Coronavirus Strikes Chinese Aviation

One in Four Seats Cancelled

The last week has seen unprecedented levels of action by Governments to control the spread of Coronavirus. Increased security, heightened levels of health checks for arriving passengers and the cancellation of many flights from airlines around the globe to and from China. But how bad is it? Well, we’ve run the numbers for the last three weeks and the scheduled changes and it’s probably the most dramatic change in schedules from one country in such a short period of time ever!

Over 25,000 Flights Cancelled – there will be over 25,000 fewer flights operated to/from and within China this week compared to two weeks ago as the chart below shows. International capacity has fallen by 586,000 with thirty airlines dropping services to China including airlines such as Lion Air, Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines all dropping more than 8,000 seats week on week.

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