On this episode of Avtalk, we see how far air traffic fell in March and what we're likely to see in April.

We also take a look at some of the more interesting flights that airlines have operated in the past few weeks.

And Yorgos Hatzmanolas from marine traffic joins us to discuss

what their data can tell us about how COVID-19 is affecting the global economy. Hello and welcome to episode 82 of Avtoc. I am Ian Petchnick here as always with

Jason Rabinowitz and hello Ian how are you?

Hello Jason I'm I'm hanging in there. I have mustered the late afternoon energy to record this

podcast. I am caffeinated, I am carbonated, and I'm here to go.

I'm carbonated but I'm going with the depressant now

rather than a stimulant, so kind of the opposite direction there.

Well, I've, as of this moment, I am switching from stimulants

to depressants.

So, uh, we're, yes, so we're, uh, we're headed in the right direction, I think.

How are you managing with your quarantining and, and such? I haven't been to my office in, I guess, three, four, three or four weeks now.

I won't be back until sometime in June, apparently.

I'm thankful I moved into a slightly larger but still small apartment earlier this year,

because I don't know how I would have managed in my last department, but I'm managing as best as anyone who really likes flying around to

weird places all the time can be if they're confined to their basically a four city block radius

around the place they live? I mean you could make a game

out of it and turn your apartment into some sort of ultra-plush first-class cabin.

Sure I mean the closest I get to an airplane right now is I look out my window at the LaGuardia arrivals.

They go right by my window pretty much on most approaches but these days it could be like 30 45 60 minutes before between arrivals as supposed to just a couple weeks ago when it was about every 45 to 60 seconds?

I mean, does that even make it better or worse?

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