investment environment demand. of passenger flights there from April 1st. Air cargo for more than 2 years. has been a significant THY Cargo currently agencies that continue to Even if the parties decrease in the volume provides service with 26 perform their activities at reached an agreement of cargo transported cargo aircraft and MNG both Ataturk and Istanbul in January 2020, the in passenger aircraft Airlines with 8 cargo Airports, face financial deal promising China’s which has resulted in an aircraft in order to fulfill difficulties due to the purchase of services increased demand for all demands at maximum decline in their business
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volumes. Despite this, activities. Fluctuations be delayed; otherwise wait outside the station. the rental payments and increases in prices many small and medium In order to avoid any of the offices at both received by agencies air cargo agencies will physical contact, freight airports continue even from airline companies be stuck between a rock wagons are transported though the air cargo cause problems due to and a hard place, a very to the Iranian side behind volume has decreased the commitments they difficult situation that the locomotive or to the significantly and these have previously given will have a ripple effect Turkish border region offices have become to their customers. on many businesses in from the Iranian side. almost nonfunctional. Due to uncertainties in many sectors, locally and During this process, the For this reason, UTİKAD prices and flights, there globally. locomotive and personnel has made a request to are disruptions in air do not cross the border. Within the scope of the the IGA for Istanbul transportation of export Within the EU, there were measures taken for the Airport and for Turkish and import cargoes. no internal border controls coranavirus outbreak, Airlines, and to the DHMI before the outbreak, but During this period, it Habur Border Gate, for Ataturk Airport, to the member states have is also necessary to which is Turkey’s gate temporarily suspend the reintroduced internal understand the situation to Iraq, one of the most rental payments of the border controls, and of airline companies. Due important trading points, offices at these airports. such controls at the to flight cancellations, was closed to passenger border gates have led to When we look at global airline companies have entry and exit as of March long vehicle queues. As a air transportation, we grounded their aircraft 1, 2020, and commercial result, both transit time can say that we come up and unfortunately passages have started and freight fees have against another handicap. grounding equates to to be realized under increased. However, the The International Air losses for the company. strict control. In this EU requires all member Transport Association Flight crews can also be context, exports to Iraq countries to ease and (IATA) predicts that placed under quarantine have been carried out speed up vehicle crossings global air transport will in the countries that as “contactless” through through border gates as fall for the first time they visit, and it is also containers, trailers and much as possible. The EU since 2009 due to the problematic to return driver changes in the also expects the same coronavirus outbreak. The equipment that has been buffer zone between from Turkey. IATA estimates that the transported. Increasing Habur - İbrahim Halil aviation industry in 2020 expenses and shrinking Border Gates since March As an alternative to will remain 44 percent transportation operations 1, 2020. At the entry the compulsory 14- below the 2019 figures also challenge airline point to Iraq, only Turkish day quarantine applied and below US$ 252 billion. companies in the face of drivers are allowed entry to truck drivers, we as The IATA is focusing significant costs. subject to quarantine UTIKAD conveyed our primarily on a scenario requirements, while recommendation to In addition, air cargo where these serious foreign drivers are not the Vice President Mr. agencies are not able to travel restrictions last allowed to enter Turkey. Fuat Oktay, suggesting collect the transportation up to three months and Vehicles coming from that drivers having no fees of the cargo they then a gradual economic Iraq are disinfected in the symptoms of COVID-19 transport, but at the due recovery comes later this buffer zone and a driver can continue their drive date they must make year. change is made. through the help of payments to the CASS, rapid diagnostic tests. Airline agencies continue the collection system of The "locomotive" solution We have to overcome their activities with the IATA member aircraft has also facilitated this problematic issue minimum number of staff. companies. UTIKAD made trade with Iran. For immediately with the We are going through a a request to the IATA for the time being, Iranian test laboratories to be period in which payments the extension of these transport freight trains established by the Ministry are delayed, especially payments but the request that are sterilized at the of Health at Kapıkule and since foreign agencies was rejected for now. Kapıköy border gate are other border gates. have minimized their Such payments should dispatched after a 4-hour
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In addition, due to the due to the outbreak, mode of passenger Expectations and suspension of visa which negatively impacted transportation, since Recommendations issuance by some container traffic across physical contact is less • Turkish and foreign EU member states, the world. Vessels not likely in railway transport drivers arriving at the the operation and accepted to ports cause compared to other modes Turkish border at the transportation of the delays in cargo and of transport. We can say Kapıkule border gate Turkish truck fleet has causes an increase in that the negative impact should be allowed to almost come to a halt. transportation costs. Due of the measures taken continue their journey after to blank sailing, global by countries on railway a rapid diagnostic test In order to ensure the volume loss reached 1.9 transport is relatively low. has been administered, continuation of necessary million TEU (twenty-foot Railways are positioned instead of 14-day commercial activities equivalent) in the first two in much better condition quarantine. and the logistics flow months of 2020. Due to the for the current situation • For export transportation, between Turkey and decrease in imports from compared to highways, after applying rapid European countries the Far East, no empty especially for departures diagnostic tests to the without a complete drivers and provided containers are available towards European interruption, according to that their test results are to load export goods. Due countries. We observe the measures taken for negative, border crossings to the unloaded export that there has been a the coronavirus outbreak, of vehicles to headed to loads, space problems considerable increase European countries should our Association conveyed on vessels have started. recently in demand for be allowed, by reporting its request to the Ministry The reason for this is railway transport. In the details to Bulgarian of Commerce, General that vessels coming from response to this rise authorities. Directorate of Free Zones, banned countries are in demand, it may be • This precaution, which Foreign Investments and not accepted to ports in possible to conduct will be taken primarily at Services to take steps with Turkey before the end of more efficient railway the Kapıkule border gate, the relevant authorities in the 14-day quarantine transportation with an should also be applied at the direction of immediate other border gates. period. Assuming that increase in frequency and visa issuance to the drivers the vessel's voyage takes the supply of additional • Urgent action should in Turkey that cannot 8 days in average, it is wagons. Regarding this be taken before the EU renew their visas. border to automatically not accepted to the port issue, Turkish State extend the Schengen visas Our aim is to continue, without completing the Railways also announced of Turkish drivers until a without interruption, remaining days in this that it would increase specified date. the international case. This, of course, leads its capacity in the Baku- • Urgent action should transportation and to a serious cost increase Tbilisi-Kars line. be taken before the EU logistics activities, which and a delay in export. As UTIKAD, we continue border to suspend the are vital for the foreign On the other hand, in to exert efforts to ensure quota and transit permit trade of our country. For transportation conducted system applied by the EU that our country, our this reason, on our website with the combination of states to Turkish transport industry, our members (https://www.utikad.org.tr/ railway and seaway, high vehicles. and stakeholders can Covid-19), announcements demurrage and warehouse overcome this pandemic • Freight should be able to about restrictions or fees continue to occur due cross the borders within and its economic developments and to delays in railways. 15 minutes, transport impact with minimum precautions taken by corridors should be kept We can observe that commercial losses. We countries are updated, open for freightage, overall, the mode of wish to leave these days national restrictions on and are presented to both transport that has been behind us, where we once transportation should be logistics companies and least affected by the again understand the lifted and administrative foreign trade companies. procedures applied to all coronavirus pandemic importance of protecting of those working in the In maritime transportation, is railway transport. human life and nature. transportation sector carriers have reduced their Railway has come to Stay healthy and safe! should be minimized. voyages to/from China the fore as the preferred
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Why have Airlines Started to Carry Cargo with Passenger Aircraft Amid the Pandemic? by Muhammed Yılmaz Swissair © The first cargo flight took © place in 1910 in Ohio, by aircraft that have been While airline companies the passengers, their a company requesting grounded has reached across the world cancel luggage, and viruses. A to carry two bolts of silk nearly 16 thousand. This their flights to a large significant volume of (90 kg) transported by means that more than extent and ground aircraft cargo is also carried in the Wright Brothers to 60% of all airplanes are in their fleets, they are the cargo compartments Columbus. Since that now on the ground. attempting to overcome of all airplanes that we day, cargo carried on this crisis by carrying out usually fly. For airlines, airplanes has become an Even global giant cargo operations with the cargo transported in economically important airline companies have passenger aircraft, as an the cargo compartments contribution for airlines. suspended 90% of their alternative step. of passenger aircraft capacity and many As a result of the is one of the easiest airlines had to cancel all The approach of using pandemic that we are methods of generating their flights in line with passenger aircraft for now experiencing, a new regular additional government decisions. transporting cargo has era has started in which revenue. For example, The picture is so dark and become accepted and airlines that ceased passenger airplanes in painful that both airlines applied by almost all passenger flights have Asia carry about 45% of and manufacturers have actors of the industry. started to carry cargo with the air cargo capacity. asked for government passenger aircraft. In the Passenger airplanes in This important work bailouts to survive. details of the news about fact carry more than share helps businesses travel restrictions and regulate all transportation flight bans, we read that processes globally. cargo flights are exempt Especially in transatlantic from this situation. Okay routes, this rate may reach but why is this the case? as much as 80%. Let's take a look at the For example, due to underlying reasons… Trump's decision to ban all Due to the fact that flights from EU countries passenger demand has to the USA for 30 days, dropped sharply to near not merely passenger zero, the industry has flights were affected. A been hit extremely hard. huge capacity problem also emerged in terms of Sectoral reports show that KLM © the number of passenger © cargo transportation.
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Because of the capacity problems in cargo transportation, doing the same business with cargo planes nearly doubled shipping costs. Moreover, due to increasing demand shipping time has also doubled.
Passenger aircraft are used to transport cargo in order to achieve a slight improvement in financial KLM outlook and generate © © additional revenue. With the gradual normalization of safety alert essentially directly onto the cabin the factories in China, which The new aviation phenomenon tells carriers they can floor seat tracks, after reduced their production carry shipments up top as removal of the economy- capacities to almost zero Preighter long as they adhere to all class seats. by the end of January, Many airlines all over regulatory requirements it is impossible to meet This solution helped the world are finding for the safe carriage of transportation demand by with the airlines’ own different ways to turn cargo. cargo planes alone. business continuity, and their passenger planes The safety alert instructs also alleviate the global Considering the fact that into freighters. Lufthansa operators how to assess shortage of ‘belly-freight’ oil prices have fallen to CEO Carsten Spohr, the risk for carrying goods air cargo capacity due to the lowest levels in recent has become the first to in the passenger space, the widespread grounding years, the requirement give the new aviation's including weight and of long-haul aircraft in the to pay employee salaries phenomenon name: balance, fire detection context of the COVID-19 regardless of whether they Preighters (a combination and suppression and pandemic. fly or not, and with the high of passenger aircraft and hazardous materials The modification is freight costs, airlines regard freighter) considerations. Carriers packaged for operators cargo transportation with have to verify the Passenger cabins are not as an Airbus Service passenger planes as a contents to make sure designed for all cargo Bulletin (SB). Under this lifeline support amid the no dangerous goods are configurations, but the arrangement Airbus pandemic. carried in the upper deck. rules allow goods to be defines the engineering The resulting situation not carried under the seats, in The FAA recommends that workscope and also only creates a small boost stowage bins or storage one or more crew members manages the process for in vitality for the waning closets if all normal travel in the cabin with obtaining the one time global economy, but also requirements for the safe the cargo to respond to certification from the provides some liquidity for carriage of cargo are any potential fire, since European Union Aviation the airlines who have had followed. Putting boxes fire suppression systems Safety Agency (EASA). very little relief during this in the seats or removing are not present as they Franco-Italian aircraft crisis. the seats requires special are in the cargo hold of manufacturer ATR is one permission. modern widebody aircraft. We experienced similar of a number of companies Passenger cabins only practices before during The Federal Aviation offering flexible cargo have fire extinguishers. the 2002 SARS crisis and Administration issued capacity solutions to the West Coast port strike guidelines for commercial Airbus developed a easily reconfigure full in 2015 in the US. This carriers to follow if modification for A330 passenger jets to cargo step that has become a they transport cargo in and A350 family aircraft or a mix of both. natural consequence of stowage bins, passenger which will enable airlines the Covid-19 outbreak in seats or on the floor, with to install freight pallets the industry. the seats removed. The
59 Modern Day Watchmen Drones Scout for Natural Disasters & Outbreaks
by Cem Akalın
Military and commercial multipurpose drones are proliferating worldwide. They are active in areas where the use of manpower is often inadequate and in areas that simply are incapable of access otherwise. Drones handle a variety of scouting challenge, especially in grown in agricultural drones and unmanned and operational duties residential areas. Drone areas, for mapping, aerial vehicles (UAVs) due to their precision technologies are of disease detection as have started to play an and capacity to achieve course not designed only well as agricultural essential and regular highly efficient and cost- for cargo transportation. spraying and seeding role. Drones equipped effective results, especially Drone technologies are with special equipment with optical and infrared in hazardous areas. In also frequently used mounted on them. In the systems are used in the military operations in construction and field of livestock, drones prevention of seasonal drones are utilized in a architectural projects to are used in operations forest fires that occur due wide range of activities, complete ground surveys, such as disease control to long-lasting droughts. from Nano class to the 3D mapping and sketches of animals providing These specialized drones Strategic Class at high by using real time images. real-time tracking and detect hot spots in the altitudes for the purpose Additionally, they carryout detection capability that fire zone, and capture of reconnaissance and surveillance and cleaning are unbeatable coupled measurements of fire surveillance, detection, services for power plants with their ability to cover temperature. We see tracking and attack. or industrial wind turbines. wider terrain. that unmanned aircraft Various drones that are For instance, they can systems (K-MAX etc.) are active on the civilian side The battle against forest also be used for routine being used extensively in have now become the fires is another area where aerial control of crops developed countries, such trusted wingmen of many as the US and Australia, backpackers and travelers, for the intervention of fire capturing high resolution with water and chemicals wide-angle fascinating at exactly the right angle, footage and images. and smaller class drone On the commercial systems are being used side, autonomous to transport equipment drones have become an and aid materials to influential alternative in firefighters on the ground. air cargo transportation Being able to react at the (Google, amazon, etc.) right time is one of the key in many regions where British Airways British © parameters for a quick and transportation is a © effective fire response
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operation. Although firefighting aircraft or upper segment UAV systems are an important option for large-scale fires, experts believe that expensive systems are not really necessary in order to effectively respond to fires that are low or moderate in severity, saying that reaction time is more important than quality, in terms of not needing to capture high resolution videos or images in order to react decisively. The real-time delivery of The first live fire drill for high-rise fire fighting drones were held in Dazu, Chongqing, April, 2020 critical information to fire units can be conducted we have frequently seen hurricanes, tornadoes, of the disaster area, with more cost-effective in social media that floods, nuclear power plant establishing the temporary drone systems. Drone medium-sized drones accidents and the list goes communication network, capture and relay of with an integrated fire on. In addition, we see and they are used to critical information such hose are used effectively that they play a critical carryout proper resource as fire character, fire for skyscraper or high-rise role in natural disasters allocation in critical post- density, smoke emission, fires. such as earthquakes by disaster activities such as spread rate, and direction determining the degree of recovery, debris removal Today, UAVs and small- and intensity of the damage in an earthquake and relief distribution. In sized drone systems are wind in a medium-sized area, examining the status brief, these systems are effectively being used by region can be conducted of the transportation essential for the effective many countries across without expensive higher network, generating up- and efficient management the world in response resolution images and to-date 3D mapping of disaster operations. to volcanic eruptions, videos, which is more An article published in the advantageous in active Journal of Field Robotics fire management and for in 2016, reported that department budgets as rapid damage assessment well. On the other hand, in in post-earthquake countries such as China, situations plays an
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important role in being as similar systems able to rapidly respond. As simultaneously serving on in all other disasters, early the same route as a result response phase activities of calculation errors may (i.e., evacuation of injured lead to a waste of time individuals, debris removal, and unnecessary use of and relief distribution) are resources. On the other essential, especially within hand, the homogeneous the first 30 minutes as the distribution of different survival rate is 91% and it UAV operation types in Preparation of an unmanned helicopter to a two-hour flight will fall to 36.7% by the in the area of radiation accident radiation measurement, the field and how these second day. Therefore, photography and videograph systems interoperate in post-earthquake real-time are points that damage assessment are perhaps extremely appropriate evacuation should be focused upon. is an important factor. dangerous are monitored route. Apart from these For disasters that have Since ground-based to improve safety, even worst-case scenarios, been experienced before, post-earthquake under extraordinary drones are also routinely such as earthquakes, fires, inspection is extremely conditions. These used for the inspection hurricanes and tornadoes, time-consuming and systems capture close of civil engineering many developed countries unhelpful in heavily range information about structures such as have contingency plans in damaged areas, aerial cracks or fractures in the motorways, buildings, place. Then we must ask, systems are widely used dam, and they also provide bridges, pipelines. With what kind of a role will for timely investigative detailed information for the advances in machine drone technologies play and assessment purposes. the analysis of the flood learning and AI algorithms, during this unprecedented area. They are also able proactive analysis can global coronavirus In case of a dam burst to perform critical tasks be completed to identify outbreak? We will examine or unforeseen floods, during disasters such as cracks, leakage and other this topic in the next especially within the the real-time monitoring forms of deterioration. section, but first let's take scope of pre-disaster of the flood area, Clustering and utilizing a look at the history and precautions, fixed-wing providing guidance local a mathematical-based impact of outbreaks in the and multi-rotor UAV units for the evacuation approach for UAV route modern world. systems (operative, of survivors trapped in planning in post-disaster tactical UAV systems) the flood area. During What is the crisis management is a key perform tasks to evacuation operations, readiness level parameter that affects determine the existing these systems are able to the success of disaster of countries state of a dam, for determine the location of management. It is very for epidemics example the proactive damaged buildings, roads important for decision having identification of areas and bridges so that rescue makers to execute precise that are at risk of rupture. teams can designate an unpredictable Locations on the dam that and careful calculations, spread rates?
When we analyze the examples in the world, the first global epidemic started in the Guangdong province of southern China in mid-November 2002 and was announced to the world by the World Health Organization (WHO) in March 2003, when severe pneumonia cases occurred
62 in Singapore, Hong Kong a relatively short while and Hanoi. The SARS/ and then news of these ©© DJI CoV epidemic affected infection cases slipped to approximately 190 29 countries and resulted from the headlines and countries as the world has in more than 8,000 cases they were forgotten by the been struggling to fight of hiding developments and 774 deaths in 2003. general public thereafter. this pandemic. As part about the virus before The case-fatality ratio On January 1, 2020, of the initial measures, it became a pandemic, was 7-17%. The eight- the emergence of the countries suspended their the People’s Republic of month epidemic was novel type coronavirus all flights and closed their China presently seems limited to only 29 countries COVID-19 was officially borders, and then within to have taken control and therefore was not announced to the world the scope of quarantine of the virus through declared to be a pandemic by the Chinese Center measures, numerous the implementation as it had not spread on for Disease Control measures were adopted serious measures. The global scale. and Prevention. With a that restricted the daily lockdown across the Ten years later, the MERS- population of 11 million lives of the citizens whole city was lifted as CoV epidemic originating people, Wuhan city, the (restriction of social of April 8th. According in the Middle East was capital of Hubei province, and cultural activities, to mathematical models, reported in September was quarantined on lockdown of all workplaces countries that invest in 2012. As of January January 23rd. Since except for drugstores and technology and that are 2020, the total number the first cases were supermarkets, curfew prepared for epidemics of laboratory-confirmed not notified to relevant etc.) The speed of the and natural disasters MERS-CoV infection authorities in a timely transmission of the virus such as South Korea, cases reported by the manner and the Chinese from an asymptomatic, Taiwan and Hong Kong are WHO was 2,494 with 858 were on holiday in different silent carrier to hundreds successfully managing the deaths in 27 countries. countries because of the and even thousands of process for the time being. Even today, MERS cases Chinese new-year, the people in a short time, the Activities such as the continue to be reported. virus spread to other Asian fatality rate particularly in application of effective The two examples of countries through these older citizens and people testing kits for numerous virus outbreaks are travelers who had been in with lower immunity patients and suspected an indication of the direct contact with Wuhan revealed that all measures cases and every citizen’s process we have been and then the virus headed and restrictions should isolation from social life going through recently, towards Europe, America be strictly implemented - as if they were positive but because of the fact and eventually to the rest across the world. for COVID-19, and the that they only impacted of the world. According effective implementation Having been seriously a limited number of to data as of April 30th, of emergency action plans accused from many countries and did not span the number of total cases of these countries in the countries such as the the entire globe, interest confirmed by official field will be examined as US, for not notifying eventually waned. Both authorities unfortunately best practices in the years global authorities about of these examples only exceeded 3.5 million to come. For example, the outbreak in a timely occupied the news for and the virus spread China’s construction of manner, and being accused
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spaces and they have launched these operations after research and test processes were completed.
