China News Service, July 16, according to a report by the "Central News Agency" on the 15th. Emirates President Clark Clark (Tim Clark) said that under the impact of the new crown epidemic, the global aviation industry is facing unprecedented difficulties, and some even "heavy losses." For example, the Boeing Company, the 737 MAX crisis has been the biggest problem encountered in Boeing history, but now the epidemic has hit, Boeing suffered heavy losses.

Data map: June 30 news, Boeing 737MX launched flight test. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said the test "will include a series of flight exercises and emergency procedures to allow the agency to assess whether these changes meet FAA certification standards."

　　Emirates is an aviation giant in the Gulf region and one of Boeing's major customers. Clark said that Emirates was the first customer of the Boeing 777X aircraft in January 2020, and is now negotiating with Boeing to postpone the flight schedule to 2022. Emirates also plans to change the order for the remaining 126 large jet aircraft to a smaller Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

　　Clarke analyzed that the epidemic crisis dragged down the production schedule of the Boeing 777X, and the demand for aircraft in the aviation market also became less.

　　The report pointed out that Qatar Airways, another Boeing customer, also said that it would not require Boeing to hand over the aircraft in 2021. Other airlines that have ordered 777X aircraft are also suffering from the suspension of air travel caused by the outbreak.

　　Clark, who has been in the aviation industry for 48 years, deeply sympathizes with Boeing's situation, but he said that the world's aviation industry is in a state of distress. They have no choice but to ask Boeing to postpone shipments of large orders.

　　According to the latest information from the International Air Transport Association (IATA), air passengers in May were 91% less than in the same period in 2019. Passengers pre-booking seats is a source of cash that the airline industry depends on, and now this cash used to pay off debts has become less.

　　"This difficulty is unprecedented and has never been seen before," Clark said. The epidemic hit the aviation industry. "There are disasters in front of us, and some will suffer heavy losses" Nonetheless, both Boeing and the French Airbus "have to do it stubbornly."

　　Clarke believes that global airlines can survive the spread of the epidemic only through "wide and continuous cash injections." Although American airlines received US$50 billion from the government in April and half of it could be used to secure wages and pay the other half by the end of September, Clark said, "This is simply not enough and needs to be doubled."