"It's been intense," Vincent says of 2020. He expects the number of planes parked at APAS to eventually settle at around 200. "It's been an incredibly difficult time for the industry. Yes, there will be certain aircraft that go back into operation, hopefully sooner rather than later, but there's still a huge pipeline of aircraft that are going to require parking and maintenance." Above, pilots disembark from a Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. aircraft as workers prepare to move the airplane to the adjacent Asia Pacific Aircraft Storage Facility (APAS) at Alice Springs Airport, in Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia.
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