According to the assertions of DJI, in China where more than 50 million people was under quarantine, only in the city of Shenzen, in addition to the disinfection operations conducted by drones spanning an area DJI ©
© of over 3 million square meters, aid in fighting a hospital in only eight systems and technologies they launched the active the virus was provided days in Wuhan, the daily has been effective in utilization of drones for the to1,000 districts in this execution of ten thousand slowing down the spread prevention of the spread of way. In DJI’s statement, tests in South Korea, and of the pandemic. The the virus with the Chinese the company stated that - though being China’s variety of functions that public safety authorities in such a pandemic, where neighbor - Taiwan locked the drone watchmen of who endeavor to clear the time played a critical down its airspace and land the pandemic perform fear that is dominating the role, on account of the borders without losing any have earned them the country and to seek ways disinfection operations time, etc. Without doubt, distinction of becoming of using new technologies executed by the army the aforementioned leading protectors in this to overcome the crisis. of drones, results were countries’ implementation battle. Thus, a new duty was achieved 50 times faster of strict measures added to the task list of than traditional methods China, the country where (including imposing modern-day drones in this in an area covering 600 the virus originated, is at significant fines or prison new and unprecedented million square meters, such top of the list of countries sentences if the lockdown challenge. as factories, residential that have benefitted from measures are broken) areas, hospitals and the advantages of using should be considered Watchers of the wastewater treatments technology to manage a critical step in the pandemic – Are plants. the further spread of this prevention of the further drones really pandemic. It is useful to In the statement, in spread of the virus. With say that the data at this effective? addition to disinfection the lessons learned from point originates from Collaborating with the operations, it was also the aforementioned cases, China as well, and with Chinese Agricultural noted that drones were every country should be caution for this reason we Technology Organization, actively used in various able identify their own will be able to clearly see the Chinese company DJI areas during the fight urgent action plan and the effectiveness of these announced at the end against the pandemic. adopt their own measures efforts in light of the data of February that they Speakers mounted on to manage processes that provided by independent allocated US$ 1.5 million drones were used to deliver are critical in the event of channels in the upcoming to the efforts exerted audio warnings at crowded future natural disasters or days. for fighting against the venues and at meetings pandemics. in outdoor areas, and that On February 25, 2020, pandemic, adding that Leaving the healthcare they also relayed critical the company DJI Drone, they developed convenient aspect of the pandemic information on protective which controls nearly 80% methods for spraying to the experts, it will be measures against the of the commercial drone chlorine or ethyl alcohol quite helpful to review how disease to people through market announced that based disinfectant from recent utilization of drone the air to open public banners. Moreover, the
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statement underlined that thermal cameras integrated on drones were used to monitor body temperature in order to support medical staff in the identification of new potential cases as well as to collect the data in a register. A video shared on February 13th on the website of a publication broadcasting in Chinese
displayed that drones DJI © integrated with thermal © cameras and speakers and without bearing implementations had wide of the country. In Italy, had instructed residents any risks. Surely, it is press coverage. On March drone systems started to to come out to their quite hard to tell at this 15th, Spain launched be used by municipalities balconies or in front of moment whether these the utilization of the to watch the actions of the their windows without applications are merely first speakers mounted population in public space leaving their residences a part of propaganda systems on drones, used to upon the permission of and then measured or they are genuinely inform and warn citizens, the Italian Civil Aviation their body temperature. complementary parts and later we witnessed Authority (ENAC). In addition to these playing a role in minimizing the utilization of drones Countries such as Belgium measures, according to a the effects of this that are typically used and Austria also have report which was issued pandemic. in agricultural areas, launched the utilization in this period in the Global capable of carrying 10lt of of several drone systems Times - again a Chinese It is still discussed whether disinfectants to spray and for the identification and newspaper, a system or not the activities disinfect public spaces in monitoring of crowds as was launched that was performed by drones in Spain. Following Spain, on well as to keep up the social mounted on the helmets China cover the whole March 19th, France also distancing. In addition of security guards capable population living across started to use speakers to the aforementioned of measuring the body an area of considerable mounted drones to warn applications of drone temperature of anyone at size and meanwhile with people to keep their social systems, Norway and a diameter of five meters. the spread of the virus distance. These drones Spain approved testing It was reported that the in Europe, European were initially used in Nice of various methods for system gives alarms as it countries’ frequent and and then in the other cities the measurement of body identifies a person with a active utilization of similar temperature from a safe fever. During these times distance of 2 to 3 meters by it is difficult to provide DJI © thermal cameras. Similarly, aid to millions of families © we observe the utilization that are incapable of of drone systems to leaving their homes, and ensure social distancing now aid has been provided and the monitoring of by drones. Chinese media crowds in America and frequently shared images in various geographies of of drones conducting the the world. Though partially, transportation of food, Turkey has been one of equipment and medicine the countries benefiting to people in need, on from drone technologies behalf of organizations
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AFAD Team Earthquake Exercise during this period. We relevant public institutions according to the data a designated number of witnessed municipalities and organizations of provided by the DGCA, flight hours would be able benefiting from these countries to actively there are currently over to provide benefit through systems in Istanbul - a benefit from the drone 50 thousand registered their experience. highly populated city, technologies (systems drone operators in Turkey, This pandemic will by using them as mobile capable of carrying with a rapidly increasing surely have a lasting in announcing systems to thermal cameras, trend. Within the scope one way or another, yet inform and warn residents accessing risky and of the rules identified Turkey is still a country of gathered in parks and to dangerous narrow and by decision makers, all earthquakes, therefore reach the recreational small areas, delivering relevant authorities should the establishment of fishermen spending time aid and systems capable assess and consider all the a network-centric and near the waterside. Law of reconnaissance - aspects of regulations and strategic structure that enforcement teams have surveillance) in action the previously designed enables the efficient and also been using thermal plans that they will be emergency action and effective utilization of camera mounted drones in preparing within this implementation plan on various military class UAV public areas as well. scope. Certainly, just like the application of the systems, cost-efficient other countries, there measures to be adopted drone systems of smaller Conclusion are severe restrictions in cases of man-made scales is essential. The As a result of the in Turkey (green and disasters or natural Turkish Armed Forces merciless consumption red zones) in operating disasters that occur and AFAD units and other of our world’s resources, unmanned systems abruptly and where time volunteering search and such pandemics, natural in public spaces. The plays a major role in rescue teams in the field and man-made disasters instruction on unmanned saving the lives of people. and municipalities under stand in front of us as air vehicles published by If required, temporary the coordination of the the reality of today and the Directorate General assignment of these Ministry of National the future of our world. of Civil Aviation (DGCA) registered drone operators Defense and relevant Under the guidance of regulates in detail the throughout the country, Ministries will certainly organizations, such as grouping of UAV systems, depending on their render Turkey one of the AFAD (Disaster and license of pilots and competence and qualities, pioneers in the world Emergency Management flight permits, no-fly could be an effective in this area by taking Presidency) in Turkey, it zones, flight conditions solution as well. Licensed advantage of evolving behooves municipalities, and requirements. Again, and qualified pilots with drone technology now
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“Launch and Development of Air Ambulance Services in Turkey” Can Erel Aeronautical Engineer Female Pilot of the fixed- and development of air Can Erel (CE): Who wing emergency medical ambulance services in is Dr. Mustafa Şevki Ataç, where and how In this issue, we are services aircraft (EMS) Turkey, the milestones of and the First Turkish Female these ambulance flights did his childhood and proud to share a part of youth pass? the “CAN’CA Interview” Pilot of the rotary-wing air conducted with fixed- by Can Erel, Chief ambulance (helicopter wing air vehicles (EMS) Dr. Mustafa Şevki Ataç Advisor to the Aviation emergency medical and rotary wing air vehicles (Dr. MŞA): I was born on Turkey Editorial Board services - HEMS). To that (HEMS), the transported April 24, 1947 in Ankara, with Dr. Mustafa Şevki end, I decided to learn more patients, flight and health the first of four children. Ataç, MARM Assistance about such details from a crew. I finally managed to My father was a former Board Member, about senior member of aviation reach Dr. Mustafa Şevki member of the Turkish his career related to and receive his opinions on Ataç and though he has Armed Forces and my the first air ambulance the subject. He had offered been away from detailed mother was a housewife. services in Turkey. that I manage his company, sources regarding this I was raised by my and I am honored by his subject, he positively replied grandparents till I was During the initial period of request even though we to my sincere suggestion for 10 due to my father’s my forty-year professional could not make it happen an interview with his friendly compulsory service in the life after I had engaged in at the time. and constructive manner East. I went to TED Ankara military aviation, I dealt with as usual. So, I carried out And then the COVID-19 College for elementary the trade of air ambulances, a video conference within pandemic and the fight and high school and then including providing the scope of the hashtag against it started. Therefore, completed my graduate instruction on how to quickly #stayathome, and we since it is one of the degree at the Faculty transform air vehicles into were able to discuss this issues - perhaps the most of Medicine at Ankara air ambulances that could topic with the benefits critical one - that connect University. serve as an intensive care of modern technology. I aviation and healthcare, CE: How did you unit and which even provide would like to share a part it was certainly due time become interested medical procedures during of this important interview to start the first stage of in medicine, please flight. with the esteemed readers the series of the “CAN’CA tell us about your of the Aviation Turkey This year, the Women Interview” that delves into achievements as a Magazine. of Aviation Worldwide the subject of the launch medical doctor? Week theme "Women Dr. MŞA: Upon my with Wings Healing the graduation from the World" was chosen by the Faculty of Medicine at Institute for Women of Ankara University, I went to Aviation Worldwide, based the Netherlands. I worked in Montreal, Canada, to as a general practitioner celebrate 85 years of in the eastern part of female flight paramedics. the Netherlands densely This theme reminded me populated by Turkish of the First Turkish Female employees. Examination Doctor and the First Turkish clinics where I was able Female Nurse assigned in to examine Turkish and the flight health crew, as other foreign patients well as the First Turkish Aviation Assistance & Redstar © MARM were established at eight
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different locations within know the hardship we went six months. through! MARM © © Upon the arrival of two of One of the issues that my beloved classmates concerned me most was to the Netherlands, we the loss of lives caused started to offer the best by the deficiencies in the healthcare services we patient transport system could to Turkish patients. (ambulances) as we lost patients that could As a result of the have been resuscitated aforementioned efforts, merely through practical for the first time in the responses, after road and history of the Ministry occupational accidents. of Health, Welfare and The second issue was that Sport in the Netherlands, the number of patients a foreign doctor had been transferred from hospitals authorized to open a clinic. Dr. Mustafa Şevki Ataç with limited facilities to The most striking point hospitals offering superior Neurosurgery Department working uninterruptedly, during this project was healthcare services of the world-renowned night and day. the close attention of was so low that barely Erasmus University’s the Dutch authorities During my specialization any patients had that Faculty of Medicine in and their willingness to in the Netherlands, I opportunity! Rotterdam. consult us especially coincided with a single The ambulances of on the healthcare and After I completed my patient with a bullet in the the Provincial Health social issues regarding specialization, I left the head, yet I had to respond Directorate were extremely foreigners. Netherlands where I to many bullet injuries insufficient, and they were worked with great will and in the head and spine Netherlands placed used to carry the loads and desire and where I received during the period before significance importance equipment in addition to utmost warmth and September 12, 1980 (date on science and technology patients! The problem returned to Turkey with of military coup). In those and directed this focus with the transportation of my wife and two children. days, Ege University and towards creating an patients had to be solved! the newly founded Dokuz impressive education I worked at the Faculty of But how? Eylül University with system, and now the Medicine of Ege University limited facilities were Turkey made incredible Netherlands is recognized for nearly two years and transferring patients progress in tourism in the as a top country in the then started to work at with bullet injuries to the midst of 1980s. Amazing world in terms of their Izmir State Hospital as an State Hospital as the facilities were built in a successful education Assistant to the Director. injuries had “political” short amount of time and system. I aimed to I started to operate being motives. Due to the limited the highly capable Turkish specialize in a major thankful to the Governor number of assistant people had the opportunity department of medicine of the city who soundly doctors, I collaborated to get acquainted with in which the Netherlands invested the financial aid with the assistants I tourism and loved it, but had advanced and then granted by the Queen of had requested from the the healthcare services return to Turkey and Britain during the Crimean clinics of orthopedics lagged behind in the serve my country which War in the establishment and ophthalmology in touristic regions that had enabled me to be trained of a hospital at the Konak rotations of three months. developed rapidly. There in such an expensive district of Izmir. I could I barely went home most was nothing that the branch of medicine. Such never forget the team at of the time; those who did state administration could an opportunity emerged Izmir State Hospital who not experience the era of do about it. The medical upon my acceptance worked selflessly, without September 12 would never doctors and businessmen as an assistant to the ever complaining about
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on the establishment recognized and accepted of the first company, by foreign countries namely MARM, to thanks to the services offer air ambulance offered to foreigners services in Turkey with across Turkey. The owners an operation license of Wings Aviation visited dated 29.09.1998 and our center in Izmir at that numbered 49 as per the time and asked if they Turkish Civil Aviation could run the aircraft in Law no 2920? Turkey by registering it in Dr. MŞA: Turkey is really a Turkey. wonderful country! At the Well, this was unexpected! same time, it is situated in a large geographical I told them that I was location rendering it unfamiliar with the inconvenient for land physiology of medical transport, particularly in aviation, that flight the transport of patients. doctors were merely initially established clinics the business grew quite Transporting a patient employed by the Air Forces and then their hospitals big very soon! from Alanya or Ürgüp in Turkey and added that I in these regions where to Ankara, to Izmir from had no experience in this In those days, the seasonal operations took Denizli or Uşak with area as I had never flown healthcare services in place. Yet they had very a ground ambulance on a small plane in my major Turkish cities such limited facilities! would bear great risks. life. The owners of Wings as Ankara, Istanbul, Izmir The establishment of an Aviation told me that Most of the air ambulance and Adana were more air ambulance system they would be solving all companies established advanced compared to in Turkey through the abroad took advantage other cities in the country. inspiration that could of the limited healthcare I could do nothing but be drawn upon from the services offered in touristic watch with sorrow as best practices in Europe regions in countries such patients were taken to that render these types as Turkey and they rapidly their own countries via of services with the same developed. Why could we air ambulances because quality should have been do nothing but witness they could not be treated an objective for Turkey as such developments and at the local hospitals. It well. how had we failed to take was apparent that the any action? promotion of “Turkish Wings Aviation, as an Healthcare Services,” air ambulance company, In 1986, with the help of and increasing Turkey’s was founded with a MARM Assistance, which I prestige and attracting Beechcraft KingAir 200 had established as a result foreign patients to Turkey aircraft equipped fully with of certain coincidences, we could be achieved and intensive care components started to offer healthcare maintained through proper and with the doctors and services to foreign patient transportation nurses of the intensive patients. We enabled services. care unit of Innsbruck their access to proper University, yet it was held healthcare institutions Something had to be done! back by the Tyrolian Air so that they could receive CE: How did Ambulance company - an appropriate services from you focus on air affiliate of Swarovski! proper medical doctors at ambulance services? convenient prices at the To be more precise, On the other hand, MARM right time, and as a result could you inform us Assistance was quickly
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those issues and asked stressful work involved. On me how many transports our way back, in Innsbruck, of patients I would be able I recommended never to to guarantee them per use the KA200 aircraft for year. I replied to them by long flights and suggested making the “zero” sign with that a faster aircraft for my fingers, while inside I higher altitudes should be was telling myself “you purchased. did your best to miss this Six weeks after my opportunity Mustafa” … suggestion, the TC-EME Then again, honesty won Lear 35 aircraft equipped as usual and we made a with intensive care deal! Aviation Assistance & Redstar © MARM components was launched That was the first time I to operation once again transported to Izmir from Turkish people would heard the title Directorate with the support of all hospitals with limited achieve everything with General of Civil Aviation DGCA employees! facilities in the Greek little support! (DGCA)! Islands! I could never forget; the At the beginning of 1990, we The management of the maiden flight of this aircraft In the meantime, the transported an unconscious DGCA supported me in was to Denver, Colorado, Turkish medical team Dutch patient with an unforgettable way and USA, with a completely received fruitful training major head trauma with the TC-FBZ with Turkish Turkish team… and the Austrian mechanical ventilation, also registration was launched paramedics returned to with pneumothorax and We really achieved to service on September their country after the arm fracture, to Amsterdam incredibly successful 29, 1989 as an aircraft third week of the launch with a young doctor from operations in those days! (under the auspices of of the business. Upon the our team. We faced an Among these, I should MARM Assistance with joining of our first Turkish unfavorable headwind mention the patients we the operation license no pilot, captain Yavuz during the flight and were transferred to hospitals 49) fully equipped with Hünkar after two months able to land in Schiphol that had advanced intensive care components and joining of captain after a 7-hour flight. I was treatment capacities from that would not operate for Tayyar Ülker in the third in a cold sweat during this the hospitals with limited purposes other than the month, the ambulance transport due to intense and capabilities in Turkey! transport of patients, for aircraft in the skies indeed the first time in the history became “Turkish”. Dr. Ediz of the Republic of Turkey! Ural, twin doctors Dr. Yavuz (Obtaining AOC from the Bilgin and Dr. Selim Bilgin Turkish Ministry of Health became skilled flight -1989) doctors. I always remember the In those days, there were employees of the DGCA only five countries in of that time with deep Europe that had their own gratitude. ambulance businesses We not only transported with air vehicles solely patients from Turkey to dedicated to ambulance their countries but also services equipped with foreign patients in Greece, intensive care units. Italy and the Balkans to Wings Aviation received their countries with this way more than it expected business. Furthermore, with the 139 flights many patients were conducted in 1989.
