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Bizav Industry Puts a Brave Face on Covid-19's Impact
Some analysis of trends points to a recovery beginning no sooner than the end of May, but only if infection rates peak, allowing restrictions to be relaxed

With the Covid-19 pandemic’s impact on business aviation having reached every part of the world, this week has seen a concerted effort by the industry to demonstrate a positive response to an irrefutably negative situation. The latest data from respected analysts confirmed that the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on business aviation is completely global. On April 2, WingX reported that traffic levels worldwide were 30 percent down in March compared with the same month in 2019.

The most optimistic projections do not appear to see any sort of sustained market recovery at least until the end of May. Even these are heavily predicated on the unconfirmed assumption that virus infection rates will have peaked in some regions of the world by the end of April.