Airports & Networks

Delta reduces systemwide capacity by 70%, United by 60%.

Most US transborder services will be eliminated as Canada and the US scramble to contain COVID-19 coronavirus.

We profile Qatar Airways, the oneworld member and a Routes Asia 2020 attendee.

Air transport in Moldova has grown strongly in recent years following an agreement signed in 2012 to gradually integrate the country into the European common aviation market.

American airports have asked the U.S. Congress for $10 billion in immediate aid to help offset the massive drop in travel levels caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The FAA evacuated the air traffic control (ATC) tower and operations stopped at Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC), Utah, on Mar. 18 after a 5.7-magnitude earthquake shook the area.

China Eastern Airlines will reduce or suspend flights on 11 European and North American routes, apparently in response to further falls in demand amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.

The European Commission has said airlines do not have to pay compensation for flights canceled because of travel restrictions put in place to slow the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak as they constitute “extraordinary circumstances.”

Malaysia Airlines Berhad CEO Izham Ismail has said the hasty and unilateral decision to enforce a nationwide lockdown of Malaysia resulted in severe disruption to the flag carrier’s operations.

Governments across Europe must coordinate their response to preserve the continent’s single market and its benefits, two airline associations have urged.

Chinese authorities will not allow any international flights to arrive directly in Beijing beginning Mar. 18, the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has told airlines.

GOL says it plans to resume growth after COVID-19 crisis passes.

The Panama-based carrier will reduce capacity by at least 80%.

Brussels Airlines has stressed that “all its efforts” will go into resuming operations on April 20.

Cathay Pacific is preparing to operate a “skeleton” passenger flight schedule for April, reducing capacity around 90% after travel demand plummeted.

Increasingly strict border and quarantine requirements are curtailing international air travel across Asia as governments across the continent ramp up their response to the COVID-19 coronavirus crisis.

Air New Zealand and Qantas are making further major cuts in capacity, suspending most international flights and grounding aircraft in response to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.

More international carriers are making sweeping capacity reductions.

EgyptAir has confirmed it will continue its domestic flights in Egypt as well as air freight flights as normal even during the suspension of international flights that starts from next Thursday.

Air traffic is to be suspended in all Egyptian airports starting next Thursday, March 19, at 12 noon to 31 of March to limit the spread of Covid-19.

The LCC reports falling load factors nearing 50% as a result of COVID-19-fueled demand decline.

In response to the COVID-19 crisis, US president says: “We’ve told the airlines we’re going to help them.”

American Airlines, ACSS and the FAA are collecting data on the operational value of flights using ADS-B In.

The three global airline alliances—oneworld, SkyTeam and Star Alliance—have jointly called on governments around the world to “evaluate all possible means” to support the industry amid the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak.

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 France is also grounding its entire Airbus A380 fleet and KLM its entire Boeing 747 fleet.