Commercial aviation is a fiercely competitive arena where airlines use market power, reputation, aircraft and network planning in different ways to generate profitable income. Away from that ruthless game are routes that need to be serviced where making a profit is impossible, and that’s where governments often step in with subsidies to ensure vital connections are kept open.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Pacific Islands ground to a halt during the pandemic, and air connections in the region often need government support to survive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,422,13240,8808,824],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-147857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aircraft","category-boeing-737","category-commercial-aviation","category-nauruairlines","category-south-pacific"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t