71 CE: How did the cope with the damages it Then we rolled up our by the Undersecretariat of air ambulance services caused Turkey. sleeves and applied to Treasury. that were launched with the Undersecretariat of In the end, after resisting for The staff of the DGCA MARM Assistance turn Treasury, the Foreign Capital two months, unfortunately changed, yet their notion into Redstar Aviation Department of the State we had to terminate this of supporting well operated Inc.? Would you like to Planning Organization; share the developments exceptional service due to companies remained! their executives welcomed you experienced along a war triggered by the US Finally, in 1992, Redstar us warmly and guided us. the way during that in our region! Aviation was established. See what one could achieve period? All the processes were Months after, in late 1991, as when supported and guided completed swiftly and TC- Dr. MŞA: A while after I was told about the wish of by the state! EGE, TC-TIP, TC- MED and the start of Gulf War, Konstantin Mirechnichenko, After the intense traffic TC-BBJ helicopters started an extremely unjust and who initially spoke to my between Rostov and to operate with all avionics improper sanction was assistant, stating that he Izmir that lasted nearly of Bendix King Silver Crown imposed on Turkey in the was Aeroflot’s Director to a year due to striking and with intensive care field of aviation. Turkish Turkey, and he was asking interpretation differences in components. airspace and all Turkish to talk with me about the terms of social, cultural and aircraft were obliged to establishment of an air In the first years, in addition economic aspects, Aeroflot have “war risk insurance”! ambulance company with to Russian pilots and Company agreed to place This implied the payment our company and I thought technicians, we collaborated four Mi-2 helicopters of a war insurance that to myself “perhaps I am with Turkish navigation as capital in kind. We costed five thousand hearing this wrong…”, I pilots to avoid any problems went through a very US Dollars even for short asked him, “OK, so who in communication with the intensive work schedule distance flights, and this will be the partner of control tower. Then the for the preparation of all type of insurances was MARM Assistance?” I was Russian and Bulgarian documents, the preparation only provided by global astonished to hear his pilots who obtained Turkish of the company’s founding companies abroad. answer, “Aeroflot”! I warned licenses by passing the charter in both Turkish him on the assets we had at exams started to fly as In brief, the aviation and Russian and its that time and for a moment single pilots as they knew companies in Turkey were authentication in both I thought to myself whether Turkish. By the way, I cherish officially being ripped off countries and for the I should direct Konstantin to and remember our Bulgarian and unfortunately many fulfilment of all rules set of our aviation companies bigger companies… pilots Captain Dimitr Laskin, went bankruptcy in those days!
Explaining the war risk premium to patients’ relatives or to insurance companies was very difficult. Tourism activities were halted due to the war that would last for an uncertain amount of time and we were struggling to Aviation Assistance & Redstar © MARM
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Captain Julian Bogoey and Captain Sasho Mazaev with respect for their services and contributions.
I owe Captain Ibrahim Orazlı and Captain Şaban Mollaoğlu, who contributed greatly to Redstar Aviation and exerted great efforts for the adaptation of foreign pilots, a debt of gratitude during our navigation period.
I had the opportunity to witness the superior © MARM Assistance & Redstar Aviation Assistance & Redstar © MARM capabilities and virtues of Turkish pilots during It would be appropriate of US military staff, as it held biweekly, or once the operations of Redstar here to recall a few of seen in a photo by a CNBC every month in case of busy Aviation through my the services provided by television reporter published schedule. excellent colleagues Redstar Aviation. in a newspaper during that Scenarios such as the Captain Nihat Yılmaz and time. Captain Ali Ibanoğlu. They During the second Gulf transport of a patient are enshrined in my memory War, Redstar Aviation Another interesting picked up by a helicopter with the outstanding transferred US citizens operation we conducted under appropriate services they provided. evacuated from Iraq was our service regarding conditions and procedures initially to Turkey and after Formula 1 races held in via aircraft in long distance In those days, the demand their treatment or through Istanbul for 7 years. The flights in pandemics were for a flight doctor in the operation “wing to wing” air ambulance services also executed in order to operations of Redstar in Istanbul secured their via helicopters at Formula remain prepared at all times. Aviation was fulfilled by return to their country via 1 races were provided by the doctors of MARM CE: Could you airplanes arriving from the Redstar Aviation. Also, tell us about the air Assistance. As we obtained US. This is why we worked the transport services for ambulance services the Private Ambulance with two US pilots in our certain VIP guests to the conducted under the Operating License in 1994, Jetstream 32EP ambulance racetracks were carried out RedStar Aviation dear Reyhan Buruncuk who aircraft for a long period of by our company as well. brand, particularly the is “Turkey’s First Female time. operations held during Flight Nurse” made her Furthermore, the practices the Earthquake in 1999? mark by achieving the Although no military staff regarding all relevant EASA Dr. MŞA: The transportation longest and hardest tasks. was transported on these and HAI rules concerning of patients from hospitals She lingers in our memories flights, the evacuation of the ambulance services with limited facilities to as an extraordinary person civilian Americans was with helicopters provided developed healthcare indeed. held under the supervision by Redstar Aviation were
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success when we look at proudly received by a Turkish the recent number of lost helicopter emergency patients with unknown medical services business causes of death during - Redstar Aviation. the earthquakes in Van But something was missing! and Elazığ. I kindly asked the Additionally, Redstar organization to grant the Aviation provided great same award to the Turkish support to Turkish Land Forces Command paramedics exposed to the that worked devotedly risk of “burn out” with the while supporting Redstar doctors from DRF, SAMU
© MARM Assistance & Redstar Aviation Assistance & Redstar © MARM Aviation in terms of and Dutch doctors! This fuel replenishment and multinational healthcare centers located in Ankara, Assistance and with accommodation while team displayed incredible Istanbul and Izmir made three helicopters and two facing problems due to the solidarity. As a result, during great progress in Turkey. The ground ambulances, we lack of harmony between the “Helicopter Association problem we faced in these picked up patients with the civilian and military International (HAI) operations was that even “crush syndrome” whose staff. I requested from Congress” held in 2000 with though four helicopters tissues were either partly the HAI President at that the support of a total of 11 failed to suffice in the or completely crushed or time, Matt Zuccharo, to countries and organizations six-month period covering patients who had been grant an award to the Land such as the WHO, INSARAG the summer season, one exposed to compression Forces Command stating and UNDP, Redstar Aviation helicopter was more than from falling objects that the civilian company received the “Igor I. Sikorsky enough during the winter. from healthcare tents or Redstar Aviation achieved Award for Humanitarian We were simply working local hospitals and then its tasks on account of Service”. In this way, this during the summer to transported them initially the collaboration of this award which has been save for the winter! In to the intensive care units military aviation institution. granted since1948, was the meantime, we were of hospitals in Istanbul, inviting flight doctors Ankara or Bursa. from the leading helicopter These patients were emergency medical service generally rescued from businesses in Europe, such wreckage and since as SAMU, DRF and NL for they had crushed limbs, a while by covering their they did not show any accommodation and symptoms during the allowances for maintaining first hours, yet they were the continuous training lost due to respiratory or of our healthcare team at circulatory failure. MARM Assistance. The roads were damaged Since its establishment, due to the earthquake Redstar Aviation took part and this led to heavy in natural disaster services traffic, so we sent the without expecting any ground ambulances back profit and operated in line to Izmir and continued to with a certain mission. perform our operations During the Earthquake with air ambulances. of 1999 in the Marmara We saved 108 patients Region, by collaborating in this way! This should with doctors from MARM be perceived as a huge
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My suggestion was not way, believe me even I do not rejected and I delivered the remember the number of award I received on behalf workshops and meetings I of them to the Land Forces attended at the Ministry of Command in person in Health! Ankara. It was unusual to As Redstar Aviation we grant the “Igor Sikorsky collaborated with various Humanitarian Aid Award” to public institutions on limited military institutions. So once projects. and for all, this award was received by a military force. The work scope of Redstar Aviation Inc. and the I should also mention Ministry of Health in air that Redstar Aviation
© MARM Assistance & Redstar Aviation Assistance & Redstar © MARM ambulance services was Inc. qualified for the quite different. The greatest ISO 9001:2000 Quality Assistance that operated family when each member leaps in healthcare tourism Management System in 24/7. All four patients regained their health… in Turkey were achieved by 2003 as well. were aided by respiratory Redstar Aviation Inc. with Witnessing this operation CE: Could you devices and were being the transfer of patients while contributing to it, Dr. share with our readers monitored. First, the female from regions with limited Eelco Dijkstra later shared it the most interesting patient recovered and the facilities to hospitals with the reporters of British anecdote regarding air device was removed. After with advanced treatment ambulance services Daily Mirror and Dutch seeing her husband being capacities. Comments conducted by the Algemene Dagblad and treated in intensive care, from foreigners such Redstar Aviation brand these newspapers published her question was “…what as “I received excellent during the Earthquake it! I refrained from asking for happened to my children?” treatment in Turkey” were of 1999? a copy in order to avoid any MARM Assistance recognized as positive misunderstandings in such Dr. MŞA: We have Dispatchers identified feedback for promotion. turmoil! incredible memories. As that the surnames of the CE: Thank you for all Redstar Aviation, we not CE: The air two children who were your assessments that only performed operations ambulance services that under treatment at Bursa you’ve shared…Thank for the Izmit and Düzce were launched as part Uludağ and Ankara Başkent you! May you live long! of a private enterprise earthquakes in 1999, but University hospitals were and then sustained by “Certain moments require also for the earthquakes the same as that of the in Adana, Afyon - Dinar Redstar Aviation Inc. sharing; and certain people female patient and her were diversified and and Milas. I have many turn those moments into husband. The next day, the extended across the anecdotes; let me mention memories!” I would like child in Bursa was removed country after 2006 as to share this statement an interesting one. from the respiratory device, services also provided that I recalled during my We transported a woman so we took him from Bursa by the Ministry of Health. interview with Mustafa and a man with “crush to the German Hospital What was your role in Şevki Ataç. syndrome” to the German in Istanbul. With support this process? from respiratory devices, Hospital in Istanbul; we Dr. MŞA: We launched It's been my own pleasure we transferred the other transferred a child to the notion of maintaining to meet and know Dr. girl from Ankara Başkent Başkent University Hospital air ambulance systems Mustafa Şevki Ataç; University Hospital to in Ankara and another child by the state through may he live in health and Istanbul as well. She was to the Hospital of Uludağ “service procurement” peace… We are lucky to also removed from the University in Bursa… The first during the operations have the establishment respiratory devices and identities of the patients of MARM Assistance and of this company in Turkey, survived. Words fail to and their information in the following years, we Redstar Aviation Inc. May it describe the happiness were registered at the sustained this system as fly safe and secure! felt at the reunion of the Medical Center of MARM Redstar Aviation Inc. By the
75 Chartered Flight Champion Tailwind Provides Devoted Support to European Return Flights During © Tailwind Airlines © Tailwind Global Crisis
In this interview, one of Turkey’s successful response, due to the to the tourism industry Mehmet Bostan, charter airlines? length of the summer by the transport of a travel season we need to large number of tourists Tailwind Airlines Mehmet Bostan: conduct other businesses to our country. We know Managing Director Tailwind Airlines has during the 4.5-5 months that you plan to expand discusses how the been operating mainly aside from the summer to Asian countries in the company is meeting touristic charter flights season. ACMI-Wet Lease near future. Considering the challenges faced until today after obtaining service comes first in the recent developments, worldwide due to its operating license in these other activities. could you inform us on the pandemic. With 2009. The majority of This service is the periodic your new road map? a confident short- our customers are tour leasing of our aircraft with medium term focus, operators who bring Mehmet Bostan: Tailwind its crew to foreign airlines Tailwind Airlines has tourists from Europe to Airlines does not consider that require high capacity no plans to change our country during the making any changes in its aircraft especially during their fleet or crew summer and the travel plan regarding charters the winter. In such and plans to balance season for this customer and ACMI activities in the collaborations which their customer base group lasts about 7.5 short and medium term. have a lower turnover, by offering services months. Last year we decided to our objective is to cover in the Eastern region. renew our fleet. There is Aviation Turkey: some of our fixed costs Aviation Turkey: no deviation from this Along with offering incurred during these Mehmet Bostan, thank decision; the recent charter flights, we know winter months. you for your interview developments have that your company also with us. Could you please Aviation Turkey: caused a delay in this offers ACMI-Wet Lease start off by giving us Tailwind Airlines conducts plan. With our increasing service. Could you tell us some information about flights to many of touristic number of aircraft and about this service? Tailwind Airlines, founded points in Turkey from many renewed fleet, our aim in 2006, and how the Mehmet Bostan: As I European and Near East is to become a more company has become mention in my previous countries and contributes competitive charter airline
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and ACMI operator in the upcoming period.
Aviation Turkey: This unprecedented Coronavirus outbreak Airlines © Tailwind has had a severe affect the aviation sector and the tourism sector. How has this pandemic changed and updated your roadmap? Could you please tell us about the activities and operations you plan to carry out in the forthcoming period? winter period by creating brought together, via time we boost employee a balanced distribution tour operators or various morale by not suspending Mehmet Bostan: As I also of customers in both intermediary companies, our operations completely mentioned in my answer directions. the citizens of various and also achieve a small to your previous question, countries who were amount of cash flow. there is only a delay in our Aviation Turkey: stranded abroad due plans, no other changes What would you like to say Aviation Turkey: to the suspension of have been made. Most about emergency flights What measures have been scheduled flights and of our flights have been that you conducted in taken by your company who wanted to return conducted from Europe Turkey and internationally related to COVID-19? to their country. We since our foundation, during this period? transported them to their Mehmet Bostan: In but in recent years our Mehmet Bostan: Charter home countries with our addition to the measures country has increasingly airlines are often team providing devoted required by legal become a center of utilized by companies support, and this effort regulations, we follow the attraction for the citizens during difficult times. continues. In this way, we policy to reserve toilets of eastern countries. We In this extraordinarily help people to reach their for passenger use and aim to increase our flights difficult period, we have homes and at the same those for the crew only especially during the
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on our aircraft. Our flight continue for a while, what Aviation Turkey: losses we suffer, not attendants use masks are your short-medium With aspirations of in 2020 alone, but into and gloves throughout the term plans regarding your getting back to normal 2021as well. flight. Also, we recently fleet and staff? in the middle of summer, Aviation Turkey: Mr. started to use protective the aviation industry Mehmet Bostan: We Bostan, do you have a clothing. For short-haul is expected to recover continue our preparations message that you would flights, food and beverage in our country. What is with the assumption like to convey to our service was ceased except your opinion regarding that the flights will readers? for bottled water in order this process both for resume in line with the to limit contact with the Tailwind Airlines and for Mehmet Bostan: As we planned schedule as passenger. Additionally, the summer season in the all know, aviation, with its of July. Although the we have a sufficient tourism sector? high costs, is one of the government has recently number of masks on industries that is affected forbidden businesses Mehmet Bostan: We do our aircraft to be used first and foremost under to lay off workers under not expect to return to by all passengers when negative circumstances. the current situation, we normal in the middle of necessary. In-flight However, Covid-19 have previously made our summer, as if nothing has magazines were also reminds us that the most decision in this direction, happened. But, as we have removed to limit the risk important thing in our so we have no intention a customer portfolio that of contamination. At the life is “health”. I believe to surrender any of our places great importance end of all flights with that this process can be employees. However, in on vacation programs, passengers, our aircraft overcome by unity and this process, we strain to we do not expect them to are disinfected against solidarity; we have to make maximum use of the spend summer at home the Covid-19 virus. follow the warnings of opportunities provided by this year. If the negative experts to stay healthy. Aviation Turkey: In our state. To this end, we impacts of the outbreak I wish everyone good the midst of the flight have applied for the Short- really weaken and become health and I hope that our bans which started in Term Working Allowance tolerable, we believe we lives will return to normal March and are expected to for our employees. can compensate for the soon
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English as the Lingua Franca in Aviation: The Effects of Globalization and the Challenges
Gökhan Demirdöken, Researcher & English Faced by Aviation Professionals Language Instructor air transport service specifically used by is beyond the borders of One-hundred and twenty- requires the continuous pilots and air traffic standardized use of the seven countries, three- teamwork of more than controllers (ATCOs) phraseology by pilots hundred and twenty-two five thousand pilots, for the purpose of air and air traffic controllers destinations, yet just one twelve thousand cabin traffic communication. It because it also embraces commonality: the English crew, two hundred functions as the cement the non-standard language. Turkish Airlines, technicians, six-hundred that keeps all aviation communication among the national flag-carrier and twenty-seven professionals united other components of and the shining star of executives and another and helps them to meet aviation: technicians and aviation in the world, flies ten thousand employees on common ground. In ground handling staff who to more destinations than all around the globe. Yet, that sense, it would be rely on Aviation English for any other airline in the globalization poses a accurate to regard it mutual understanding world. Globalization, as big threat for the whole as the lingua franca in of verbal and written defined in the Cambridge aviation industry for the aviation. The speakers of messages. What’s more Dictionary, is the process sustainability of its well- this lingua franca mostly the most striking role by which particular goods being if it turns a deaf ear include pilots and air of non-standard use and services, or social to the impact of English traffic controllers. Hence, of Aviation English can and cultural influences, in various components of it may seem that Aviation be seen in abnormal gradually become similar aviation. English strikes these situations when the in all parts of the world. people’s fancy. However, communication among Aviation English can be Providing a high-quality the use of Aviation English pilots, the communication defined as a language
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between pilots and air traffic controllers, and even sometimes the communication between the flight crew and operations control centers need to go beyond what is already stated in the handbooks, manuals, and/or checklists. In such situations, each component should be capable of maintaining effective communication between each other. As a consequence, it is of great importance for the aviation industry to better analyze and understand these aviation various background keeps it roaring in the air is Zealand, and Singapore professionals regarding gather in the same giant their cooperation thanks Airlines were perceived their proficiency in both hot air balloon basket, to Aviation English. Even the best 10 airlines to work standard and non- venturing upward into so, it was presented by Dr. for. What is interesting standard use of Aviation the great expanse, gazing Hinnerk Eißfeldt that the with these airlines is that English. towards the sky and our number of native speakers Emirates, for instance, has The only possible way future. In this regard, the in aviation is below 30 pilots from 52 different to comprehend the changes in the needs of percent which means that nationalities, Singapore challenges of these the aviation industry is understanding a non- Airlines has 28.5 percent aviation industry very much like the melting native speaker of Aviation of non-Singaporean professionals when using pot of American culture. English and maintaining origin workforce with a Aviation English as lingua The concept of the effective communication total of more than 2,300 franca is to associate melting pot refers to the with that person is now pilots. The annual report the challenges brought integration of the various more crucial than ever. published in February forth by globalization. cultures of US residents, 2020 by the Turkish Pilots are one of the most The ever-expanding web as they combined and Directorate General of significant components of flight destinations melted into a mix that Civil Aviation (DGCA) of non-native speakers means that we are welcomed people of states that there are of Aviation English. The reaching more and more different background 669 pilots of foreign latest report published destinations and widening with open arms. Over the origin which makes up by GOOSE Recruitment our horizons which have years the same process 7 percent of all pilots in and Flight Global increased the demand on has been seen in aviation Turkey. More interestingly, supports this statement professionals for various as well. The completion of out of its almost 5,500 with clear statistical roles ranging from the this process has shed light pilots, Turkish Airlines representations. With ground handling staff to upon two realities. On the employs pilots from almost one-thousand pilots, safety inspectors one hand, this giant hot more than twenty-two and four-hundred pilots to air traffic controllers, air balloon now hosts different nationalities. taking part in the survey, line maintenance staff aviation professionals These facts clearly Lufthansa, Air France, to educators. In the end, from many different show that pilots who are Virgin Atlantic, Delta, it is as if people from all nationalities. On the other non-native speakers of KLM, Emirates, Qantas, parts of the world with hand, the only thing that Aviation English make British Airways, Air New
