sábado, 12 de marzo de 2022
viernes, 11 de marzo de 2022
jueves, 10 de marzo de 2022
miércoles, 9 de marzo de 2022
Electric aviation will be a major section at #aerofriedrichshafen.
The Light Sport Aircraft industry comes to AERO 2022 with many innovations
Ultralight (UL) and Light Sport Aircraft (LSA) traditionally play a major role at AERO. This industry is a very innovative segment of general aviation, which has been given an additional boost by the approval of the so-called 600-kg class in Europe. By increasing the maximum take-off weight, manufacturers can design their aircraft to be even more powerful and safer. The number of aircraft types in this class is steadily increasing. In terms of flight performance, ULs not only match the performance of many traditional single-engine aircraft, but even surpass them in many cases. The range of ultralight aircraft on offer is enormously broad and versatile, as visitors to AERO (27 - 30 April 2022) will be able to see for themselves. This year's AERO will also be the venue for many innovations from the UL/LSA sector, which will be on display for the first time at a trade fair.
Dirk Ketelsen, Managing Director and owner of Breezer Aircraft, says: "After two years without any major presence events, we are very happy to finally be able to show our Breezer at AERO again and enjoy the unique spirit. We will present an innovation to our customers in the wonderful setting in Friedrichshafen, our UL tug Breezer B850, which is rated at 850kg towing load and of course a lot more. It will be a great start to the 2022 season, which we are all very much looking forward to!"
AERO is an international trade fair of global significance that brings manufacturers and visitors from all over the world to Friedrichshafen. Well-known aviation journalist Dan Johnson says: "After more than 25 years of attending, I am so pleased AERO Friedrichshafen will continue in 2022. I missed attending AERO in 2020 and 2021 and I am excited to return."
"For my audience, AERO Friedrichshafen is the most important aviation event in Europe. It offers a wealth of good material for 35,000 readers of ByDanJohnson.com. I hope many can and will attend in person but for those who cannot, I will be pleased to report all the interesting aircraft I expect to find at AERO Friedrichshafen 2022."
For pilots who want to fly their UL or motor glider to the AERO themselves, the Markdorf glider airfield north-west of Friedrichshafen is once again the place to go. From there, there is a shuttle directly to the exhibition grounds on all days of the trade fair and back again after the trade fair visit.
The well-known aviation blogger and Youtuber Pilot_Frank will report directly from the fair on his channels. He will set up his blogger base in Hall B2.
AERO Division Manager Roland Bosch and Project Manager Tobias Bretzel say: "We have a very good booking situation for AERO 2022. All the important manufacturers will be represented again. The UL industry has advanced aviation as an innovative segment." Tobias Bretzel emphasises: "In the last two years without a trade fair, the manufacturers had a hard time presenting their innovations. AERO 2022 is now the ideal platform to show interested parties and customers in personal contact what progress they have made and what new products they are bringing to market."
The trade fair organisers' hygiene concept has proven its worth in recent months and will also apply to AERO 2022. There will be no box offices, visitors will have to book their tickets online in advance.
For further information, visit: www.aero-expo.com and https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/aeroshow.
About the event:
AERO 2022 will take place from April 27 - 30, 2022 at the Messe Friedrichshafen exhibition center. AERO is the leading international trade show for General Aviation, Business Aviation and air sports. Aircraft ranging from civilian drones to gliders, ultralights and gyrocopters, helicopters, touring and training aircraft with piston or turboprop engines and business jets will be on display. New propulsion systems, electric flight, state-of-the-art avionics, services and accessories for pilots are further focal points. These topics are also reflected in the AERO Conferences, making Europe's largest General Aviation event also an important platform for knowledge exchange and continuing education.
For further information, visit: www.aero-expo.com and https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/aeroshow.
