How Airlines Can Survive the Pandemic | WSJ

After an unprecedented drop in air travel due to the coronavirus, passenger airlines are being forced to make long-term, make-or-break decisions at a time of great uncertainty and minimal cash flow. So how are they planning to survive? WSJ finds out. Composite: George Downs/The Wall Street Journal

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[mrchirulagaming]

Airlines: making money
Coronavirus: I'm bout to end this man's whole career

[GURken]

they're getting rid of jumbo because it's unefficient, old and have four engines, not because of covid

[yog]

The content of the video doesn't justifies the title. I din't get answer to "How?"

[dayspoiler]

a bunch of really old planes with terrible cabin pressure were retired. again what is the down side for us?

[Venture]

For a moment I thought the video would tell me what are the airlines going to do to beat the huge slump in business they are having now... 😒

[PatrickAndFriendsPRO]

At least we have microsoft flight simulator 2020 😊

[rozhali]

This video has inaccurate information. The 747 has been set to retire for years now, and it is not because of the Pandemic

[antoniodg]

Pilots are now working from home at half their salary.

[kontrop]

this is horrible.my husband is an airline employee and he is losing hope

[apscoinscurrenciesmore]

Airlines are incurring losses due to lack of passengers due to pandemic. That's the whole summary of the video😀😀😎👍

[JaceTan-]

Game of survivor? More like game of thrones.

[hollypeters]

I really hope I didn’t make the wrong decision to go to flight school this fall to be a pilot.

[miraculixxs]

People want to travel safely and for leisure. Business travel by planes will be reduced drastically. one because virtual meetings are now widely accepted. Two because more idiotic rules will govern "short distance" travel to allegedly save the climate, requiring employees to travel by train. At least in Europe thats quickly becoming a thing.

[yukilu]

This video didn't answer the question HOW to survive

[pedroportillo]

When it comes to many American Airlines, they got themselves more in this hole because they never saved for a rainy day fund. In any business, you invest in three sections to keep your business afloat when it makes profits. You pay back your investors, you expand with your employees, and you save up for a rainy day/emergency fund. Many American Airlines did the first, and forgot about the rest. So now they got a huge bailout from the government (our tax dollars) so they wouldn’t go out of business.

[danielshaikhali]

Lol Buffet did the correct thing by selling his shares and don’t @me

[davidnyasha]

The part about the 747 is misleading because the 747 was being retired overall before the coronavirus.

It was dumped for more fuel efficient and quieter aircraft. As more countries tightened up on environmental regulations

[FinancialShinanigan]

I think if airplanes became convertibles, the issue with enclosed space will be resolved. Something to look into for sure.

[giorgiosalutogirsang]

:( I used to work for Flybe, and after finishing my Bachelors in Aviation & Airport Management I am currently studying CIPS to get into the procurement and supply industry as Logistics was also another industry of my passion that I self-studied years ago and took an online course with MIT through EDX. I urge all my Aviation brothers and sisters to stay strong and survive through other industries offering jobs within transportation, logistics, supply, operations, communication, manufacturing, engineering, management, customer service, etc. It is going to be a long run before Aviation gets back on its feet, but remember we are professionals, we are strong, we will serve and we will succeed.

[shubh_]

*spoiler alert:* video contains no answer.