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of them. When the safety of all passengers and the crew were in the hands of the Turkish non-native English-speaking captain pilot and the Dutch non- native English-speaking first officer, their communication with each other and with the Turkish non-native English- speaking air traffic controller were reported to be one of the factors leading to 3 casualties and 180 injuries. It might have been a totally different case if the © Leonardo informative message by the ATC had been up a bigger proportion English speakers and non- heavy workload requiring given in English. In such of English-speaking native English speakers higher-management skills instances, English turns employees in aviation which is the focus of the regarding the control of out to be a lifesaver as it when compared to native sixth report of the FAA. both ground traffic and was in US Airways flight speakers. Consequently, Although the responses air traffic. That’s why they 1549 which later was their proficiency and of pilots indicated several tend to speak really fast found to be the invaluable challenges in Aviation issues that need to be which negatively affects teamwork of two native English have, so far, had analyzed in-depth, it the comprehension of English-speaking pilots. If various consequences, should be noted that the message by the non- it was not for their mutual and there will more pilots all met on common native English-speaking understanding of each challenges in the future ground when it came pilots. This also puts a lot other, they might have as well. to the communication of pressure on the pilots. ended up wasting their between native English- On the other hand, just Pilots’ challenges precious time to try to speaking controllers the opposite scenario regarding the use of comprehend what they and non-native English- takes place in a non- Aviation English have were saying to each other speaking pilots which is a native English-speaking already been brought to and they might have also very common phenomena airspace between a native the attention of aviation become aviation martyrs in US airspace. The most English-speaking pilot authorities. One of the rather than real heroes. significant findings and non-native English- most significant steps were centered around speaking air traffic Another reported was taken by the Federal such issues as failure to controller. In such cases, challenge of pilots was Aviation Administration communicate, English the non-standard use of the rate of speech in (FAA) of the USA and a language proficiency, the language by air traffic English. The underlying series of reports have slower speech rate, and controllers or even the reason behind this issue been published bringing taxi clearances. use of a mother tongue is clearly the nature of these challenges to affects pilots negatively language itself. While the light in no uncertain The failure to as well. Unfortunately, native-speaking pilots or terms. As stated above communicate seems to these examples have had air traffic controllers tend the main issue aviation be the biggest concern recent vivid incidents. to use English in a faster professionals face is the among others. Because The Pegasus incident on speech rate naturally, the mutual understanding of the busy air traffic, the February 5, 2020 is one other group, non-native and intelligibility of native controllers are under a
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English-speaking pilots or air traffic controllers tend to transmit the same message more slowly. The report of the FAA exhibits this case clearly. When the speech rate becomes faster, it becomes more difficult to understand which leads to misunderstandings or requests of clarifications and repetitions. No matter how easy it may seem, this actually causes a waste in a significant amount of time. As a
consequence, the FAA Atasoy © Sıtkı has suggested that further in-depth analysis Haneda Airport, Dubai between ATC and pilots, Duty Manager of DXB should be conducted on International Airport, it sometimes turns Tower Hassan Shaheen, the optimal speech rate O’Hare Airport, Heathrow into a real challenge they all have non-native for the delivery of ATC Airport, Shanghai Pudong to make yourself English-speaker origins messages. Furthermore, Airport, Hong Kong as clear as possible and they work with a as a researcher of International Airport, and to comprehend group of both non- Aviation English, it is and Charles de Gaulle the messages. The native English-speaking of my hypothesis that Airport are in the heart of background noise, air traffic controllers of the breakdown in the air traffic as of the latest communication UAE origin and native comprehension process of statistical reports. Out breakdowns, interruptions English-speaking air ATC messages also affect of these top ten busiest of other traffic on the traffic controllers of the pilots’ readback airports, more than half channel, and the heavy various nationalities performance which is an of them, 6 airports are managerial workload within the same team. important component located in countries all add up to significant Consequently, they all of safety in the air and where English is not the challenges faced by air rely on Aviation English on the ground. All in all, mother-tongue of its traffic controllers in terms to maintain effective challenges in the use of residents. This highlights of using Aviation English. communication with each Aviation English need to the fact that the safety Although globalization other and air traffic. be analyzed more and of air traffic in the busiest seems to offer new job The case of Dubai corrective actions should airports across the world opportunities and better International Airport be put forward for the are ensured by non- salary in these crowded with a total of around authorities in the aviation native English-speaking airspaces, it needs to 1,100 flights per day is industry. air traffic controllers. be taken into account just one side of the coin. These professionals that there is always a Aviation English as The other side includes need to overcome an continuous threat to air lingua franca is in the busy airspaces with air important problem each traffic safety with regards heart of another group traffic controllers who all and every second of their to Aviation English. For of aviation professionals: have non-native English work shifts: intelligibility. instance, deputy CEO the air traffic controllers. origins. Turkey, with its Resulting from the nature of Dubai Air Navigation Similarly, Atlanta Airport, 1,759 air traffic controllers of radiotelephony which Services Ibrahim Ahli, Beijing Airport, Los according to the statistics is used as the major the head of Air Traffic Angeles Airport, Tokyo published by the Turkish means of communication Control Al Thani, and
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DGCA, offers safe and secure ATC service 24/7. Yet, the second case here is liable to be threatened by another linguistic factor: the use of mother- tongue. Although, it is mandated by ICAO that English is the official language for air traffic communications, the problem of switching to the mother-tongue is one of the biggest challenges of air traffic controllers all around the world. These exchanges in mother- of the biggest disasters Without full control of increasingly globalized tongue between pilots in the history of aviation. Aviation English jargon, world. and air traffic controllers including the technical Last but not least the To come to an end make it difficult for other terms, line maintenance backbone of aviation: reaching more and air traffic to catch up technicians cannot line maintenance more passengers and with the radio messages. be expected to best technicians… As flight destinations as a What’s more it can be serve their companies. suggested by the result of globalization listed as a distraction for Yet, apart from the American educational has unignorable both sides in maintaining challenges of pilots and theorist David Allen consequences for all operations especially air traffic controllers, Kolb, the experiential aspects of aviation under non-normal these professionals learning cycle all both on the individual scenarios. However, there have a bigger gap to fill starts with hands-on level, the corporate level are some instances in in. Aviation English as experience, it goes on and on regulatory levels. which things may easily lingua franca once again with perception and Challenges regarding the spin out of control. “We dominates the aviation cognition respectively, use of Aviation English are at take-off” was one industry with its two main and finally ends up with by aviation professionals of the last statements aircraft manufacturers behavior. By analyzing are most definitely of recorded in the cockpit of Boeing and Airbus the professional learning high priority as they have KLM’s Boeing 747 on March which meet on common cycle of technicians the potential to result in 27, 1977. Although, the role ground when it comes to with Kolb’s experiential irreversible outcomes. As of Aviation English in the publishing maintenance learning theory, it can a result, the sustainability Tenerife disaster will be manuals. Consequently, be concluded that of the industry’s well- discussed thoroughly in technicians feel the the invaluable service being is all in the hands the upcoming issues of necessity to be proficient these people provide for of Aviation English with Aviation Turkey magazine, not only in speaking and the safety of aircraft its various components. it should be noted that comprehending English has two inseparable In our widening world no matter how proficient but also in understanding components: manuals it is essential that we the air traffic controllers the written manuals and implementations continue identifying or pilots are, it is for detailing every inch of an of those manuals. While communication sure that they can never aircraft. No matter what the latter requires a challenges, both technical be the same and they their nationalities are, line good understanding and linguistic, as these can never foresee how maintenance technicians of the former, in fact, challenges will continue a slight difference in have and will always everything relies on a to emerge as the aviation the understanding of a rely on English in our statement may cause one deep linguistic resource. industry evolves
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Dicle Demircioğlu Pınar İlki Emekçi A New Era in Airport Terminal Design In our interview with of the company at that MIMARLIK, have been As a result of the design Dicle Demircioğlu and time, they came to Turkey for competing especially on management work of a Pınar İlki Emekçi, the the first time in 1997 upon international platforms, prestigious project we Joint Managing Partners winning the competition undertaking large-scale assumed in Montenegro, of GMW MIMARLIK, we opened for the Istanbul projects and producing we opened an office with discuss the company’s Airport New International projects at international an average of 15 staff impressive international Terminal project. Following standards and with up- there in 2018 and currently experience, award-winning the completion of this to-date technologies by we have licenses to perform projects and concepts, project in 2000, GMW maintaining our professional architectural projects in and the protection and MIMARLIK was established principles, organizational Montenegro. promotion of human and in Turkey, again under the culture and ethical values, Aviation Turkey: In environmental health as leadership of Mr. Özveren. and by continuously the aviation industry, an integral part of post- Pınar.and I had managerial improving ourselves. During we know your company pandemic architecture and duties since 2008 and this 20-year period, we as the architect office design. became partners of GMW have taken part in various of the Ataturk Airport MIMARLIK in 2011 after important international Aviation Turkey: International Terminal being approached by Mr. projects, especially in First off, thank you so constructed in 2000 and Özveren to develop and transportation projects in much for your time you have fulfilled many transfer the knowhow and many different countries of for this interview. other projects since experience gained over the world. GMW MIMARLIK is an then. Do you have other generations and to ensure architectural office The services we provide completed or ongoing sustainability. We are that is known for various can be summarized as projects in Turkey after presently the joint managing projects including Airport architectural project the Ataturk Airport partners responsible for terminal projects. Could and design coordination International Terminal the overall management of you briefly inform us on services, design project? the company. Ali Özveren the structure of your management, design is of course our biggest PIE: Immediately after the company? and technical evaluation supporter as our founding completion of the Ataturk and consultancy, and BIM DD: GMW Architects, a partner. In the meantime, Airport New International (Building Information London-based company GMW Architects was Terminal in 2000, we Modeling) management founded in 1949, is an acquired by another British assumed the expansion services, from the feasibility architectural and interior architecture company in project of Ataturk Airport. and concept project stage design office with many 2015, so there is currently Then, we undertook the to the delivery stage. We years of international no organic relationship redesign project of the perform all these processes experience. Under the between the two offices. Antalya 2nd International in the BIM environment leadership of Ali Özveren, Terminal, which had been Since the date of our using state-of-the-art one of the senior partners designed by Tekeli-Sisa foundation, we, as GMW technologies.
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Architectural Office for five million passengers GMWM ©
in the 1990s, and we © redesigned it according to the seven million passenger capacity and present- day conditions. Within this scope, we adapted the existing concept and prepared the as-built projects in record time, as in the Ataturk Airport project, until the completion of the construction, and performed field supervision. Mus Airport was our latest project in Turkey which was Atatürk Airport designed by our company as well. the importance we place Aviation Turkey: Assuming roles in airport on specialization, we projects in more than 20 Due to our lack of experience GMW MIMARLIK have had the opportunity different geographies such in the Turkish tender process performs activities in to take part in very as Cairo, Medina, Skopje, in our initial years, we missed airport terminal projects significant international Riga, Moscow, Riyadh, opportunities in some throughout the globe airport projects. We Tehran, Rome, Amsterdam, important airport projects; as well as Turkey, either have worked with world- Kuwait, the Philippines and much less experienced directly or through renowned consultants Tashkent has been very companies managed to consultancy services. and multinational project valuable for us in terms of obtain prequalification Could you please talk teams on these projects. know-how and experience while we were unable to briefly about these Accordingly, we have gained that we gained. In each of get prequalified. Besides, projects? considerable knowhow these projects, we provided since we quietly focused DD: We expanded our and large-scale project services at different on producing only the best international experience, experience at different scopes for the terminal projects with the motto which was previously international standards. building and/or any other “the best advertisement limited only to the Middle Therefore, our projects in functional building available is our performance”, which East, North Africa and the Turkey were mainly for the at an airport, according to is one of our fundamental Balkans, by adding the private sector, where the the requirements of that principles, our company experience we gained from international experience project and the employer. was not well recognized in our projects in Europe and in large-scale projects is In some, we undertook the local market except for Asia in the last 5 years. obligatory. all architectural project very few people who were interested and curious in this matter. However, thanks to this principle, we have become more well-known abroad, as the groups we work with on international projects offer cooperation in different projects.
We never said we would do every project; on the contrary we developed GMWM ©
ourselves in airport © terminals and additional Riyadh Airport buildings. As a result of
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services from the concept project stage until the GMWM © completion of the as-built © projects, in some others we prepared only a concept project, or we performed project development, coordination and as-built projects for an existing concept.
Besides these, we would also like to talk about our terminal planning Skopje Airport consultancy services which we are proud of. such as transaction different; the users, climate, to work with specialized After receiving consultancy times specific to the budget, laws, operators are companies or consultants. geography and passenger different and accordingly services from international Aviation Turkey: demographics. Then, the the terminals should companies specialized in Your Company layout of these areas and be different. Every day terminal planning during adopts a modern operators are prepared technology is developing, airport projects for which and environmentalist with options in accordance environmental and human we have been providing approach to airport to international standards, health awareness levels architectural project terminal projects, and laws and regulations are increasing and such services for many years, you prioritize passenger specific to that country, aspects should be reflected we have started to provide comfort with this and the management in the planning of each new consultancy services in approach. You have criteria and objectives terminal. Sometimes, a this domain in the last few been awarded by Airport of the businesses and specification or planning years, thanks to the related Council International administrations. By taking we have prepared years training we have added (ACI) three times for the project budget and ago comes back to us in to our knowledge base in achievements in your schedule into account, the the form of a requirement different projects. In 2016, projects. Could you tell us building size and layout are list for a new terminal, or an we provided terminal about these successes? planning consultancy to finalized by discussing the employer planning to start airport administration details with all stakeholders. the activities says “you PIE: Until the early 1990s, probably have an available airport terminals were within the scope of the Sometimes we come up planning/design for us”. In considered as prestigious Rome Fiumicino Airport against those talking such cases, we may have to buildings because they were North Campus Master about type-terminal tell the employer why this the gate of the country that Plan Revision and then design, but the terminal work should be different. For passengers had to use for to international project requirements of each all these reasons, we expect flights. In the early 2000s, groups for the Amsterdam country or geography are Schiphol Pier A and the employers to be willing commercial activities Kuwait Temporary Support Terminal. GMWM ©
PIE: Terminal planning © consulting starts with the determination of passenger capacity, for which the terminal building will serve, and then continues with determining the number of areas and operators that will be needed, taking into account several criteria Tashkent Airport
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gained importance and airports turned out to be a kind of shopping mall, and this is the period when the “passenger” is considered the “customer”. Recently, airport terminals, especially large terminals referred to as "hubs" used for transfer/ transit purposes, are regarded as the buildings preferred to be visited or
stopped by. Accordingly, the GMWM © “passenger” is now seen as a © “guest” and his psychology, Medina Airport comfort and quality of the selection seems to be which is the most it is necessary to design time spent in the terminal related with the operator, affected sector. Within buildings to have flexibility has started to be valued it is an indication of the the framework of these and adaptability by above anything else. Today, satisfaction obtained severe measures, does considering all possible areas such as butterfly as a direct result of our your company plan to different scenarios, gardens for relaxation, architectural design. As carry out restructuring having positive effects on entertainment, and areas for a consequence of many activities for airport environment and human sports and art have started architectural decisions terminal projects, as health and concepts to be allocated within the experiences are impacted, the heart of airports that will not lose their terminal buildings. With the from the transportation and accordingly the functionality for many years. increase of the importance routes of the terminals to aviation industry? What given to the environment Moreover, we can say the waiting times, from the kind of activities are with this change, the service that the global warming spatial impressions of the you planning for airport quality of a terminal that and climate change passenger to the layout projects that you are was previously measured issue, which is said to be of the commercial area, currently working on in in direct proportion with directly associated with from the efficiency of the the new era? the area per person is now this pandemic by many operating offices to the easy measured with the quality DD: Frankly speaking, people, will be much more direction-finding system. of the place rather than the we think that not many determinant for large Our Macedonia Skopje area itself, and optimum different structuring, investments like airports Airport was deemed worthy areas are recommended programs and plans can in the future. On the other of this award four times by instead of large areas. In be implemented in the long hand, in the aftermath of passengers since its launch. addition, the aspects such term due to the COVID-19 this pandemic, it is possible Many of our airport terminal as accessibility, gender outbreak, especially at to say that the effective buildings, not only Skopje, equality, local differences airports. Even before the utilization of big data and but also Ataturk and Medina and needs, and the COVID-19 pandemic, we technology, which has been airport buildings, have been developments in technology have always prioritized highlighted at airports for deemed worthy of this are reflected in architectural flexibility and adaptability, quite a while, will continue award several times too. projects more than ever and the importance of this to expand and become a before. Aviation Turkey: approach now becomes crucial mechanism in this Following the COVID-19 more apparent. Instead of sense. Such efforts, which Airport Council International outbreak, restructuring designing a building that have been implemented (ACI) conducts surveys on activities and measures has an economic life of at airports to increase Airport Service Quality are taking place across 30-40 years according to passenger satisfaction, will every year and determines all sectors. The most an epidemic that exists now be used more widely the best airports of the critical measures will today but may not repeat and effectively to serve the year, based on the category, probably be taken in for the next decades in measures to be taken with the feedback received the aviation industry, the same way, we believe from users. Although this
89 Sabancı University Integrated Manufacturing Technologies Research and Application Center Sabancı University students, postdoctoral SU IMC is the Integrated Manufacturing researchers, faculty First University Research and Application members, and incubators/ Center (SU IMC) is entrepreneurs who play Center in an industrial-scale a vital role in composite Turkey to have research and technology technologies. Thus, SU acquired the development center that IMC serves its partners at AS9100 Quality provides laboratory testing, every stage of the product Management prototype manufacturing, development life cycle, System design and simulation starting with basic research, Mansur Çelebi, services in the scope of continuing with prototyping, Certificate PhD Strategy & Business Development Manager IMC composite materials and and ending with mass The AS9100 Certificate & CTCE Sabanci University additive manufacturing production. has critical importance in university center in Turkey especially for Aerospace the international platform SU IMC provides facilities with AS9100 Quality and Automotive Industries. for institutions operating for both basic and Management System It also provides consultancy in the Aerospace and applied research, product certification for Aerospace and training services to Defense Industry. SU IMC, development, graduate organizations. SU IMC also governmental organizations which started its activities and life-long education. has the TS EN ISO / IEC and industrial corporations. as of 2018, was audited It acts as a center for 17025 certificate, which is in October 2019 and was The center brings Sabancı incubation services as a laboratory accreditation approved by the IAQG University and Companies well as commercialization certificate, approved in (International Aerospace together under the same opportunities in February 2019. Quality Group) in March roof to create solutions composite manufacturing 2020 as a result of a for companies in areas of technologies and has the Research successful audit. Built on research, development capacity of employing Studies a closed area spanning and transformation. This 15 faculty members, 15,000 m2 with a 3,350 m2 Core research areas at SU unique university-industry more than 90 graduate laboratory infrastructure, IMC are as follows; ecosystem houses and undergraduate SU IMC became one of designers, engineers, students, and about 40 •Composite Design, only six such centers Analysis and production process researchers, engineers and worldwide, and the first Manufacturing managers, doctoral administrative staff.