Fairnamic
Innovation has always been what drives us. But now it's becoming a literal reality with the founding of fairnamic GmbH, a co-operative venture of Messe Friedrichshafen and Messe Frankfurt that will focus on innovative mobility solutions. A winning combination of expertise, knowledge of the market, global reach, brand strength, and speed will strengthen the new company's position in the future-facing markets for general aviation, bikes, e-bikes and micro-mobility solutions. The AERO and EUROBIKE brands, along with their satellites, will form the core of this joint venture. The objective is to expand and develop these two leading trade fairs.
martes, 8 de marzo de 2022
[España] Grupo Álava y Telefónica Tech se unen para ofrecer una solución de mantenimiento predictivo para el sector industrial
Nota de Prensa
“La unión de la tecnología 5G y tecnología predictiva permite dar un paso de gigante a las distintas industrias en la digitalización de sus procesos industriales. Gracias a este acuerdo, el mercado dispone de la solución única que mejora la productividad y rentabilidad de su negocio. Entendemos que esta unión ofrece garantías a nuestros clientes actuales y futuros de mejorar tu competitividad en el mercado internacional, gracias a la adopción de soluciones de digitalización de procesos, mantenimiento predictivo de activos, gemelos digitales, mejora de calidad de producto final y otro gran número de aportaciones que podemos hacer a su negocio”. - Yago Sanchez, Director de Alianzas de Grupo Álava
La solución tratará de impulsar la transformación digital de la Industria a través de la sensorización de activos tanto críticos como no críticos y el posterior procesamiento y análisis de los datos por medio de tecnología Edge Computing y Big Data.
Las empresas industriales podrán disponer de una plataforma avanzada de datos para optimizar su actividad, anticipándose a los posibles fallos o defectos de cualquier tipo de activo (motores rotativos, maquinaria alternativa, transformadores eléctricos…), siguiendo un plan de mantenimiento predictivo.
Los datos generados por estos activos serán recopilados por sensores inalámbricos, conectados a través de las redes móviles LTE y 5G de Telefónica Tech, almacenados y procesados en la tecnología Industrial Edge Computing. Se podrá acceder a ellos mediante la plataforma. Por medio de Inteligencia Artificial y modelos específicos de Machine Learning, dará indicaciones a los operarios sobre cómo mejorar la gestión de la salud de los activos de los procesos de producción, alargando su vida útil.
Con ello no solo se optimizarán los costes de mantenimiento, sino que también mejorará la eficiencia, el coste de oportunidad y el rendimiento de las instalaciones. Además, contribuirá a potenciar la seguridad y garantizar la sostenibilidad, puesto que se podrán evitar muchos de los desplazamientos requeridos en los mantenimientos no programados.
La solución, diseñada para integrar también otro tipo de tecnologías, hace posible que las empresas puedan tener en un único interfaz sus plantas de producción. La demo actualmente se encuentra disponible en el Centro de Innovación de Distrito Telefónica de Madrid.
ST Engineering Antycip showcases cutting-edge tech at Army Warfighting Experiment
press release
Making its AWE debut, ST Engineering Antycip joined forces with MAK and data analytics firm Cervus to demonstrate the power of its COTS software at the prestigious event.
ST Engineering Antycip is delighted to have been invited to participate in the 2021 Army Warfighting Experiment, the most recent edition of the British Army’s flagship innovation experimentation programme, in partnership with Cervus, a veteran-owned data analytics company.
A prestigious showcase of some of the most cutting-edge defence innovations, the Army Warfighting Experiment (AWE) seeks to build relationships with industry partners to help the army prepare for the technologically advanced warfare of the future. AWE 2021 took place in October 2021 at the Ministry of Defence (MoD)’s Salisbury Plain Training Area in Wiltshire, in southern England.
While 2021 marked the first time ST Engineering Antycip, a leading global provider of simulation, analysis, modelling, display and virtual-reality solutions, has participated in the AWE programme, Cervus has taken part in the annual event since its inception in 2017 (and previously in its predecessor event, the Urban Experiment, or URBEX, series). The two companies had worked together in the past, joining forces in 2019 for phase one of the US Marine Corps’ Wargaming Capability project, before ST Engineering Antycip was invited to AWE 2021 following engagement with the MoD’s SERAPIS research programme.
Cervus’ head of sales and marketing, Mark Whitehouse, explains the AWE partners’ respective roles: “Antycip brings the simulation engines and the expertise in running large-scale simulated activities; Cervus uses our experience to create the scenarios and metrics to measure performance at the beginning of the activity, then takes all the data created as the activities are run. Later, we exploit that data through our AI-powered analytics engine, Hive 2.0, to provide insights and secure an advantage for the front-line user.”
Specifically, the solution shown at AWE combined Hive 2.0 with MAK ONE, MAK Technologies' whole-world synthetic training environment, to show the MoD how the objectives of the British Army’s Collective Training Transformation Programme (CTTP) could be delivered now with commercial off-the-shelf systems (COTS) already on the market. “We were showing how ‘SME to the Three’” – small and medium-sized enterprises, which are subject matter experts, working in a single measurement environment – “could work to generate far bigger effects than the companies that were creating them,” adds Mark.
