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IATA – Demand Increasing Quicker Than Capacity – Good for Airlines

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) releases the ‘Passenger Load Factors on a Fast Track toward Recovery’ in its Weekly Chart. The following have been noted:

  • Passenger load factors, at nearly 94% of the pre-pandemic levels in April 2022, have recuperated faster than the offered capacity. This is good news for the industry as a rising load factor points to higher revenues and potentially improved profitability.
  • Domestic load factors have exceeded the international load factors during the pandemic, though the gap has narrowed recently. Both have been driven mainly by ongoing travel and operational restrictions. Renewed lockdowns in China weigh on domestic traffic growth while international travel demand has accelerated as travel restrictions have been lifted elsewhere.
  • Capacity is still below pre-pandemic levels, The relative evolution of domestic versus international capacity follows the trends in demand for travel. Hence, the gap between the two is closing also on the capacity side.
  • Over the first months of 2022, the global domestic capacity index decreased, pushing the corresponding load factor index upwards. On the other hand, international load factor and capacity indexes have increased simultaneously, confirming that demand for international air travel is taking off.
  • At the current junction, there is still some slack in terms of airlines bringing back aircraft that were in storage during the pandemic and accepting postponed deliveries. The time at which adding new capacity will come at a higher price is nevertheless likely fast approaching.

Check out the full report here.

Source: IATA

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Indian Civil Aviation Regulator Enforces Action on Flight Training Industry Following Numerous Crashes

The following Press Note was shared by the Indian Civil Aviation Regulator – DGCA (Director General, Civil Aviation).

Director General, Civil Aviation ordered Special Safety Audits for all Flying Training Organisations (FTOs) in India to assess safety standards and systemic deficiencies in operations, maintenance and training.

The audit commenced from 21.03.2022. At the time of audit, there were 32 functional FTOs. Till date, audit of 30 FTOs have been completed. The audits brought out following salient safety deficiencies;

  1. Non Compliance of DGCA requirements for conduct of Breath-Analyzer (BA) examination i.e. few instructors, student pilots and aircraft maintenance engineers did not undergo BA test or submit undertaking prior to commencement of duty/exercise of privileges. In few cases the equipment being used were not in compliance with the requirements or calibrated as required.
  2. False logging was observed i.e. in a few cases dual flight has been logged as solo flight and few other cases the taxi time was calculated towards the instrument flying time of the student pilot.
  3. Operation of aircraft with faulty or unserviceable aircraft instruments such as fuel gauges, stall warning etc.
  4. Deficiencies in the ground training of student pilot i.e. overlap of flying training and ground training, lack of arrangement for ground training, not having the required instructors.
  5. Deficiencies in flying training procedures and their implementation i.e. student pilots not appropriately briefed and trained on emergencies/essential exercises before being released for solo flights/cross country, adhocism in allocation of trainers as trainers are frequently changed and thereby affecting the learning experience of student pilot.
  6. The facilities at the airfield/training organization are not being maintained as per the requirements i.e. runway surface was found worn out, wind sock was found torn or nonstandard.
  7. Emergency response plan was not practiced and contained obsolete contact details. The emergency response plan is of great importance when an accident/incident occurs.

Based on these audit findings and the findings in recent accident, enforcement action has been issued i.e.

  • Warning Letter to two Accountable Managers
  • Suspension orders to two Chief Flight Instructors for a year
  • Suspension orders to two Chief Flight Instructors for 3 months
  • Suspension order to one Deputy Chief Flight Instructor for a year
  • Suspension orders to two Deputy Flight Instructors for 3 months
  • Suspension order to one Assistant Flight Instructor for 3 months
  • Suspension order for one student for 3 months
  • Approval of one FTO has been suspended

Enforcement actions against other individuals/FTOs are at various stages.

Source – Indian DGCA

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International Society of Women Airline Pilots to Award $5,000 Scholarships for 2 Women Aspiring Pilots Based in Europe

The International Society of Women Airline Pilots (ISA+21) awards a minimum of two Scholarships of $5,000 each year to be used towards an advanced flight training program.

ISA+21 will award International Conference Scholarship to a female pilot. The conference is being held in Dublin, Ireland. The scholarship worth $5000 (USD) will be awarded to an aspiring female airline pilot living in Europe.

To check out the full requirements for the scholarship, click here.

For more information, kindly contact ISA+21.

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US High School Receives Flight Simulator, Prospects Inclusion of Introductory Flight Courses in the Future

Wisconsin Dells High School received a flight simulator worth $8,000 from Baraboo-Dells Airport chapter of Students in Aviation (SIA). Students from the school uses the simulator for their extracurricular aviation learning activities.

“We were first contacted about it in February and we met with (Students in Aviation CEO Joe Canepa), then talked about it, and a month later we had our simulator. It happened very quickly,” said Hugh Gaston, Principal of Wisconsin Dells High School.

According to Gaston, the school may offer introductory flight courses in the future but did not provide a timeline yet as that would be relative to the number of interested students and how such aviation courses would fit into the school’s current curriculum.

“As far as students are concerned, they can claim a certain number of hours of allowable time towards their private pilot’s license. If they decide to get their instrument rating, which allows them to fly in the clouds and things like that, they can log quite a few hours with it. Even airline transport pilots can come in and get something out of it, as opposed to sitting at home with a simulator that is not certified,” explained Canepa.

For more information, kindly contact Wisconsin Dells High School.

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