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93 Australian Pilot Apologizes Dr. Emir Öngüner Freelance Researcher in Aviation History to Turkey: Sir Charles Kingsford Smith Turkish-British Diplomacy before the MacRobertson Air Race (1934)
The 1930s stand out as upon approval. There are a time period in which some examples of pilots long-distance flights and who, according to their flight record attempts took plans, had passed through place as aviation became Turkish airspace in some popular in international cases, or they had landed circles and attracted not at previously designated only the military but also runways and then continued Figure 1: Australian Pilot Sir Charles Kingsford Smith 6 civilian interest as well. their flight after some rest (1897-1935) Turkey, geographically and refueling. World War I in the 19th located on this route, has security forces, according Elly Beinhorn, who had to Beinhorn's claims. Stating Battalion of ANZAC forces been a haunt for many broken the flight record of foreign pilots and has often that Turkey took a firm stand in the Çanakkale frontline, covering two continents appeared in the press as against the fait accompli made an unauthorized with a route from Germany a country selected to be approaches, Beinhorn said landing in Turkey in 1931, and to Istanbul and turning back a passage point on fight that Mollison was deported this incident appeared as an in a day on August 13, 1935, 3 routes that set various new by train. The clue hinting obstacle for him in attending has been referred to as a world records in aviaition.1 that Mollison was not the the competition in 1934. British pilot who made an only pilot to have made According to procedure, The Turkish press had unauthorized landing, while an unauthorized landing the names of pilots who reported on October 3, 1931 sharing her impressions in Turkey is noticeable in a were scheduled to conduct that an airplane flying from about Turkey, where she study that was completed transcontinental flights Australia to England landed had been before, during her regarding the MacRobertson were given to countries in Milas, Muğla, and that the record attempts.2 Passing Air Race between London whose airspace would be pilot was Charles Kingsford through Turkish airspace, and Melbourne conducted used through diplomatic Smith.5 It was stated in the Jim Mollison landed in Konya 4 channels, providing officials in 1934. Australian pilot Sir without the permission of article that the landing was with the estimated time, and Charles Kingsford Smith the Turkish authorities due to sunstroke, and it was then the subsequent flight (Figure 1), who served as one and was detained for five a health-related incident. programs were prepared of the signal corps during days in a hotel by Turkish (Figure 2).
1 For a nonstop flight record from New York to Istanbul, pls see: Polando, J., Wings over Istanbul: The Life and Flights of a Pioneer Aviator, Peter E. Randall Publisher, Porthsmouth, NH, 2000, p. 41-61; For Flight Record from Germany to Asia within one day, pls see: Beinhorn, E., Alleinflug: Mein Leben, F.A. Herbig Verlagsbuchhandlung, 2007, München, pp. 212-221; Öngüner, E., Elly Beinhorn: Female Pilot Achieved Record Breaking Flight from Germany to Turkey, Aviation Turkey, Vol:1, Issue: 3, 2020, pp. 102-108
2 Beinhorn, a.g.e., p. 82
3No information could be found on the fate of this airplane in Konya.
4Websdale-Morrisey, D., On a Wing and a Prayer: The Race that Stopped the World, Text Publishing Company, 2019, Melbourne, p. 35
5 “Australian Pilot Lands in Milas”, Cumhuriyet, 03.10.1931, p. 2
6 Image Library of State Library of New South Wales, Sydney / Australia
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Figure 2: Smith landed in Milas on October Figure 3: Mollison and Smith are not Figure 4: Smith landed in Milas without 2, 1931. authorized to fly over Turkish territory authorization in October 1931 (06.10.1933) (29.09.1933)
Taking a look at Australia's nonstop, and took off from Turkish airspace if he joined after their unauthorized local press in 1933 and Baghdad on October 7, 1933 in the upcoming race. The landing. It was signaled 1934, there is interesting and flew directly to Karachi. negotiations between the that if Turkey didn’t relieve information about Smith’s In one of the newspaper British Ministry of Aviation the sanctions imposed on participation in the air reports on the related and the Turkish government these pilots, the British and race between England subject, it was stated that were inconclusive. Smith, Australian governments and Australia in 1934, he was detained by Turkish however, conveyed that he would prohibit Mollison’s and about the conflict security forces for two days didn’t have any intention to and Smith’s use of Turkish between England and the due to the incident in 1931.8 despise Turkey and that he airspace in order not ruin Turkish authorities. It was (Figure 4). could land in Istanbul during diplomatic relations10 stated in the International the race and meet with (Figure 6). Before the MacRobertson Air Transport Conference, the Turkish government Air Race planned to be In the newspaper article that was held in London in in person, if necessary9 held in October 1934, the dated August 15, 1934, 1933, that Turkey and Iran (Figure 5). In another news list of the competitors it was stated that the were the countries that report dated August 9, were submitted to the Turkish Embassy in were often laying obstacles 1934, the British, it was countries that the pilots London didn’t know about on airspace use and it was said that Australian and were to pass through, the sanctions imposed on mentioned that Smith and Turkish governments were but Charles Kingsford the pilots11 (Figure 7), and Mollison were prohibited conducting negotiations Smith's name on the list then it was seen as new to use Turkish airspace and if Mollison and Smith led to tension between information that came due to their unauthorized used the airspace without the Turkish and British from the Turkish side 3 landings7 (Figure 3). Smith the authorization of Turkey, governments. According weeks later. An important had to make its flight out a diplomatic crisis would be to the news dated July statement made by Şükrü of Turkish airspace from likely to occur. It was also 26, 1934, the Turkish Koçak, Vice President London to Pakistan's noted that there would be government implied that of the Turkish Aviation Karachi in October 1933, a possibility of applying Smith had humiliated them Association (T.Ta.C. - Türk due to the adverse case legal sanctions on the by using Turkish airspace Tayyare Cemiyeti) was that had happened in 1931. two pilots. Turkey did not without authorization and disclosed to the press on He took off from Brindisi, accept the inconsistent stated that he would not September 7, 1934. Koçak Italy, the first destination statements that the pilots be he would not be given stated that if the pilots in pursuit of London had given to the press permission to pass through apply via the Turkish and headed to Baghdad about the mistreatment
7 “Air Regulations”, The Courier Mail, 29.09.1933, p. 14
8''Crosses Six Countries in Two Days'', The News, 06.10.1933, p. 1. Only the relevant part of the news is shown in the figure.
9''Kingsford Smith Must Not Fly Over Turkish Territory'', The Age, 26.07.1934, p. 12. Only the relevant part of the news is shown in the figure.
10''Air Race Ban: 'Smithy'-Mollison?'', The Telegraph, 09.08.1934, p. 9. It is not the original page layout of the newspaper. The news columns are rearranged side by side by the author.
11''Centenary Air Race: Landing In Turkey'', The Inverell Times, 15.08.1934, p. 1
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a report dated September visit Ankara and to officially 28, 1934, Mustafa Kemal apologize to Atatürk was Atatürk had wished to meet not confirmed. with Smith after his landing Smith's flight, which he had in Ankara17 (Figure 13). started in pursuit of a new According to Another report record on November 6, 1935 dated September 30, 1934, ended in the Andaman Sea states that it was stated of the Indian Ocean, and that Smith’s visit to Ankara the dead body of Smith was not confirmed because and his co-pilot were never the British Ambassador's found. After his death, his official application had not memoires were compiled been responded to by Turkey and published and this yet. If the final decision book provides crucial would have been negative, information about Smith's Smith should then have set a route out of Turkish Figure 5: Turkish Figure 6: Diplomatic contacts government’s objection between Britain and Turkey airspace to go to Britain of Smith’s authorization because of the Smith incident during the race.18 (Figure 14). (26.07.1934) (09.08.1934) While the above-mentioned Embassy, the necessary “I most respectfully request diplomatic contacts authorization would be permission to fly over your between Turkey and Britain given to them by the Turkish territory during the air race. I and Australia were being government12 (Figure 8). It am unaware of the reasons held, Smith was trying to get his airplane ready in is also noteworthy that for the present ban, but Figure 7: The statement the Turkish government sincerely apologize if I have terms of technical and of the Turkish Embassy in London (15.08.1934) showed the Vice given unwilling offence.” certification requirements President of the Turkish prior to the race. However In the news the next day, Aviation Association on October 3, 1934, the it was stated that Turkey as an addressee to the Australian press reported would give authorization British and Australian that Smith had withdrawn to Smith after his official governments within from the MacRobertson apology to Atatürk, but diplomatic contacts. Air Race due to technical the same would not be problems. In the related 15 Two important news applicable to Mollison news, there was no Figure 8: The statement reports were noticeable (Figure 11). An important of Turkish Aviation information contained Association (T.Ta.C.) Vice on September 21, 1934. The statement made by about the problems President Şükrü Koçak pilots that had considered Australian Deputy Defense encountered between (07.09.1934) the call of th VP of the Minister Sir Josiah Francis the countries and it was T.Ta.C, contacted with the clarified the issue. Francis reported that the decision British Embassy in Ankara, stated that according to was only due to technical 13 Turkey (Figure 9). On the news they received reasons19 (Figure 15). It is the other hand, the same from London, the Turkish also possible that Smith’s 14 day another newspaper government would grant withdrawal from the race (Figure 10) reported that the necessary authorization was because of the alleged Charles Kingsford Smith and Smith should go to technical problems, since Figure 9: The attempts of apologized to Gazi Mustafa Ankara during the race to no news from the Turkish the pilots at the Turkish Kemal Atatürk, President apologize to the Turkish Embassy in London for authorities was found in the contacting the Turkish 16 of the Republic of Turkey authorities in person Australian newspapers later government (21.09.1934) via a telegram as follows: (Figure 12). According to and because Smith's plan to
12''Flying Over Turkey'', The Kyogle Examiner, 07.09.1934, p. 4 16''Flight Over Turkey'', The Sun, 27.09.1934, p. 19
13''Flight Over Turkey'', The Maitland Daily Mercury, 21.09.1934, p. 10 17''Kemal Pasha Wants to See Smithy'', The Newcastle Sun, 28.09.1934, p. 8
14''Sincerely Apologise: Kingsford Smith's Cable to Turkey'', The Telegraph, 21.09.1934, p. 1 18 ''Will Smithy Go to Ankara?'', The Sunday Mail, 30.09.1934, p. 1
15''Permit from Turkey'', The Newcastle Sun, 22.09.1934, p. 1 19 ''Smithy Out of the Air Race'', The Herald, 03.10.1934, p. 1
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away from competing vicinity came there with against other pilots, losing curiosity. He tried to confidence in himself communicate with hand and his airplane, and of gestures and asked one of participating only in races them to bring him brandy that he was sure he could by pressing money into win, and he closed the his hand. Smith said that related chapter with this he suddenly fainted and noteworthy sentence:21 “A after coming to himself, nation's hero may often he saw that there was a become a nation's whipping very large group of people boy overnight.” around him and his plane, Figure 12: The statement of Australian Deputy including soldiers. As he Defense Minister Sir In Smith's documented was heading towards Josiah Francis (27.09.1934) memoires, it is possible to Figure 10:The apology of the cockpit, one of the find detailed information Smith to Atatürk, President soldiers held Smith’s of the Republic of Turkey about his unauthorized (21.09.1934) arm, nodded his head landing in Milas in 1931, negatively and showed which was the cause his gun. At that moment of the problem with the Smith realized that he was Turkish government. arrested. 3-4 hours later, a Having encountered many Turkish officer and several Figure 13: Atatürk's wish to difficulties throughout the mounted troops arrived meet Smith (28.09.1934) 9-day Australia-Britain at the scene. The officer race with the British understood a little English pilot Jim Mollison, Smith and was fluent in French. explicitly mentioned that After a while, a Major came the Turkish authorities to the scene in a Ford were kind to him during the automobile. When he told Milas incident and that he the Major he wanted to was cared for during his repair his plane and fly to sickness.22 Athens, the answer given Taking a glance at the to him was as follows: “You relevant part of his must first go to Milas and memories, it can be seen see the Commandant and Status of flight be interrogated as to the introduced by Turkish that Smith searched for an government (22.09.1934) appropriate place to land, reason for your presense in the skies of Antalya here.” aviation career20 (Figure Bay when he was about to Whilst all this was going 16). The pages regarding faint while he was heading on, Smith also began to the preparation of the to Athens after taking off worry about the loss of A possible visit of Smith to MacRobertson Air Race do from Aleppo, the point on time in the race with the Ankara (30.09.1934) not refer to the problems he the race route. After being British pilot Jim Mollison. had encountered with the in the air for a while feeling He was taken to the like “Why did you land Turkish government, while dizziness and nausea, he car upon the order of here? Why were you sick? the negative comments was able to land at in open the Major and brought Why did you not land made about him after his terrain near Milas, and to the headquarters 15 somewhere else? Who are withdrawal from the race one of the wheels of the kilometers away. During you? What do you want?” are included. Smith noted plane was damaged during the questioning, he was Stating that he gave short in his memoires that he landing. After getting off asked several questions and clear answers to all was accused of staying the plane, people in the
20 Kingsford Smith, Ch., My Flying Life: An authentic biography prepared under the personal supervision of and from the diaries and papers of the late Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, Andrew Melrose Ltd., 1937, London
21 ibid, p.249
22 ibid, pp.214-218
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become a winner in the Smith’s account of his race. On the other hand, reasons for the problems on his last night in Milas, faced in Turkey during he was very glad for the his participation in a hospitality shown to him. worldwide known air race He was allowed to go in 1934. According to to the nearest airport overall documentation to repair his plane the Smith expressed that next day. When Smith he was treated well returned to Milas at noon, and the Turkish side he was informed that implemented necessary Figure 15: Smith’s withdrawal from the air race due to the necessary permit procedures, as required technical problems (03.10.1934) was given to depart. for the circumstances. After a short lunch, he Considering the the questions, Smith was After the questioning, he said goodbye to those inconsistent statement unable to be freed. The was told that they were who hosted him and to alleged to have been given matter was said to be expecting approval from Lieutenant Irfan, who by Mollison and Smith to forwarded to Ankara, and Ankara for the release. he had described as the press regarding the Smith later requested Smith stated that he “very respectful” in his period of detention in to send a telegram to had been told by the memoires, and then he Turkey, in the Australian Ankara on his behalf to Commander in Milas that left for Athens. newspaper The Telegraph be sent to Athens. The he would release him if dated August 9, 1934, request to inform the he had the authority, and It is noteworthy that the facts were proven by representatives of the that he had to explain Smith, while writing Smith in his memoires Vacuum Oil Company his rank to the Turkish about the Milas incident as stated above. Holding waiting for him in Athens officers as the Brigadier in 1931, did not use any several records in aviation, about his status in the General to set him free negative words about Smith’s effort to make race was accepted. He during the process.23 Later, Turkey and the Turkish up for his unintentional was put in a room with a Lieutenant Irfan, with authorities. However, mistake by apologizing to comfortable bed to spend whom Smith was able to since his memoires Atatürk prior to the race the night and he was also easily communicate in were compiled by other in 1934 also reveals his given food. Stating that French, was appointed individuals after Smith's character and respect for the Commander in Milas as a companion for him. death, there is a possibility the Republic of Turkey was very kind to him and Smith was then allowed for a slight alteration in that the plane was also to meet with British secured, Smith stated and American tobacco in his memoires that a merchants, Abrahams and military doctor took care Cockerim, and rest at the of him and gave him residence of these two medicine. businessmen, under the supervision of Lieutenant A soldier arriving early the Irfan. next day woke up Smith and informed him that As the time went by, Smith the Commander would was losing his chance and come to meet him. Smith enthusiasm for breaking thought that he could the race record. In order reach London on time if to beat Mollison, he must he could take off in a little have had already reached while. After waiting for 3 London in the afternoon of hours, the Commander that day; however, given Figure 16: The book compiled from the memories of Smith came with another officer the current situation, he after his death: My Flying Life (1937 for additional questioning. fully lost his chance to
23This honorary rank was granted to him due to his achievements in civil aviation. His military rank was captain.
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In our previous article, we dipped into the equipment as per our budget. So, we think equipment used in Aviation Photography it is helpful to select or upgrade equipment and shared information on their specific by firstly appraising the enthusiasm within capacities. In this article, we will review and us, recognizing our talents as well as our take a focused look into the techniques future-plans for this hobby. It should be that we use in aviation photography. kept in mind that the photo is taken by the person. As our number of shots increases As we mentioned in our previous article, it is and we evaluate our results, we will be able useful to touch upon one point again before to see our needs more easily and make moving onto the equipment selection. It is more sensible choices. rational to make choices in the selection of
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©©Sıtkı Atasoy Shooting Fixed Air Vehicles: For static aircraft point to mention here is shooting, we usually that it would be useful to prefer a wide-angle lens try to hide objects such as we want to photograph as buildings, equipment, the entire aircraft. Using a pole and etc. behind a wide-angle lens also the body of the aircraft. offers us the opportunity A different angle can for close-up shots as well. be selected in order to Sıtkı Atasoy Sıtkı © The use of a wide-angle hide certain objects © lens can make the air that we do not want to mode to get a depth cockpit, etc., a telephoto vehicle more imposing, have in our composition. of field and to achieve lens is preferred instead but you can also lose Generally, it is necessary more sharpness. We can of a wide-angle lens. details. The direction of to use aperture priority change the aperture If we want to take a light as it appears relative mode during daytime according to the focal detailed photo of the to the camera position and shutter priority mode point in our composition. entire aircraft, it will be is of fundamental during nighttime. We use In addition, if we want to appropriate to choose importance in all areas of the aperture priority focus detail on part of the a telephoto lens if our photography. To capture aircraft, like the engine, distance is suitable. a stunning photo, we need wing, tail, landing gear, to be sure to place the sun at our back, behind us. Unlike in other areas of photography, when Sıtkı Atasoy Sıtkı adjusting the angle of the © © sun, the light reflections coming off a wide metal surface like the cockpit and the body of the aircraft can cause light flare. Keeping this angle aspect in mind, another
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©©Sıtkı Atasoy we can take. By determining disadvantage. In addition, the speed of the object in using the "continuous Shooting necessary to shoot with PAN shots, keeping the focus" feature, which can the PAN technique, which aircraft in the focus of our be found in different names Moving Air is also used in other areas lens while shooting, and by on most cameras, ensures Vehicles from of photography, in cases moving our camera stably the clarity of the image. the Ground where the background in the direction of the vector Again, in these kinds of creates image pollution movement of the aircraft shots, the evening golden In order to shoot moving and we want to place a are the key factors that hour is very important, and aircraft during landing greater emphasis on the help us create clear images. due to the exhaust gas of and take-off, we need to object of the photo, not This synchronization can the aircraft, our distance use telephoto lenses since the background. In PAN only be possible with a to the object of focus, the we are far from the object shooting, it is necessary high number of shots and heat of the runway, the heat for safety reasons. If the to use a shutter priority experience. At this point, haze caused by the water objects in the background mode. An important area hand-eye coordination is vapor in the air, the resulting of the aircraft that we of attention at this point is incredibly important. Where images may suffer from are shooting need to that our focus must be set necessary, using a tripod blurring, especially during be detailed according at long distance and thus allows us to eliminate this the summer months. to our composition, it is we can avoid vibration. recommended to select Even the slightest camera aperture priority shooting. shake prevents us from Our lenses must have capturing clear images at a vibration reduction a long distance. Holding feature and must be our breath while shooting turned on. However, it is is also among the measures
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your camera stably in the shooting of propeller direction of the vector aircraft with slower shutter movement of the aircraft, by speeds, various filters are holding your breath. Where recommended, especially necessary, using a tripod in times other than golden a propeller airplane while allows you to eliminate the hours, since the sun is Shooting it is running, in motion disadvantage of camera higher, and the sunlight is Propeller and flying. In these shots, shaking. In daytime sharp. Airplanes from shutter priority mode should be used, because the Ground dynamism is achieved by Static shots of propeller reflecting the rotation of airplanes can also be the propellers and rotary taken in accordance with wings in your shots. For this, the methods applicable you need to shoot in slower for static aircraft. The shutter speeds and as with main issue here is being the PAN technique, you able to capture images of need to shoot by moving Sıtkı Atasoy Sıtkı © ©
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Air-to-Air Shooting of Air Vehicles Choosing the right lens aircraft preferences (such as 24-70mm, 24- will determine your 105mm, or 70-200mm) limits during shooting. ©©Onur Kurç based on the minimum Aperture priority mode safe distance between helps us capture better the two aircraft in line images while shooting a propeller aircraft , using of capturing clear shots, with flight rules and jet powered aircraft if the shutter priority mode in shutter priority mode using a single lens during background is the ground, helps to capture stunning without a tripod, will be shooting will provide or if we want a regional images. As you move with much higher than by you with mobility and icon in the background the aircraft that you are shooting from the ground. convenience. Your to be sharp and clear. For shooting, your chances
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Nighttime Shooting of Air Vehicles from the Ground In night shots, the kept at the minimum performance of your setting (the smallest tripods and equipment opening) when taking ©©Sıtkı Atasoy comes to the fore and pictures for sharpness and clarity, ISO setting will support you. Use of speed, at maximum while maintaining focus on should be at the lowest a sturdy tripod enables aperture setting, high the aircraft. you to achieve clear night values, manual focus is ISO values, "Continuous As the number of your shots. recommended instead of autofocus" feature, and night shots increase, autofocus, if possible, and by turning off the vibration For nighttime shooting of a better results can be the photograph should be reduction feature of your fixed aircraft in the parked achieved by selecting the captured by activating the lens. Using the same position, slow shutter speed most suitable values and shot timer. settings, we must shoot by and long exposure should determining adjustments moving our camera stably be used due to the lack The night shooting of for parameters such as in the direction of the of light, the diaphragm moving aircraft should be shutter speed, aperture movement of the aircraft (aperture) should be done with a fast shutter and ISO.