For ST Engineering Antycip, the Army Warfighting Experiment gave the simulation specialist unprecedented access to end users in a non-programme environment, as well as providing it with a unique audience from which to gather information on the “usability and robustness of products in a real ‘operational’ environment”, explains its UK area manager, Chris Waldron.
ST Engineering’s role at AWE included setting up a distributed training simulation in MAK ONE with live tanks, weapons and soldiers, and connecting into synthetic soldiers and weapons, as well as supporting and engaging on a constructive MAK VR-Forces simulation.
The ST Engineering Antycip team hails the successful collaboration between the two teams, which they say share a “like-minded” attitude, and praises Cervus’ “can-do” approach. The feedback from users of the MAK One-Hive 2.0 system, as well as a number of senior military personnel who visited the Cervus stand, was similarly positive, she adds, with praise for the flexibility and upgradeability of the solution. “We had great feedback from the BGHQ [battle group headquarters] planning staff of 5 RIFLES,” adds Whitehouse, “who engaged closely with the system and could immediately see the benefits of the systems working together as they were.”
The AWE partnership between Cervus, MAK Technologies and ST Engineering Antycip showcased both the power of localised and enhanced COTS technologies and the benefits of cooperation between like-minded industry collaborators. “The more we work together, the more we can see the mutual benefits: SME to the Three!” he concludes. “We are bringing COTS systems into the mainstream and are showing how the combination of small bands of determined experts can unsettle the large competition while keeping the overheads, and therefore the price, down. We are agile enough to get the user need addressed rapidly without trying to force a round peg into a square hole, as many of the larger systems will do.”
“ST Engineering Antycip was proud to have the opportunity to show how emerging technologies, backed by our industry leading expertise and technical support, can help armed forces prepare for the conflicts of the future,” adds Waldron. “We are grateful to our valued partner Cervus, as well as the British Army for their feedback and engagement with the software. We look forward to working together again in future.
"Building on the success of AWE 2021, we are looking forward to getting to grips with the challenges being set by the AWE team for this coming year at today's introductory briefings.”
ST Engineering Antycip supplies simulation solution for armed forces and Eurofighter aircrew
press release
German analysis and test engineering company, IABG, chooses MAK
Technologies’ VR-Link software to enhance its cutting-edge training
systems for armed forces and Eurofighter aircrew.
ST Engineering Antycip, a company of ST Engineering, has announced that it has delivered a MAK ONE-based solution for an IABG project to enhance its mission de-brief training systems.
IABG is a Munich based consultancy company specialising in public security, communications, medical engineering, and aviation projects. The military section of the company forms the largest part of its service portfolio, with over 1,500 employees supporting Bundeswehr, NATO and the European Union with analysis, simulation, testing and consulting.
The company’s training software, known as MiDAS (Mission Display and Analysis System), records data on real or simulated flight paths and subsequently feeds this information back to a control station for review and analysis. The ability to process simulation data - whether the flight is flown with real aircraft or in a simulated environment - makes MiDAS unique among other debriefing systems currently available.
IABG required a software solution that would enable MiDAS to connect to a High Level Architecture (HLA) simulation federation, to subscribe to simulation data for recording and analysis, and to replay that data for post-flight review. VR-Link from MAK Technologies was selected to provide this capability because of its ease of integration into MiDAS and its full support for the HLA standard, resulting in superior quality information for MiDAS post-flight review.
Markus Pley, responsible for system development and integration at IABG (and the inventor of MiDAS), had previously been an end-user for this type of technology during his 17-year military career. “I have been aware of this software for 12 years and have worked with the MAK ONE suite of products intensively for about three years now,” he says. “Most of our customers use MAK ONE too, which increases compatibility while reducing our development risk. The MAK support is superior to the support of other vendors.”
ST Engineering Antycip, a leading global provider of simulation, and sister company to MAK Technologies, provided the support in evaluating and identifying the right MAK product for the bespoke training programme, whilst remaining within the budget allocation.
“It is a great pleasure to work with a company like IABG and such an accolade for MAK to be chosen in a project of this size and importance,” says Riccardo Rovelli, Antycip’s Regional Area Manager for Italy and DACH region. “As provider of the technology of our sister company MAK Technologies, we are here to provide technical and commercial support to IABG to minimise any unexpected risks which can result in extra costs,” states Rovelli.
