COVID-19
The latest Coronavirus (Covid-19) airline and aviation industry news coverage.
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Brussels Airlines to suspend flights
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Brussels Airlines has stressed that “all its efforts” will go into resuming operations on April 20.
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COVID-19: LATAM, Lufthansa and Qantas reveal cuts
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More international carriers are making sweeping capacity reductions.
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Southwest Airlines to cut capacity at least 20%
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The LCC reports falling load factors nearing 50% as a result of COVID-19-fueled demand decline.
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Trump promises to ‘backstop’ US airlines
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In response to the COVID-19 crisis, US president says: “We’ve told the airlines we’re going to help them.”
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Global alliances call for “extraordinary support”
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The three global airline alliances—oneworld, SkyTeam and Star Alliance—have jointly called on governments around the world to “evaluate all...
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European carriers make substantial cuts
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Ryanair expects “the majority” of its fleet will be grounded while Finnair and SAS are among the latest airlines to stop almost all flights. Air...
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Virgin Australia unveils more cuts, but less affected than rivals
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Local services account for 88% of the carrier’s passengers and the airline said demand is rising on some of its domestic routes.
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Airline industry in crisis in face of COVID-19 pandemic
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Demand for long-haul travel grounds to a near halt.
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Malaysian airports experience 23.4% passenger dip
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Passenger figures for February show how COVID-19 is affecting the country.
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US passengers from Europe to be funneled through 11 airports
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Airlines are being tasked with helping enforce President Donald Trump’s new policy.
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Singapore tightens travel restrictions in response to COVID-19
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Singapore Changi Airport reports dramatic drops in passenger numbers.
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Etihad to move all Beijing flights to Daxing
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Abu Dhabi airline is confident China demand will recover by summer.
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Airlines take stock of Trump’s US-Europe travel restrictions
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Carriers on both sides of the Atlantic are assessing the potential impact of the temporary travel restrictions to the US from more than two-dozen...
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Kuwait grounds passenger flights to prevent COVID-19 spread
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Kuwait Airways and Jazeera Airways, both based at KWI, will be affected most.
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United Airlines planning for 'worst-case' COVID-19 scenario
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United Airlines is operating under planning assumptions that president Scott Kirby called “much more severe than anything we’ve seen anyone else...
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Analysis: China’s recovery continues
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China is next week set to welcome back a further 2 million departure seats to its network as the first market to be affected by COVID-19...
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American Airlines CEO: ‘We're prepared to handle a shock like this’
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US airlines merged and restructured to be able to withstand an extraneous shock such as COVID-19, Doug Parker says.
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Norwegian, Air France announce planned cuts
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Norwegian and Air France are altering their networks in response to the demand slump caused by the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus.
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Qantas ramps up COVID-19 measures
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More flights are being cut and 10 Qantas A380s have been grounded.
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Delta drops Atlanta-Rome route as Italy goes on COVID-19 lockdown
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The airline will keep operating its service from New York JFK to Rome.