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Ground-to-Air Shooting of Air Vehicles In ground-to-air shooting telephoto lenses should is necessary to use shutter Depending on the light of an aircraft, there be used. Prime lenses can priority mode, considering level and the speed of is usually sky in the also be used since they the light. When we shoot in the aircraft, we need to background. Due to our have higher focusing shutter priority mode, we adjust our shutter speed distance from the object, speeds. In these shots, it can have the opportunity to a high or medium level. to shoot the aircraft as After a few shots, we can if it is stationary and as attain the appropriate if we have stopped time. adjustment.
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Timing Under this topic, I will more vivid images. Shooting the blue hour. Some aviation techniques used, and we try to explain the “light” especially at sunrise and photographers may prefer see our own performance parameter, while applying sunset, which we call the various filters to soften and make the necessary the tips and techniques golden hour, can produce right-angle midday light. changes. As our number I have described above. better results. If we want of shots and experience In this article, I touched Since we do not shoot to achieve an opposite increase, we can achieve upon shooting tips and in the studio, our most angle capture, it will be optimum adaptation by techniques. However, important light source is more convenient at this manually selecting our the techniques and the sun. For this reason, point to make use of the parameters according to parameters given above we can only adjust the golden hour. If we want time and conditions. indicate my personal direction, the angle and the to achieve cold colors as experience, preferences In our next issue, I will amount of light according per our composition, the and recommendations. We explain the necessary to the position of the sun, i.e. appropriate timing can be can see that every aviation preparations required timing. This timing allows us just before sunrise and just photographer captures before, during and after to capture clearer, sharper, after sunset, which we call amazing images with the "Spotting Day", including harmonization of their the safety precautions and creativity, know-how and what should be considered experience. With a careful when applying shooting review of our photos we techniques during this type can see the results of the of activity/event
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107 Manufacturing Methodology of an Aviation-Grade Part: Part 21 Certification Assist. Prof. Dr. Tamer Saraçyakupoğlu recovery phase, there have manufacturing the authorities is a long Mechanical Engineer will be many applications capability of airworthy and winding road. POA based on manufacturing parts/components should which is referred to as Although there have been technologies. More have Design Organization Part 21 process is divided economic recessions, likely, new sterilization Approval (DOA – Part J) into two, depending on growth in the aviation mechanisms will be and Product Organization its functionality. Mainly industry steadily implemented inside the Approval (POA – Part these privileges are due continuous. Even during cabin, cockpit and cargo 21 G) from the relevant to being located in a niche Covid days. On April 17th bay and disinfection airworthiness authorities. league as well as having 2020 The International systems will be added To ensure customer manufacturing capability Air Transport Association to the environmental satisfaction, the aircraft of the parts which have a (IATA) released a report control system (ECS). In design organization value that are 60 times regarding air travel order to ensure successful should establish its own higher compared with expectation which implementation of quality management the automotive industry. is shown in Figure 1. new systems, design system to demonstrate According to the National Hopefully air traffic will assurance flow should be that their capabilities Academies Press (NAP) increase through Q3 and followed. In the aviation to manufacture, and to report, the finished value Q4 2020. industry, it is known continually progress, with of a vehicle per pound is As we look at the that the manufacturing safe, reliable products only about $5, however, manufacturing side of ofaviation-grade parts that meet customer the finished value per the aviation industry, is clearly defined. The requirements. It is typically pound for a commercial it is worth emphasizing components of the system referred to as a design transport aircraft is $300. that yearly based and the relation between assurance system. This equates to the price aircraft manufacturing steps are provided in of aviation-grade parts Needless to say, the also increases. The Figure 3 as a flow chart. as 60 times higher than process in obtaining main players such as those in the automotive The companies which those privileges from Boeing, Airbus, Embraer, Bombardier, Comac, ATR, etc. share the commercial Return to air travel expected to be slow aircraft manufacturing market. Amongst those manufacturers, as it is shown in Figure 2, Boeing and Airbus have 81% of all commercial aircraft which have been manufactured from 2008- 2018 according to IATA reports (IATA, 2019). The remain, 19% is shared by the others.
The aviation industry will execute on strategies to recover as quickly Figure 1. Air Travel Expectation in 2020 and 2021 (IATA, 2020) as possible. During the
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industry. On the other hand with the implementation Aircraft Manufacturing Graphic (Yearly Based) of novel technologies in mass-production lines in the aviation industry, companies are producing more aircraft comparatively than previous capacities would allow, in the same facility. For example, Boeing has declared that in their Renton facility the manufacturing capacity has been increased from 52 to 57 through 2019 (Zang, 2019).
It is obvious that aviation- grade materials are highly engineered and Figure 2. Aircraft Manufacturing Graphic (Yearly Based) (IATA, 2019) comparatively expensive, each other but, based on Subparts 21 EASA FAA and saving aviation- their specifications there A General Provisions General grade material is of vital is also a gap between importance. With this in them. In the table given B Type-certificates Type-certificates mind, what should be done below the comparison is C - Provisional Type-certificates in the manufacturing of provided between the two Changes to Type- D Changes to Type-certificates these high-tech parts, authorities. certificates what are the dos and don’ts Supplemental E Supplemental Type-certificates during the certification In conclusion, if a company Type-certificate wants to manufacture an process that is executed by Production Under Production Under Type F the airworthiness authority. airworthy part, the proper Type certificate Only Certificate Only method is to secure Part 21 G Production Certificates Production Certificates The FAA and the EASA’s certification. The Part 21 G-J Airworthiness Part 21 certification certificate brings its own H Airworthiness Certificates Certificates processes are similar to privileges along with it Noise Protection Provisional Airworthiness I Certificates Certificates Design Organization Delegation Option J Approval Authorization Procedures Materials, Parts, Approval of Materials, Parts, K Processes, Appliances Processes, and Appliances L - Export Airworthiness Approvals Designated Alteration Station M Repairs Authorization Procedures Approval of Engines, N - Propellers, Materials, Parts, and Appliances: Import Technical Standard O ETSO Approval Order Authorizations Labelling products, Q - materials and parts Figure 3. Relationship between design, design Assurance, and Type Investigation (Florio, 2016) Table 1. Comparing EASA and FAA Subparts of Part 21
109 The Effects of Avian Bio- inspiration on the Birth of Flight air currents and carried different bird species and propulsion system should into flapping flight. Also, knew the details of each. generate thrust but that the Göksel Keskin before powered flight some In the Codex on the Flight wings should be shaped to Junior Researcher, Department of Biological Physics, Eötvös Lorand inventors made flapping of Birds, da Vinci discusses create lift. He observed that University / Glider Pilot air vehicles and fixed wing the crucial concept of the birds soared long distances gliders too. In these trials, relationship between the by simply twisting their Aviation history is based on the glider became the center of gravity and the arched wing surfaces and quite primitive aircraft. Until most successful model center of lifting pressure deduced that fixed-wing the first powered flight, throughout aviation history on a bird’s wings. With the machines would fly if the humankind experimented thereafter. knowledge he acquired he wings were cambered. In with many different created more than 500 addition, one of his most variants of unpowered flight ranging from kites to gliders. We can see that early aviation pioneers were clearly inspired by the grace of avian soaring high above in the heavens. Even today as we look skyward, we observe birds naturally demonstrating their avian precision as they effortlessly navigate Inventors such as Abbas sketches which include important discoveries swirling wind currents. ibn Firnas, Hezarfen Ahmed ornithopter, glider, and was the power difference Çelebi etc. tried to fly with Exactly “how birds evolved aerial screw designs. His he found as a result of human-made bird wings, a to fly” and “how the first designs are a splendid comparing the muscles of concept that Leonardo da aircraft designs evolved combination of zoology, humans and birds. While Vinci played an important to fly” follow the same botany, mathematics, 2/3 of the strength in all part in developing. In da type of narrative. Some physics and engineering. muscles is in the pectoral Vinci’s time, there were no scientists support the muscles (breast muscle) of clear distinctions between After da Vinci, Sir George arboreal hypothesis and a bird, in a man the muscles occupational groups, Cayley is sometimes called suggest that the ancestors available for flying, would and he was a biologist as the 'Father of Aviation'. A of Archaeopteryx (first not exceed one-tenth of his much as an engineer. He pioneer in his field, he is record of a flying dinosaur) total strength. That was the is famous for his drawings credited with the first major lived in trees and glided point where he understood and ability to visualize a break-through in heavier- into flapping flight but the ornithopter is useless landing pigeon without than-air flight. Cayley was it’s argued that the claws for human-powered flight. having had slow motion the first to understand and of Archaeopteryx were Then, he resolved to design cameras to demonstrate his explain in engineering terms not suited for climbing. a fixed wing aircraft and observation skills. It’s known the concepts of lift and Other researchers support improved a glider which he that he could distinguish thrust. He realized that the the cursorial hypothesis and suggest that these ancestors used their long, powerful legs to run fast with their arms outstretched, and were at some point lifted-up by
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motor-powered aeroplanes,’ maintained its “balance in ‘Whitehead’s former bat- the air chiefly by twisting like machine with which he its dropped wing. This twist made a number of flights increased the air pressure in 1901,’ ‘A single blurred on the dropped wing and photograph of a large bird- restored the bird to level like machine constructed flight.” They believed by Whitehead in 1901 was that they could use this the only photo of a motor- technique to ensure roll driven aeroplane in flight.’ control by warping or by changing the shape of the After a short time, the flew around 900 feet before Gustave Whitehead had wing. Wright brothers first it crashed in 1853. been Lilienthal’s assistant conducted literature In summary, all the inventors before Lilienthal started German aviation pioneer research to find out the who put effort into the glider flights, but Whitehead Otto Lilienthal had read state of aeronautical invention of powered, had never been part of the about Sir George Cayley’s knowledge at their time. heavier-than-air manned flight trials. He went to Brazil work and spent many They read about the works flight, are people who as a sailor then moved to years studying the flight of Sir George Cayley and have worked on observing the USA in 1893. He pursued and glide of birds. Also, he his dream of flight and he published a book called “Der had great knowledge of Vogelflug als Grundlage der birds from his childhood. He Fliegekunst - Birdflight as first constructed Lilienthal’s the basis of aviation” and a type of gliders and then series of articles. Lilienthal worked on powered aircraft. designed and built gliders In his flight experiments, he based upon the information simply shifted his weight that he had gathered. He to one side more than the made about 2,000 flights other to control the aircraft, in at least 16 distinct glider as he had noticed that birds types which resembled make use of this technique modern hang gliders. when he was studying Lilienthal crashed in his birds in flight. Stanley Yale glider and broke his back Beach’s report referred to on August 9th 1896 and powered flights in 1901 by died the next day. With his Whitehead, and included findings, successful flights were these phrases: and Sir George Cayley’s works would inspire the ‘Whitehead in 1901 and the hang-gliding flights of birds and had become achievements of Wright the Wright brothers in Otto Lilienthal. The Wright experts in bird flight. Could Brothers and future success 1903 have already flown brothers spent a lot of we have ever reached in powered flight. for short distances with time observing birds in the level in aviation that flight. They realized that we have reached now birds soared into the wind without the reference and and that the air flowing observation of birds and over the curved surface flying mammals, these of their wings created lift. magnificent creatures of Birds change the shape flight that have emerged as of their wings to turn and a result of billions of years of manoeuvre. Wilbur Wright evolution? noticed that a buzzard
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Electrofluidsystems Reveals Their Vision for Futuristic Hyperfast Flying Wing Package Drones and Air Taxis
as one of 200 startups with a 1.11 m span width a hydrogen (H2) fuel cell worldwide to take part at at the UAS Innovation module to demonstrate the Teknofest - Takeoff Hub at the Berlin Air the technology as a proof International Startup Show ILA 2020. However of concept, whereby Summit held September the event was cancelled PlasmaRay uses Lithium- 16 - 19, 2019 at Atatürk because of the threat of Polymer (LiPo) batteries Airport Istanbul. At that the novel coronavirus. The only. For the 1.11 m
time the project was still new management team of H2PlasmaRay 1.11 with a Berkant Göksel in the very early stages Electrofluidsystems was 300 - 379 bar internal tank and thus not selected announced in January (1 kg) the 0.8-liter volume Electrofluidsystems for support in Turkey. 2020: Berkant Göksel, and 16.5 grams of gaseous presents their vision Electrofluidsystems now Ahmet Bozkurt and Celal hydrogen mass is quite for futuristic hyperfast reveals the first details Derinkök are co-founders small. The overall specific flying wing package of the more advanced and managing partners. energy is 110 Wh/kg and drones and air taxis with concept which has great thus is lower than that of hydrogen (H ) fuel cells, The near-term vision for 2 potential for a series of LiPos with 150 - 200 Wh/kg. plasma flow control and 2021 - 2022 is to have new UAV systems (UAS) bionic Stingray geometry. two mini UAS products Nevertheless, the fuel with the first product on The idea for a Stingray- with a 1.11 m wingspan: cell technology gets target to enter the market shaped electric vertical 1. PlasmaFalcon 1.11 with more interesting with in end of 2021. take-off and landing 6 - 11 kg maximum take- the bigger 2.22 m scale (eVTOL) flying wing arose Electrofluidsystems off weight (MTOW) and 2. model. The specific energy last summer and was originally planned to PlasmaRay 1.11 with 11 - 18 with gaseous hydrogen convincing enough to get reveal the first details kg MTOW. There are two storage goes beyond the company an invitation and eVTOL prototypes types: H2PlasmaRay uses values of 300 Wh/kg.
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Furthermore, there are amazing developments from MetaVista in South Korea and the USA regarding how to use liquid hydrogen for future drone applications. In 2019, MetaVista broke the multi rotor UAV Flight passenger kilometer. This Fuel cell technology is companies like Lilium to Time World Record by equals about 859 million one way to reduce CO meet their goals which may demonstrating a flight 2 tons of CO emission per emissions. It is a technology be challenging today, but duration of 12 hours, 7 2 year. The contribution to which presently provides will certainly be possible minutes and 5 seconds. global CO emissions is more specific energy than in the near future. Just The multicopter was 2 just 2% but it is expected average LiPo-batteries imagine, the limitations powered by an 800 W to double by 2030, and we with 150 - 200 Wh/kg. we may face today can Intelligent Energy Fuel Cell really don’t know the future change tomorrow as our Module and 390 grams Also, more powerful impact of huge manned ideas evolve based on of hydrogen stored in a solid-state batteries rockets for intercontinental new innovations such as 6-liter liquid hydrogen are already on the way: and even interplanetary the next generation fuel cylinder for up to 6500 Wh Samsung recently unveiled flights such as those cells with 960 Wh/kg from of electrical energy. new solid-state lithium promoted by SpaceX. We HyPoint. Today, we are just metal batteries with Package Drones also don’t know the future now on the path to build an estimated specific impact of rocket-powered electric drones which H2PlasmaRay energy of 360 Wh/kg. suborbital spacecraft as can fly 300 km at 300 1.11 and Other companies like promoted by companies km/h speed with a useful PlasmaRay 1.11 TeraWatt Technology like Virgin Galactic for payload of 300 kg. Joby even announced a record- The H PlasmaRay 1.11 the growing near-space Aviation and Lilium might 2 breaking specific energy is a 1:6 scale model and to space tourism industry. already cover two of those of 432 Wh/kg (1122 Wh/l). technology demonstrator So we need to look for three parameters that Sion Power even talks for a future air taxi with disruptive technologies we all dream of. To cover about 650 Wh/kg. These a 6.66 m wingspan. It to replace our present all three, we combine a new batteries will be is produced with laser jet engines and chemical drag reduced flying wing commercially available sintering and will use an rockets, even with efforts design with a state-of- in a few years from now 800 W fuel cell module that are just step by step. the-art hydrogen fuel cell and then they will help from Intelligent Energy technology from Intelligent and a 0.8-liter 300 Energy with at least 350 - For the PlasmaRay 1.11 bar pressure tank with 450 Wh/kg. a special 0.8-liter tank 16.5 grams of gaseous can carry 52.0 grams With the use of liquid hydrogen as described of liquid hydrogen with hydrogen tanks those before. The electrical electrical energy of 867 “dream“ parameters can energy is 275 Wh in Wh. A standard 0.8-liter be even extended from gaseous form and 867 Wh composite cylinder with 300 to 1000 km and in the liquid hydrogen 300 bar can only carry 16.5 grams of gaseous hydrogen beyond to cover longer case. and thus provide about 275 Wh of electrical energy as business routes like But why do we need modern fuel cells have 40 - 60% efficiency. For the Munich and London. We hydrogen powered flight PlasmaRay 1.11 with an 800 W Intelligent Energy Fuel will see further details on vehicles? Today, the Cell, liquid hydrogen would provide an amazing amount this later in the discussion aviation industry produces of specific energy of a minimum of 325 Wh/kg which is of the H2PlasmaRay 6.66. about 115 grams of CO2 per about two times higher than current LiPo batteries. On the way to developing
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can be also induced at horizontal flight when strong crosswinds start to blow from underneath or come from sideways to induce dangerous flow separation at the outer wings. These are the most critical situations for flying wings. Plasma helps to stabilize.