Peter Swan, director of international sales at MAK Technologies, comments, “We are so pleased that IABG has selected our VR-Link toolkit to enable simulation interoperability in its Mission Data Analysis System (MiDAS). VR-Link is the world's leading simulation networking toolkit that provides an easy way to network simulators and other virtual reality applications using standard protocols.”
MiDAS is currently used in almost every Eurofighter Typhoon Simulator, indicating its ability to scale according to need/requirements. “We don’t see any difference, whether we connect MAK software to a single system or to a large simulation network - the scale of these missions vary from a single Eurofighter up to hundreds of entities of all domains from subsurface to space.” says Pley. “It simply works and that’s exactly what we need. The excellent support from Riccardo and his team at Antycip was a key factor for our decision to select the MAK products for our mission de-brief training programme.”
[España] UNVEX 2022 se celebrará el 14 al 16 de septiembre en Sevilla
· Será el primer evento que se celebre en España dedicado a los drones en sus tres ámbitos: aéreo, terrestre y marítimo.
· El evento se celebra en el Palacio de Congresos y Exposiciones de Sevilla (Fibes).
Madrid, 8 de marzo de 2022 - UNVEX (Unmanned Vehicles Exhibition), el mayor encuentro de sistemas remotamente tripulados o drones que se celebra en España, tendrá lugar del 14 al 16 de septiembre en el espacio Fibes de la ciudad de Sevilla.
La evolución de los sistemas, comúnmente conocidos como drones, que comenzó en el dominio aéreo con los denominados UAV, se ha extendido a los ámbitos terrestre (UGV) y marítimo (USV/UUV), por eso la séptima edición de UNVEX se celebrará bajo el título “Dron3 una visión integral de los sistemas remotamente tripulados”
UNVEX 2022 nace desde la perspectiva tecnológica e industrial. Este es un sector en el que la tecnología es vital y las empresas necesitan evolucionar a través de la innovación y del conocimiento de los requerimientos de los usuarios. El objetivo de UNVEX es que todos ellos intercambien conocimiento, conozcan las novedades, las lecciones aprendidas y perspectivas de negocio.
Muchas compañías del sector ya han mostrado su interés por esta nueva cita de los drones en España y estarán presentes en el evento, que contará con un amplio programa de conferencias estructurado temáticamente, una zona expositiva para que las empresas, centros de innovación e instituciones puedan mostrar sus soluciones y sesiones de demostraciones de estos vehículos.
Séptima edición
UNVEX es un encuentro que ha crecido a través de los años acompañando el desarrollo de este nuevo sector tecnológico e industrial, que cuenta con unas prometedoras perspectivas.
Tras el éxito de la última edición de UNVEX, celebrada en Santiago de Compostela en 2021, en esta séptima edición contará con un ambicioso programa de conferencias que se calcula en más de 80 ponencias y una asistencia estimada de 200 profesionales. En la exposición participarán las mayores empresas del sector, nacionales e internacionales.
Sevilla, un emplazamiento privilegiado
Son muchas las razones que convierten a Sevilla es un emplazamiento privilegiado, por ejemplo, su Universidad, que fue pionera en esta tecnología y sigue siendo un referente, junto a FADA-CATEC como Centro Tecnológico de referencia en Europa. A nivel aeronáutico es una de las capitales europeas por su capacidad industrial y Andalucía una de las regiones europeas de especial importancia en Defensa y Seguridad.
Adicionalmente ofrece unas magníficas instalaciones para realizar el evento y las demostraciones, así como unas comunicaciones y servicios hosteleros de primer nivel.
Sobre UNVEX
UNVEX es un evento integral, nacido en 2010, que ha demostrado su capacidad de generar negocio en las siete ediciones celebradas en Europa más las cuatro realizadas en América Latina. Diseñado y desarrollado por IDS, que también cuenta con uno de los medios de mayor difusión en el sector www.infodron.es. El contenido del ciclo de conferencias lo selecciona un Comité Técnico integrado por representantes cualificados. La exposición es la mayor que se realiza en España y sus demostraciones, pioneras en su momento, incluyen todo tipo de sistemas remotamente tripulados.