There are different plasma flow control techniques which are discussed in our scientific papers to reduce drag and increase hyperfast air taxis we plan swarm technology will (25,000 feet). Here on crosswind stability by to use all scale-models be discussed at the this topic, our company 60% and more. Pulsed from 1:6 (11 - 18 kg MTOW), Revolution.Aero Europe Electrofluidsystems is plasma actuators, for 1:4 (25 - 40 kg MTOW), 1:3 2020 meeting in London. truly inspired by nature. instance, can cause lift (70 kg MTOW) to 1:2 (210 kg Today, it is not widely Our motto is: We Make enhancement by 25-75 % MTOW) as commercial known that even birds Dreams Fly. For now, and drag reduction by 10- package drones. use drag-induced the PlasmaFalcon and 20 %. Pulsed electric wind Wingcopter for instance electrostatic fields to PlasmaRay UAS do induces rolling cylinder is the fastest fixed-wing control V-formation. Other not use electroviscous vortices which run over mini drone with a Guinness insects like bumblebees effects on the micro or the wings and keep the World Record of 240 km/h. apply electrokinetic nano-scale. But all of our air attached even at very It is presently also the effects to increase present models already high angles of attack. At drone with the best weight- dynamic viscosity. It is still use dynamic corona normal cruise conditions to-payload ratio among difficult to understand why discharge to control there is still some lift fixed-wing VTOLs on the they can fly at amazing separated air flow at high enhancement by 10-15 market. The PlasmaRay Himalayan altitudes angles of attack (alpha). % and drag reduction by 1.11 (18 kg MTOW) and the beyond 7,600 meters Similar critical situations 5-10 %. bigger PlasmaRay 1.66 These are all techniques (25 - 40 kg MTOW) have H PlasmaRay Parameter Wingcopter PlasmaRay 1.11 2 which, when necessary, 1.11 the potential to exceed all would enable our Plasma Wing span 1.78 m 1.11 m 1.11 m those numbers, setting new Flyers to glide at very records. Max. take-off weight 15.6 - 18.0 kg 17.7 kg 11.1 kg high altitudes just by Battery weight 4.0 kg 8.3 / 6.2 / 4.1 kg 2.0 kg All types will have optional “flapping“ the fields. Fuel cell weight - - 2.4 kg NVIDIA based Artificial Special nanosecond Empty weight 5.6 - 8.0 kg 5.4 kg 4.7 kg Intelligent (AI) swarm pulsed plasma actuators controllers with six fisheye Payload weight 2.0 / 4.0 / 6.0 kg 4.0 / 6.1 / 8.2 kg 2.0 kg would then be used for cameras to safely fly 6-13 Range 100 / 85 / 45 km 175 / 125 / 75 km 95 - 225 km anti- and de-icing means. flying wings (Swarm Flyer) Cruise speed 100 - 150 km/h 230 - 270 km/h 230 - 270 km/h Plasma control techniques in half-diamond and Top speed 240 km/h 300 km/h 300 km/h will also be used later on full-diamond formations Power available 700 Wh 1700 / 1275 / 850 Wh 700 – 1292 Wh PlasmaFalcon propellers to reduce the overall Battery power 700 Wh 1700 / 1275 / 850 Wh 425 Wh and PlasmaRay lift-fans to drag by up to 65%. More VTOL power (2-3 min) ? 10360 W 7770 W make them more efficient and operative at high details about our bionic Cruise power ? 1680 W 1150 W
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altitudes which now are wing design with two horizontal flight. 38 EDF for a short period of time. usually only reachable by separate propulsion units jets of the same type are The H2PlasmaRay will have MALE or HALE type UAVs. for VTOL and cruise. A used for vertical take- similar landing gears like distributed propulsion of 10 off and landing (VTOL). the new Rhaegal drone The mid-term vision for Schübeler electric ducted These jets can generate of Sabrewing to enable 2023-2025 is to have fan (EDF) jets, each 195 950 kg of static thrust in alternative starts from UAS products with 1.66 mm in diameter, used for continous mode or 1050 kg runways and emergency m, 2.22m, 3.33 m and 6.66 landings on highways. m span width as 1:4, 1:3, Lilium H2PlasmaRay H2PlasmaRay The avionics is inspired 1:2 and 1:1 technology Parameter 2-Seater 250 300 by Thales FlytX and will demonstrators for use several touchscreens future hyperfast air Wing span 6.00 m 6.66 m 6.66 m and a central joystick for taxis H PlasmaRay 2 Max. take-off weight 690 kg 900 kg 900 kg optional pilot control. 6.66, H2PlasmaRay 8.88, Battery weight 240 kg 137 kg - Future cargo versions H2PlasmaRay 11.1 and will alternatively use six H2PlasmaRay 13.3 Strato. Fuel cell weight - 81 kg (48 kW) 122 kg (72 kW) plasma flow controlled H -Tank weight - 82 kg 123 kg Passenger 2 lift-fans for eVTOL-mode 3.8 kg 5.7 kg Drones (Air Taxis) H weight (gaseous) - in a similar way as shown 2 (152 l, 379 bar) (228 l, 379 bar) by Valkyrie Systems H2PlasmaRay 6.66 to Empty weight 250 kg 346 kg 350 kg Aerospace for the Eagle Payload weight 200 kg 250 kg 300 kg Hoverjet. H2PlasmaRay 19.9 Range 200 km 250 km 300 km Lilium previously worked on a 2-seater with about H PlasmaRay 6.66 is an Cruise speed 250 km/h 250 km/h 300 km/h 2 a 6 m wingspan. Beside electric vertical take- Top speed 270 km/h 270km/h 322 km/h you can find estimated off and landing (eVTOL) Power available 38 kWh 83 kWh 95 kWh parameters of the Lilium air taxi with a maximum Battery power 38 kWh 20 kWh - prototype compared with take-off-weight (MTOW) our 2-seater H PlasmaRay of 900 kg. It has a bionic VTOL power (4 min) 432 kW 526 kW 526 kW 2 6.66. Stingray-shaped flying Cruise power 28 kW 46 kW 61 kW
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The next bigger
H2PlasmaRay 8.8 will be a 5-seater with an 8.8m wingspan and 1,850kg MTOW as a direct competitor to fast flyers like Joby Aircraft S4 and Lilium Jet. A cargo version could easily carry 1,000 lbs (454 kg) and would be a short to mid range competitor to Rhaegal RG-
1. H2PlasmaRay 11.1 would have a MTOW of 3,000 kg,
H2PlasmaRay 13.3 of 5,700 kg, LH2PlasmaRay 18.0 Strato of 10,500 kg and provide about 200 / 300 with over 5 years of expertise and Robotics Technologies LH PlasmaRay 19.9 Strato 2 kWh of electrical energy. So, in robotics, aerospace, in Istanbul. of 13,500 kg with a cargo a LH PlasmaRay 6.66 - 250 / mechanical and computer 2 Celal Derinkök is an volume of up to 4.5 tons 300 would have an amazing engineering. He has a BSc. aerospace enthusiast when used as long range range of 1,000 / 1,300 km. Diploma in Mechanical and entrepreneur with transport drone. Just imagine the range of a Engineering from Yıldız over 20 years of expertise The specific energy is 378 LH PlasmaRay 19.9. Technical University and will 2 in management and Wh/kg with gaseous and complete his MSc. Study ‘Water will be the coal international business +1,000 Wh/kg with liquid in Mechanical Engineering of the future.‘ Jules development. He has a MBA hydrogen. H PlasmaRay from Boğaziçi University 2 Verne, The Mysterious and PhD in Strategic Studies 6.66 – 250 / 300 could in summer 2020. Ahmet Island , 1874. from Yeditepe University in store about 12 / 18 kg of previously worked as senior Istanbul. Celal previously liquid hydrogen which would About engineer for the Baykar- worked for different family owned air taxi company Electrofluidsystems offices in Europe, Turkey, Cezeri Artificial Intelligence Berkant Göksel is an Near and Far East innovator, entrepreneur and futurist with over 20 years of expertise in cutting- edge aerospace, energy and Depending on speed, plasma engineering. He has range and payload the a MSc. equivalent Diploma in Aerospace Engineering H2PlasmaRay will use LiPo batteries with from Berlin Technical +20 kWh and 10 - 15 University and will complete Intelligent Energy 4.8 his Doctoral Study in Energy kW fuel cells units. Process Engineering from Similar Intelligent Berlin Technical University Energy fuel cells in summer 2020. Berkant were used by Boeing previously worked as Phantom Works to research scientist at Berlin achieve the world’s Technical University. first hydrogen manned Ahmet Bozkurt is an flight in 2015. innovator and entrepreneur
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Gulfstream G600 Receives EASA Approval Aircraft Combines Advanced Technology, Superb Performance and Stylish Design
Gulfstream Aerospace throughout the continent.” Savannah to Geneva that Technology Company of Corp. announced its took just 7 hours and 21 the Year. At its high-speed cruise of award-winning Gulfstream minutes at Mach 0.90. Mach 0.90, the G600 can The aircraft’s interior G600™ earned type carry passengers 5,500 The G600 is equipped won top honors in Private certificate approval nautical miles/10,186 with the revolutionary Jet Design at the 2018 from the European kilometers nonstop — Symmetry Flight Deck™, International Yacht & Union Aviation Safety enough range to travel which includes active Aviation Awards. The cabin Agency (EASA), enabling from London to Los control sidesticks, a first can be configured for up aircraft registrations and Angeles or from Paris to for business aviation, to three living areas and deliveries to begin for EU Hong Kong. At its long- and 10 touchscreens. The a crew compartment or customers on 11 May,2020. range cruise speed of advanced technology four living areas, and has “The Gulfstream G600’s Mach 0.85, it can fly has earned Gulfstream industry-leading sound advanced technology, 6,500 nm/12,038 km. Its several awards, including levels, a low cabin altitude high-speed performance maximum operating speed Aviation Week’s 2020 and 100 percent fresh and unparalleled is Mach 0.925. Business Aviation air, which reduce fatigue efficiency will serve the Platform Laureate and increase mental The aircraft, which entered intercontinental European Award and 2017 Business awareness. The G600’s 14 service Aug. 8, 2019, has business traveler well,” Aviation Technology panoramic oval windows already earned 23 city- said Mark Burns, president, Laureate Award, Business let in an abundance of pair speed records. Among Gulfstream. “We are Intelligence Group’s 2019 natural light. those records was a flight excited to get this aircraft Innovation Award and of 4,057 nm/7,514 km from in the hands of customers Avionics Magazine’s 2015
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The Institute for Women Of Aviation Worldwide (iWOAW) located Montreal, QB-Canada, Announced Winners of the 2020 Fly It Forward
The Institute for Women their website. Aeronautical Participation in the 10th air and space industry Of Aviation Worldwide Engineer Can Erel (CE) annual Women Of Aviation including flight at 316 (iWOAW) located Montreal Chief Advisor to Aviaiton Worldwide Week was the events scattered across 49 BC-Canada, announced Turkey Editorial Board is highest to date. 76,000 count-ries. 7,245 took flight Winners of the 2020 Fly one of the awarded names women and girls had the in airplanes, helicopters, It Forward Awards and of the week. opportunity to discover ULM, hand gliders, and announced the winners in the many facets of the balloons.
Women Of Aviation Worldwide Week Attracts Record Numbers of Women and Girls in 2020
By iWOAW Team 76,000 girls of all ages During the Week’s 10th awareness of women’s industry today, and just attended 316 aviation edition, March 2-8, 2020, historical contributions to have fun. outreach events organized 76,000 women and girls the air and space industry Pilots did not hesitate to use to celebrate the 10th attended 316 aviation and highlight their female their own funds to introduce annual Women Of Aviation outreach events scattered employees as visible role more than 4,786 women and Worldwide Week, March 2-8 across 49 countries on all models. girls to the magic of flight continents to discover air Launched 10 years ago Over 3,500 individuals on a small aircraft, free of and space careers, hands- to celebrate the March 8 invested nearly 50,000 charge. Many flight training on – a 30% year-over-year anniversary of the world’s volunteer hours to give schools offered at cost increase. first female pilot licence women and girls in their discovery flights to women obtained by Raymonde de 2020 also saw the highest communities the opportunity and girls during the Week Laroche in 1910, Women Of level of engagement among to visit aerospace facilities, and prompted another 2,459 Aviation Worldwide Week industry stakeholders try various non-traditional women and girls to take the (WOAW) is now widely who used social media activities, connect with plunge outside of official celebrated across the globe. campaigns to raise women working in the events.
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“This experience was largest industry-wide For Communities & Corporations amazing for my young effort to introduce women daughters and me. We and girls to the industry’s are so lucky to have opportunities.” participated,” said Julie Perhaps more importantly, Wilkins who flew at Glacier the award-winning Air in Squamish, Canada. methods serve as She is now learning to fly to inspiration for many compete for the $10,000 smaller association- Fly It Forward® scholarship based initiatives that have Most Female Friendly Airport Worldwide Award offered by the Institute sprouted since. Eligible airport hosting one or more registered WOAW for Women Of Aviation activities that generates the highest number of valid female Worldwide (iWOAW) and “It is truly humbling to Fly It Forward® flight reports for the Week. CAE awarded to the first know that my little idea 2020 Winner(s): eligible woman who flies has made possible for so Feilding Airport, NEW ZEALAND solo. many women and girls to consider and enjoy Tusaş Engine Industries rewarding careers in the (TEI), a major aircraft air and space industry,” engine manufacturer adds Goyer. in Turkey, has seen its efforts to recruit and The Institute for Women retain women improve Of Aviation Worldwide significantly thanks to (iWOAW) is proud to name Most Female Friendly Aviation Corporation its annual participation. the winners of the 2020 Worldwide Award This year, TEI opened its Fly It Forward® Awards factory doors to 110 young and prizes for groups, For-profit aviation-related corporation with 100 employees women and gave them aviation enthusiasts, and or more that organizes at least one registered WOAW activity (event or campaign) in its facilities and generates the highest the opportunity to see the women and girls who level of engagement among its employees (percentage of how aviation engines are discovered aviation. employees who complete a valid WOAW activity report as manufactured from the a pilot, assistant, or organizer) for the Week “WOAW is so generous receipt of raw materials and makes it fun and 2020 Winner(s): to final product release. easy!” said Robin Guillian, TUSAŞ Engine Ind. Inc., TURKEY “Most women expressed Director of Aviation, at the that working in the Vermont Technical College aviation industry was in the United States, one not on their minds until of the many participating this tour, but that they schools. would like to take part in the aviation industry in Women Of Aviation the future,” reports Can Worldwide Week 2021 Doğu, TEI. will take place across the Most Female Friendly Aviation Association world from March 8 to 14, “10 years ago, there were Worldwide Award 2021. no widespread gender- Non-profit aviation-related corporation with 100 members specific efforts to attract iWOAW is proud to name (individual or corporate) or more that organizes at least one women and girls into the the Winners of the 2020 registered WOAW activities (event or campaign) in its facilities industry,” says Mireille Fly It Forward® Awards and generates the highest level of engagement among its Goyer, an airline-rated and prizes for groups, members (percentage of members who complete a valid WOAW activity report. pilot and the founder of aviation enthusiasts, the Week. “Today, the and the women and girls 2020 Winner(s): Turkish Aeronautical Association (THK), TURKEY Week has become the who discovered aviation...
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Activity including Fly It Forward® flights - organizer of a registered WOAW activity who earns the most organizer points. In the case of equal point levels, the organizer with the highest average review rating will win. 2020 Winner(s): Colette Morin, CANADA Other activity - organizer of a registered WOAW activity who earns the most organizer points. In the case of equal point levels, the organizer with the highest average review rating will win. 2020 Winner(s): Farai Ncube, ZIMBABWE
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Activity including Fly It Forward® flights - organizer of an registered WOAW activity hosting more than 50 who received the highest average review rating as reported by guests and volunteers. In the case of equal average review ratings, the organizer with the most reviews will win. 2020 Winner(s): Tom Ball, NEW ZEALAND Other activity - organizer of a registered WOAW activity hosting more than 50 who received the highest average review rating as reported by guests and volunteers. In the case of equal average review ratings, the organizer with the most reviews will win. 2020 Winner(s): Can Erel, TURKEY
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Airbus Provides Update on March Commercial Aircraft Orders & Deliveries and Adapts Production Rates in COVID-19 Environment
Business impacted by follows: Officer Guillaume Faury. activity at its German sites COVID-19 pandemic A320 to rate 40 per “Our airline customers in Bremen and Stade and 21 net orders and 36 month are heavily impacted by pausing production at its deliveries in March 2020 A330 to rate 2 per the COVID-19 crisis. We A220/A320 manufacturing 290 net orders and 122 month deliveries in Q1 2020 are actively adapting our facility in Mobile, Alabama A350 to rate 6 per production to their new in the United States. These Production rates revised month downwards adapting to situation and working on actions are being taken in new market environment This represents a reduction operational and financial response to several factors After a solid commercial of the pre-coronavirus mitigation measures to related to the ongoing and industrial performance average rates of roughly face reality.” COVID-19 pandemic one third. With these new including high inventory at the beginning of In its effort to support rates, Airbus preserves its levels in the sites and the year, Airbus (stock the fight against the ability to meet customer the various government exchange symbol: AIR) is COVID-19, Airbus has demand while protecting recommendations and now revising its production carried out extensive work its ability to further adapt requirements which rates downwards to adapt in coordination with social as the global market impact at different stages to the new Coronavirus partners to ensure the evolves. Airbus is working in of the overall industrial market environment. health and safety of its coordination with its social production flow. Airbus employees. This has been In Q1 2020, Airbus booked partners to define the remains committed to achieved by implementing 290 net commercial most appropriate social meeting customer demand. new stringent work aircraft orders and measures to adapt to this Commercial Aircraft standards and processes. delivered 122 aircraft. new and evolving situation. production and assembly Airbus is contributing to A further 60 aircraft activities in Bremen will Airbus is also addressing the development, sourcing were produced during be paused from 6 April a short-term cash and ferrying of medical the quarter, highlighting until 27 April inclusive, containment plan as well equipment, including the solid industrial with key business support as its longer-term cost facemasks and ventilators, performance, however services continuing on structure. in support of medical they remain undelivered the site. Airbus in Stade health services. due to the evolving “The impact of will pause production COVID-19 pandemic. 36 this pandemic is Airbus adapts and assembly from 5-11 aircraft were delivered in unprecedented. At Airbus, Commercial April inclusive, with some March across the different protecting our people Aircraft Production additional pause days and Assembly aircraft families, down from and supporting the in the weeks that follow 55 in February 2020. This fight against the virus Activities in Northern Germany in selected production reflects customer requests are our chief priorities departments. Key business to defer deliveries, as well and Alabama at this time. We are in Sites in COVID-19 support services will also as other factors related constant dialogue with Environment remain active on the site. to the ongoing COVID-19 our customers and supply In Mobile, the pause in pandemic. chain partners as we are 06 April 2020 – Airbus production begins this The new average all going through these is temporarily adapting week and is expected to production rates going difficult times together”, commercial aircraft last until 29 April. Certain forward have been set as said Airbus Chief Executive production and assembly activities will continue on
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site, including building and installation maintenance, $240 Million New Funds aircraft maintenance, some critical product safety and Enable Lilium to Deliver customer driven operations, receipt and control of Regional Air Mobility as materials and components, critical administrative support Early as 2025 and preparation of activity restart. All ongoing work in Lilium, the Munich- It recently celebrated the towards our shared goal Bremen and Stade in Germany based aviation completion of the first of delivering regional air and Mobile, Alabama U.S. will company developing stage of flight testing, mobility as early as 2025." be done in adherence to the an all-electric, vertical with the five-seater Lilium Commenting on their required hygiene measures take-off and landing Jet demonstrator flying role as lead investor and social distancing. Airbus aircraft for regional air at speeds exceeding 100 for the internal round, is supporting efforts globally mobility, announced the km/h. David Wallerstein, Chief to tackle the COVID-19 crisis completion of an internal Commenting on eXploration Officer, and has carried out extensive funding round worth the announcement, Tencent, said: "At Tencent work in coordination with more than $240m. The Christopher Delbrück, we're committed to social partners to ensure round was led by Tencent, Chief Financial Officer, supporting technologies the health and safety of its with participation from Lilium, said: "This that we believe have employees. This has been other existing investors additional funding the potential to tackle achieved by implementing including Atomico, underscores the deep the greatest challenges stringent health and safety Freigeist and LGT. confidence our investors facing our world. measures, while securing The new funds bring the have in both our physical business continuity across "Over the last few years total sum raised to date product and our business the company. During the past we've had the opportunity to more than $340m. They case. We're very pleased two weeks, Airbus paused to see the professionalism will be used to support to be able to complete an production and assembly and dynamism with which further development internal round with them, work in France and Spain Lilium are approaching of the Lilium Jet as having benefited greatly for four days to implement their mission and we're well as underpinning from their support and the necessary stringent honored to be supporting preparations for serial guidance over the past health and safety measures. them as they take the production in Lilium's few years. Production and assembly next steps on their newly-completed in France has resumed "The new funds will enable journey." manufacturing facilities. gradually since 23 March. us to take big strides Commercial aircraft wing As well as designing and production operations in the manufacturing the Lilium UK and commercial aircraft Jet, the company plans production activities in to operate a regional Spain and Canada have been air mobility service as temporarily paused reflecting early as 2025 in several stock levels and latest regions around the world. government restrictions. Airbus continues to closely monitor and respond to the changing environment to maintain business continuity across its global industrial stream
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Pegasus Receive the New A320neo Family Aircrafts with e-delivery Process by Airbus
A new aircraft hand-over For the TAC (which is a simplify all the contractual fly it straight back from and “e-Delivery” virtual prerequisite for ToT) the transactions, from the the delivery center to the process has recently airline can delegate Airbus paperless drafting and airline’s home base. commenced operation, to perform, on its behalf, commercially negotiating As well as affording a guaranteeing continuation all the necessary actions. the delivery documents up means of safe business of Airbus’ delivery stream, These include the ‘ground- to the remote ToT digital continuity during the while integrating the check’, the acceptance signature. This platform current COVID-19 required health & safety test flight, acceptance thus obviates the need crisis, the e-Delivery requirements during manuals and procedures, for any of the customer’s process, especially its the ongoing COVID-19 as well as minor cosmetic own staff to be physically new collaborative digital pandemic. The first rework if needed. Then for present at the Airbus aspects – which confer customer to adopt the the ToT completion, Airbus’ Delivery Centre. After the enhanced workflow remote end-to-end and customers’ teams take TAC and ToT formalities efficiencies, flexibility, process is Pegasus benefit from a new secure are complete, the transparency, plus a more Airlines, which in the last collaborative platform: subsequent ferry-flight is environmentally-friendly few days received three “e-SalesContracts”. This also performed in a health- and smoother overall brands new ‘e-delivered’ brings them all together wise safe manner whereby customer experience A320neo Family aircraft. – wherever they happen the customer’s own flight – could become the More airlines will follow to be – into one real-time crew (or an appointed blueprint for Airbus and its likewise in the coming virtual environment where third party) can pick-up customers going forward. days and weeks. This they can optimise and the sanitized aircraft and new e-Delivery approach comprises three main stages: (a) Technical Acceptance Completion (TAC) tasks delegated to Airbus (or to a local third party appointed by the airline); (b) electronic Transfer-of- Title (electronic ToT); and (c) ferry-flight and subsequent reception of the aircraft at the ©©Airbus customer’s base.