BAE furthers electric ambitions with Pipistrel pact
lunes, 7 de marzo de 2022
sábado, 5 de marzo de 2022
Análisis de la hoja de ruta neerlandesa para descarbonizar la aviación, con Ivan Rivera "Brucknerite"
Los Países Bajos han publicado una hoja de ruta para descarbonizar la aviación, habla de aerotaxis, aviones regionales…y la analizamos con Ivan Rivera "Brucknerite", ingeniero especialista en electrificación. Y hablamos de esta hoja de ruta, pero la mezclamos con trenes, generación de electricidad en islas, colza y hombres de las cavernas. También hay coches, eVTOL y trogloditas.
pd: Si la intro y la despedida os son familiares, que no os sorprenda. En un ejercicio de nostalgia podcasteril he hablado con Javier Lago para pedirle permiso y utlizar la introducción que hizo para el que, si no recuerdo mal, fue el primer podcast español sobre aviación: Remove Before Flight RBF podcast.
Por alusiones, algunas de las entradas mencionadas son:
- El CH-750 eléctrico de NUNCATS
- Posiblemente, el vuelo comercial más corto
- Análisis y opinión: Movilidad Aérea Urbana
- Movilidad aérea urbana con autogiro en los años 30 en Colón
- Pistas de aterrizaje circulares
- Aeropuertos en los tejados
viernes, 4 de marzo de 2022
Russian move to hold up OneWeb launch may affect entire space industry
Bjorn’s Corner: Sustainable Air Transport. Part 9. Parallel Hybrids.
jueves, 3 de marzo de 2022
Impact on Europe to Asia routes due to closure of Russian air space
The closure of Russian airspace to EU operators has a big impact – up to 5 hours extra flying time for a flight between Helsinki & Tokyo
https://t.co/nrtfWOvEGI (pdf)
Russia can't attend Farnborough Air Show
Our hearts go out to the people of Ukraine, and everyone affected by the current situation. We continue to hope for a timely and peaceful resolution.
miércoles, 2 de marzo de 2022
martes, 1 de marzo de 2022
Pontifications: Ukraine impact on commercial aviation
HOTR: Airbus responds to Qatar lawsuit; (Update): Boeing statement on Russia-Ukraine
Boeing is Building Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS)-11+ Satellite Using Advanced Techniques to Deliver Unrivaled Capability at "Record-Breaking Speed"
press release
EL SEGUNDO, Calif., March 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Boeing has begun building the latest version of the Wideband Global SATCOM satellite system, WGS-11+, using advanced techniques to effectively integrate the latest commercial technology while enabling a high-paced five-year schedule that will deliver years faster than similar clean-sheet designs.
"We're moving at record-breaking speed to deliver the unmatched resilience, efficiency, and throughput WGS-11+ offers our warfighters," said Col. Matt Spencer, Space Systems Command Geosynchronous Earth Orbit and Polar Division Senior Materiel Leader. "Boeing's ability to rapidly integrate the latest commercial technology into our infrastructure gives us a competitive edge on the battlefield."
Boeing and the U.S. Space Force completed the system's critical design review in late 2021, officially launching the program's production phase. Leveraging additive manufacturing, rapid prototyping, agile development and other advanced techniques, Boeing has created cost and schedule benefits, while boosting system performance.
"We're printing more than a thousand parts for WGS-11+, giving us the capability to introduce customization in a way that improves system performance, without requiring extensive integration times or customized tooling," said Troy Dawson, Boeing Government Satellite Systems vice president. "We understand how important speed is to the mission. That production speed translates to effectiveness against threats. As we continue to invest our technology and processes, we know that a similarly capable satellite could be delivered even faster."
WGS-11+ showcases an evolution in phased array technology. Based on Boeing's advances on its commercial 702X software-defined satellite payload, it is capable of generating hundreds of electronically-steered beams simultaneously, providing users with more than twice the mission capability compared to satellites within the existing WGS fleet.
Like 702X, each individual beam is shapeable and can be uniquely tailored to any operation, enabling increased mission flexibility and responsiveness. Narrower beam widths with dual polarization unique to WGS-11+ help protect against jamming and interference while allowing greater frequency reuse.
When it joins the constellation of ten WGS satellites, WGS-11+ will substantially increase throughput capacity of essential communication services for the U.S. government and its allies. It is scheduled for delivery in 2024.
As a leading global aerospace company, Boeing develops, manufactures and services commercial airplanes, defense products and space systems for customers in more than 150 countries. As a top U.S. exporter, the company leverages the talents of a global supplier base to advance economic opportunity, sustainability and community impact. Boeing's diverse team is committed to innovating for the future and living the company's core values of safety, quality and integrity. Learn more at www.boeing.com.
Air Passenger Numbers to Recover in 2024
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) expects overall traveler numbers to reach 4.0 billion in 2024 (counting multi-sector connecting trips as one passenger), exceeding pre-COVID-19 levels (103% of the 2019 total).
Expectations for the shape of the near-term recovery have shifted slightly, reflecting the evolution of government-imposed travel restrictions in some markets. The overall picture presented in the latest update to IATA’s long-term forecast, however, is unchanged from what was expected in November, prior to the Omicron variant.
“The trajectory for the recovery in passenger numbers from COVID-19 was not changed by the Omicron variant. People want to travel. And when travel restrictions are lifted, they return to the skies. There is still a long way to go to reach a normal state of affairs, but the forecast for the evolution in passenger numbers gives good reason to be optimistic,” said Willie Walsh, IATA’s Director General.
The February update to the long-term forecast includes the following highlights:
- In 2021, overall traveler numbers were 47% of 2019 levels. This is expected to improve to 83% in 2022, 94% in 2023, 103% in 2024 and 111% in 2025.
- In 2021, international traveler numbers were 27% of 2019 levels. This is expected to improve to 69% in 2022, 82% in 2023, 92% in 2024 and 101% in 2025.
This is a slightly more optimistic near-term international recovery scenario compared to November 2021, based on the progressive relaxation or elimination of travel restrictions in many markets. This has seen improvements in the major North Atlantic and intra-European markets, strengthening the baseline for recovery. Asia-Pacific is expected to continue to lag the recovery with the region’s largest market, China, not showing any signs of relaxing its severe border measures in the near future.
- In 2021, domestic traveler numbers were 61% of 2019 levels. This is expected to improve to 93% in 2022, 103% in 2023, 111% in 2024 and 118% in 2025.
The outlook for the evolution of domestic traveler numbers is slightly more pessimistic than in November. While the US and Russian domestic markets have recovered, the same is not true for the other major domestic markets of China, Canada, Japan and Australia.
“The biggest and most immediate drivers of passenger numbers are the restrictions that governments place on travel. Fortunately, more governments have understood that travel restrictions have little to no long-term impact on the spread of a virus. And the economic and social hardship caused for very limited benefit is simply no longer acceptable in a growing number of markets. As a result, the progressive removal of restrictions is giving a much-needed boost to the prospects for travel,” said Walsh.
IATA reiterates its call for:
- The removal of all travel barriers (including quarantine and testing) for those fully vaccinated with a WHO-approved vaccine
- Pre-departure antigen testing to enable quarantine-free travel for non-vaccinated travelers
- Removing all travel bans, and
- Accelerating the easing of travel restrictions in recognition that travelers pose no greater risk for COVID-19 spread than already exists in the general population.
Regional Variations
Not all markets or market sectors are recovering at the same pace.
“In general, we are moving in the right direction, but there are
some concerns. Asia-Pacific is the laggard of the recovery. While
Australia and New Zealand have announced measures to reconnect with the
world, China is showing no signs of relaxing its zero-COVID strategy.
The
resulting localized lock-downs in its domestic market are depressing
global passenger numbers even as other major markets like the US are
largely back to normal,” said Walsh.
Asia-Pacific: The slow removal of international travel restrictions, and the likelihood of renewed domestic restrictions during COVID outbreaks, mean that traffic to/from/within Asia Pacific will only reach 68% of 2019 levels in 2022, the weakest outcome of the main regions. 2019 levels should be recovered in 2025 (109%) due to a slow recovery on international traffic in the region.
Europe: In the next few years, the intra-Europe market is expected to benefit from passenger preferences for short-haul travel as confidence rebuilds. This will be facilitated by increasingly harmonized and restriction-free movement within the EU. Total passenger numbers to/from/within Europe are expected to reach 86% of 2019 values in 2022, before making a full recovery in 2024 (105%).
North America: After a resilient 2021, traffic to/from/within North America will continue to perform strongly in 2022 as the US domestic market returns to pre-crisis trends, and with ongoing improvements in international travel. In 2022, passenger numbers will reach 94% of 2019 levels, and full recovery is expected in 2023 (102%), ahead of other regions.