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Potentially 1.2 billion Boeing has Fewer International Accomplished Air Travellers by the First September 2020, Flight of the Says New ICAO Second 777X
Forecast The second 777X airplane was successfully Montréal, 22 April 2020 – Compared to “business- conducted its first flight. Airplane flew for as-usual”, by September 2020 international air 2 hours and 58 minutes over Washington passenger totals could drop by as many as 1.2 billion state before landing at Seattle's Boeing travellers according to the latest projections from Field. This airplane is the second of four the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). in a dedicated flight test fleet and will test handling characteristics and other Its estimates also show that international capacity aspects of airplane performance. An array could drop by as much as two-thirds from what had of equipment, sensors and monitoring been forecast for the first three quarters this year, devices throughout the cabin allows the leading airline revenues to drop by as much 160 to onboard team to document and evaluate 253 billion dollars for the January to September the airplane's response to test conditions period. in real time. Europe and the Asia-Pacific will be hardest hit by The 777X test plan lays out a comprehensive the capacity and revenue impacts, followed by North series of tests and conditions on the America. Similarly, the most substantial reduction ground and in the air to demonstrate the in passenger numbers is expected to be in Europe, safety and reliability of the design. To date, especially during its peak summer travel season, crews have flown the first airplane nearly followed by the Asia-Pacific. 100 hours at a variety of flap settings, The UN’s civil aviation agency has been providing speeds, altitudes and system settings as regularly updated analyses on the economic impact part of the initial evaluation of the flight of COVID-19 on air transport since early February envelope. With initial airworthiness now 2020. demonstrated, the team can safely add personnel to monitor testing onboard Because air connectivity is so critical to economic instead of relying solely on a ground-based and sustainable development in every world telemetry station, unlocking testing at region, this information is of critical importance greater distances. to the many national governments and regional organizations now planning for their COVID-19 economic recoveries.
“As overall severity and duration of the pandemic are still uncertain, ICAO has developed six different recovery paths under two indicative scenarios to explore the potential short-term economic implication of the COVID-19 pandemic,” advised ICAO Secretary General Dr. Fang Liu in a message to Representatives of ICAO’s Member States.
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Embraer’s New, Enhanced Phenom 300E Receives ANAC, EASA & FAA Approval, Achieving Triple- Certification
Embraer Executive most delivered business 2,636 lb (1,196 kg), a offering the ultimate Jets announced that jet series in the 2010s. takeoff distance of only experience in business the new Phenom 300E With its modern, clean- 3,209 ft (978 m) and aviation," said Michael — the fastest and sheet design, best- an unfactored landing Amalfitano, President longest-ranged single- in-class performance, distance of 2,212 ft (674 & CEO, Embraer pilot jet, capable of exceptional comfort and m). In addition, the new Executive Jets. "Phenom reaching Mach 0.80 excellent utility, the new Phenom 300E received 300E owners can be — was granted its Phenom 300E sets the both avionics upgrades assured of the jet’s Type Certificate by standard for the light and enhancements performance, with our ANAC (National Civil jet category. The new that lowered cabin ongoing commitment to Aviation Agency of Phenom 300E achieved noise levels. "The unparalleled technology, Brazil), EASA (European its certification goals triple-certification safety and comfort." Union Aviation Safety with an intracontinental by ANAC, EASA and The enhanced Phenom Agency) and the FAA range of 2,010 nautical the FAA reaffirms the 300E will be available for (Federal Aviation miles (or 3,723 km, position of the Phenom delivery starting in the Administration). The considering NBAA 300 series as the best second quarter. new Phenom 300E is the IFR reserves with 5 light jet ever made, most enhanced version passengers), a high- of the Phenom 300 speed cruise of 464 ktas, series, which was the a maximum payload of
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UPS Flight Forward, CVS to Launch Residential Drone Delivery Service UPS and CVS Health Corporation said UPS subsidiary UPS Flight Forward (UPSFF) will use drones to deliver prescription medicines from a CVS pharmacy to The Villages, Florida for the largest U.S. retirement community, home to more than 135,000 residents. The service will use Matternet’s M2 drone system. ©©UPS Drone transport offers a fast delivery option for UPS and CVS last year Aviation Administration’s established UPS Flight medicines that are time- announced plans to Part 107 rules, with Forward in June 2019, senstive, while supporting jointly explore the use authority to operate which later earned social-distancing efforts. of drone delivery. The through the pandemic the Federal Aviation Drone delivery options companies successfully and explore ongoing Administration’s provide individuals with a completed their first needs as they arise Standard Part 135 Air convenient alternative to drone deliveries of after that period. The Carrier certification to visiting a pharmacy. This medical prescriptions operation could expand operate a drone air carrier program can also help from a CVS pharmacy in to include deliveries in September 2019. The prioritize the protection Cary, N.C. in November from two additional CVS companies later initiated of our healthcare heroes. 2019. pharmacies in the area. service at the University of California San Diego “Now more than ever, The first flights will “Our new drone delivery Health system, also under it’s important that our be less than one half service will help CVS the FAA’s Part 107 rules. provide safe and customers have access to mile and be delivered efficient deliveries of their prescriptions,” said to a location near the UPS Flight Forward has medicines to this large Jon Roberts, executive retirement community. been exploring prospects retirement community, vice president and chief Initially, a ground vehicle for supporting the enabling residents to operating officer of CVS will complete the delivery healthcare industry’s receive medications Health. “In addition to to the resident’s door. fight to stop the spread our in-store pickup, free of Coronavirus. In April, without leaving their Last year, UPS and delivery services and the company announced homes,” said Scott Price, Matternet initiated drive through pickup, its participation in tests UPS chief strategy and an ongoing revenue- this drone delivery service in Virginia with the transformation officer. generating drone delivery provides an innovative US government and “UPS is committed to service at WakeMed’s method to reach some partners to determine playing its part in fighting flagship hospital and of our customers.” how unmanned aerial the spread of Coronavirus, campus in Raleigh, systems can assist and this is another way The new service in N.C., completing more medical professionals we can support our The Villages in central than 3,700 flights to in their fight to stop the healthcare customers and Florida begins in early date under the FAA’s spread of the virus. individuals with innovative May under the Federal Part 107 rules. UPS also solutions.”
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Italian Firm Aviointeriors Proposed New Solutions for the Post-Coronavirus
The Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, which affects the entire world and the global aviation industry objective of creating an all easy cleaning, sitting on the side seats negatively, also brings isolated volume around and required hygiene - aisle and fuselage - new business models the passenger to avoid standards. continue to be positioned or minimize contacts in the flight direction, the and changes for the In addition to the and interactions via passengers in the center airlines and the aviation Glassafe solution, another air between passenger are facing backward. This industry. As a reflection product introduced by and passenger, to arrangement allows all of the worldwide impact Aviointeriors was the reduce the probability three passengers to be of coronavirus, the Italian "Janus." Inspired by the of contamination by separated with a shield company Aviointeriors, two-faced Janus, the viruses or other. Glassafe made of transparent which has been producing god of Ancient Rome, this is supplied in various material that isolates aircraft cabin interiors and proposal is distinguished executions with fixing them from each other, passenger seats for over by the reverse position systems to the seat that creating a protective 40 years, has proposed of the center seat of allow easy installation and barrier for everyone. new solutions that can be the triple to ensure the removal. Glassafe can Additionally, each used by airline companies maximum isolation be provided in opaque passenger has its own after the coronavirus between passengers material or with different space isolated from outbreak. seated next to each degrees of transparency, others, even from people The first product other. While passengers who walk through the introduced by aisle. Each place of the Aviointeriors is the kit- Janus seat is surrounded level "Glassafe" solution, on three sides by a high which can be installed on shield that prevents the existing seats to make breath propagation to close proximity safer occupants of adjacent among passengers sharing seats. The Janus is made the same seat. Glassafe of easy cleaning and is made of transparent safe hygienic materials. material to make the The option is available entire cabin harmonious with the shield in opaque and aesthetically light, material or with different but perfectly fulfilling the degrees of transparency.
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Jetex Cargo Operations in China Acro Aircraft Seating
As China is lifting travel slots and clearances, Appointed Neil Cairns restrictions, the Jetex Ground handling and fuel as the Company’s Operations Center in Beijing supply, Flight monitoring is strategically positioned and tracking, Supervisory Chief Executive to provide around-the- services clock support for air cargo Officer Jetex can provide a cargo operators and cargo charter charter service to transport Acro Aircraft Seating Cairns said: “I am thrilled to services throughout China. essential medical supplies announced the appointment have the opportunity to lead Jetex can arrange all the and relief goods and of Neil Cairns as the Acro at such an important flight operation needs comprehensive flight company’s Chief Executive time in its development. of Trip planning and solutions for air cargo Officer effective from Acro has an impressive coordination, Permits, business operations. 9th March 2020. Neil global customer base, a Cairns brings has many highly innovative range of years’ aerospace seating products, a great team and Adil Karaismailoğlu experience, covering inspiring company culture. products in all seating Acro has grown solidly in Appointed as the classes. He has a wide- recent years and I am looking Minister of Transport ranging track record of Lean forward to building on this process improvement and success whilst ensuring & Infrastructure of performance improvement, that we remain focused most recently holding on delivering the highest Republic of Turkey positions as the Vice quality products and service Adil Karaismailoğlu was President and General to our customers. Despite appointed as the Minister of Manager at Collins the current challenging Transport and Infrastructure Aerospace based in Tucson, market conditions, I am of the Republic of Turkey Arizona and Winston Salem, also committed to ensuring on 28 March 2020. Adil North Carolina based in the that we continue to innovate Karaismailoğlu has USA and previously running and deliver differentiated been working for the the B/E Aerospace seating and best in class aircraft Ministry of Transport facility in Kilkeel, Northern seating products for our and Infrastructure of the Ireland. airline and leasing company Republic of Turkey since customers.” 2019. Upon his appointment, Neil
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Planet Nine (“P9PA”) Expands Gulfstream Charter Fleet with Second, Managed GV Planet Nine Private Air (“Planet 9”), the Van Nuys, California based private charter operator and aircraft management company, announced today the addition of a fourth Gulfstream business jet to its managed charter fleet. Its 6,200 nm / 13.5 flying hours Gulfstream GV (N194MF), under private ownership, takes Planet 9’s Part 135 fleet to 10 aircraft. The ultra, long-range Gulfstream GV, with its flexible three-zone cabin and enclosed state- room, is currently available ©©Gulfstream for bookings. loyal base of customers who “We continued to fly, attendants wear both The Gulfstream V’s spacious have come to depend on us repatriating families, when throughout the duration 1,812 cu ft cabin, recently for safe, reliable, discreet the airlines stopped, but right of the flight. We're staying retrofitted is ideal for work, air travel around the US, to now we are operating more up to date with guidelines rest and relaxation. It Europe and the Middle East.” essential, versus luxury travel, from health guidelines from features 14 generous pale flying doctors, healthcare the world's governments grey leather seats. Inflight Planet 9’s latest Gulfstream professionals, scientists and and adjusting policies as entertainment can be GV joins a sister aircraft, diplomats. We’ve carried out necessary. Since mid-March enjoyed via eight large Ipads, plus a Gulfstream G550, a number of flights bringing we’ve been conducting holding a variety of movies. Gulfstream G650 and medical professionals over to temperature checks on The aircraft also has a well- Bombardier Global 5000. the Middle East and Europe,” all passengers prior to equipped, full-service rear Planet 9 also operates said Matt Walter. flight with non-invasive galley. (and owns) for charter five thermometers; applying Dassault Falcon 7Xs. “All our crew are wearing “We are very pleased to additional questions wear masks and gloves be adding our second Planet Nine during the regarding travel history. All pre and post flight. Flight Gulfstream GV model under Coronavirus pandemic our aircraft are professionally management,” said Matt disinfected after every flight Walter, Planet 9’s Cofounder and all inflight catering is and Director of Business sourced from the safest Development. “We said at restaurants and businesses the outset when we launched which implement the the business that we were safest precautions,” he excited to be resourcing up added. “Importantly, we to manage a 20-strong fleet. are checking in with our Today, we are well on our way employees, including crews to achieving this ambition, twice daily, to verify everyone supported by a growing, ©©Gulfstream is healthy.”
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New CEO Max Kownatzki Takes Over Helm at SunExpress April 15, 2020, Dr. Max Kownatzki officially takes over the management of SunExpress. Turkish Airlines and Lufthansa joint venture SunExpress has a strong position in tourism and ethnic traffic between Germany and Turkey and is one of Europe’s most popular leisure airlines.
“I am very proud to be part of SunExpress and its dedicated team” said Kownatzki and added: “Despite the harsh conditions in the entire aviation industry caused ©©SunExpress by the pandemic, we will take SunExpress further homes with rescue flights. the aviation industry will Europe and in the Wings on its journey of success SunExpress, which has survive this crisis and even Project, where he focused and strengthen its position been creating an air bridge emerge from it stronger.” on the establishment and as a leading carrier in the between Turkey and Europe development of Eurowings leisure airline market. I am for 30 years, will continue About Max low-cost subsidiary the convinced that SunExpress to bring its passengers to Kownatzki company. Subsequently, has a strong position in their dream vocations and as Senior Vice President, Max Kownatzki (47) has the market with 30 years reunite them with their he headed Business extensive experience in of aviation experience, will loved ones. The company Development at Eurowings. the airline industry, with overcome this crisis and will continue to increase In the past three years a particular focus on we will soon continue its its contribution to Turkish at the Lufthansa Group, strategic and commercial success story together.” tourism and the economy.” he was responsible for areas. He began his career network planning and Kownatzki added: “Since Regarding the effects of in 2002 with the strategy strategic alliances of the the very beginning of the the Covid-19 crisis on the consultancy Oliver Wyman hub airlines Lufthansa, coronavirus outbreak aviation sector, Kownatzki in New York and Munich, Brussels, Swiss and SunExpress took all said: “The Covid-19 where he held various Austrian Airlines. necessary precautions to pandemic, which has executive positions until ensure the safety and well- affected the whole world, 2013 and consulted Kownatzki studied being of its passengers and has caused us to change clients from the aviation business administration crews, and immediately our daily lives, along with industry. In 2013, he joined St. Gallen, Switzerland, implemented all individual and public the management of the and subsequently obtained decisions by national and measures. The impact of Australian Jetstar Group, his doctorate. He has both international authorities this on society as well as a subsidiary of Qantas, as German and American to minimize both its on the economy has been Chief Strategy Officer. In citizenships and holds a effects and spreading. significant. One of the 2015, he joined Lufthansa, commercial pilot license. SunExpress continues to areas most affected by this where he initially worked Kownatzki is married and carry those affected by situation is the aviation as Chief Commercial has two kids. flight restrictions to their sector. But we believe Officer at Eurowings
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SunExpress Begins Cargo- only Flights
SunExpress, a joint venture of Turkish Airlines and Lufthansa, which halted all domestic and international flights as part of the travel restrictions to fight against the Covid-19 outbreak, will begin cargo flights with 18 aircraft in its fleet. ©©Scandinavian Airlines Announcing that it will start its operations with a new type of cargo carrying model by utilizing the Scandinavian Airlines passenger cabin to maximize the capacity for (SAS) Working Heroes, not cargo, SunExpress expects to be able to carry a maximum load of up to 21,700 kg by having to load Only on Board, Now in Every up passengers seats and overhead bins, as well as Field of Help under-aircraft cargo sections. Group from Scandinavian SAS Airlines employees are Stating that the airline has only carried cargo in Airlines cabin crew training being educated together the cargo section of the aircraft so far, SunExpress at Sophiahemmet in with Internationella Deputy General Manager Ahmet Çalışkan said, “For Stockholm – learning from Engelska Skolan, to the first time in our history, we are going to operate the best how to take care voluntarily work as cargo-only flights. We have made a total of 18 of patients to relieve the substitute teachers in aircraft suitable for cargo use by turning passenger hard-working heroes in elementary schools. cabins into cargo holds without removing seats. We healthcare. completed the necessary work in a short time and will carry out our cargo flights initially from Izmir and Antalya. In the next stages, we plan to operate Eurasia Air Show New cargo flights from other destinations according to incoming demand.” Date Announced, 02-06 December 2020 CEO of Euroasia Air Show Camera for Exhibition Area Hakan Kurt announced Entrance, 10-day Micro the new date of Euroasia bacterial Cleaning of the Safety is the Air Show in a video press Exhibition Area with Nano conference held on 30 Technology, 10-day Micro Top Priority April 2020. Due to the bacterial Cleaning of Official measures taken due to the Delegation Vehicles with on Board for spread of Covid 19, Eurasia Nano Technology, 10-day Airshow was postponed Micro bacterial Cleaning Emirates and now planned to be of Exhibition Program held on 02-06 December Event Areas and Special Emirates has become the first airline to conduct 2020 at Antalya Airport. Event Areas with Nano on-site rapid COVID-19 tests for passengers. Hakan Kurt enlightened the Technology, Mandatory Use The health and safety of our passengers and press members about the of Disinfectants at Exhibition employees is of paramount importance, and will measures will be taken before Area Entrance, Mandatory not be compromised. and during the Show due to Use of Disinfectants at Covid19 as follows; COVID-19 Exhibition Program Event Historical Analysis of Official Areas and Special Event Delegations, Thermal Areas.
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