Africa: Africa’s passenger traffic prospects are somewhat weaker in the near-term, due to slow progress in vaccinating the population, and the impact of the crisis on developing economies. Passenger numbers to/from/within Africa will recover more gradually than in other regions, reaching 76% of 2019 levels in 2022, surpassing pre-crisis levels only in 2025 (101%).
Middle East: With limited short-haul markets, the Middle East focus on long-haul connectivity through its hubs is expected to result in slower recovery. Passenger numbers to/from/within the Middle East are expected to reach 81% of 2019 levels in 2022, 98% in 2024 and 105% in 2025.
Latin America: Traffic to/from/within Latin America has been relatively resilient during the pandemic and is forecast to see a strong 2022, with limited travel restrictions and dynamic passenger flows within the region and to/from North America. 2019 passenger numbers are forecast to be surpassed in 2023 for Central America (102%), followed by South America in 2024 (103%) and the Caribbean in 2025 (101%).
|
Passenger numbers, Share of 2019 |
2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Industry-wide |
47% |
83% |
94% |
103% |
111% |
International |
27% |
69% |
82% |
92% |
101% |
Domestic |
61% |
93% |
103% |
111% |
118% |
Asia Pacific |
40% |
68% |
84% |
97% |
109% |
Europe |
40% |
86% |
96% |
105% |
111% |
North America |
56% |
94% |
102% |
107% |
112% |
Africa |
46% |
76% |
85% |
93% |
101% |
Middle East |
42% |
81% |
90% |
98% |
105% |
South America |
51% |
88% |
97% |
103% |
108% |
Central America |
72% |
96% |
102% |
109% |
115% |
Caribbean |
44% |
72% |
82% |
92% |
101% |
Source:IATA/Tourism Economics Air Passenger Forecast, March 2022
Russia-Ukraine Conflict
The forecast does not calculate the impact of the Russia-Ukraine conflict. In general, air transport is resilient against shocks and this conflict is unlikely to impact the long-term growth of air transport. It is too early to estimate what the near-term consequences will be for aviation, but it is clear that there are downside risks, in particular in markets with exposure to the conflict.
Sensitivity factors will include the geographic extent, severity,
and time-period for sanctions and/or airspace closures. These impacts
would be felt most severely in Russia, Ukraine and neighboring areas.
Pre-COVID-19, Russia was the 11th largest market for air
transport services in terms of passenger numbers, including its large
domestic market. Ukraine ranked 48.
The impact on airline costs as a result of fluctuations in energy
prices or rerouting to avoid Russian airspace could have broader
implications. Consumer confidence and economic activity are likely to be
impacted even outside of Eastern Europe.
Airbus publishes agenda for 2022 Annual General Meeting
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Airbus SE (stock exchange symbol: AIR) has published the agenda for its Annual General Meeting (AGM) taking place on 12 April 2022, with resolutions including the proposed appointment of a new director and the renewal of the Board mandates of Chief Executive Officer Guillaume Faury and two other directors.
One resolution proposes the appointment of Irene Rummelhoff as a non-executive director, replacing Carlos Tavares whose Board mandate expires at the close of the AGM and hasn’t sought re-election. Irene Rummelhoff is Executive Vice President Marketing, Midstream & Processing at Norwegian energy company Equinor ASA and a member of its Corporate Executive Committee. Her extensive expertise in the energy sector, including in the field of energy transition and renewables, would bring important skills to help the Company achieve its long-term sustainability goals.
The resolutions also include the proposed re-appointment of Guillaume Faury as an executive member of the Board, along with non-executive members Catherine Guillouard and Claudia Nemat.
Airbus Board mandates are renewed every year in blocks of four, for terms of three years, in order to ensure a smooth transition of the Board’s composition. This also avoids large block replacements of directors at any single AGM. With these proposed renewals and new appointment, the Company would increase the proportion of female directors on the Board to 33% from 25% currently.
Also on the voting agenda is the proposed payment of a 2021 gross dividend of € 1.50 per share, as communicated in the Full-Year results disclosure on 17 February.
The set-up of the 2022 AGM in Amsterdam reflects the improved COVID-19 situation compared to last year and the latest guidelines in the Netherlands. Registered shareholders are welcome to attend while the option remains to vote remotely by proxy. Any changes to the organisation of the event will be communicated via the AGM page of the Airbus website.
Documents for the AGM, including the Information Notice with a full agenda, are available online at: https://www.airbus.com/en/investors/annual-general-meetings