European airlines and airports revealed more COVID-19 related cancellations and reductions, a day after the Italian government placed the entire country on lockdown, sparking knock-on effects throughout the region’s aviation sector.
Exercise Cold Response 2020, planned for March 2-18, was to involve some 14,000 troops from Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, UK and U.S
Around 25% of the worldwide Airbus A380 fleet is in the process of being grounded as airlines cut their largest widebodies from services dealing with the fall-out of the coronavirus crisis.
United Airlines is operating under planning assumptions that president Scott Kirby called “much more severe than anything we’ve seen anyone else publish.”
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 coronavirus continues to recover.
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Two big Chinese airlines are increasing services to the U.S., recovering a little from the reduction to minimal levels applied shortly after the coronavirus outbreak became recognized in late January.
Spain is banning all flights from Italy until Mar. 25, following the Italian government’s expansion of a lockdown aimed at slowing the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus to the entire country.
The European Commission (EC) will “very rapidly” put in place temporary measures to allow airlines to keep their slots even if COVID-19-related declines in traffic mean they do not operate flights.
North American airlines, reacting to a sharp and unexpected decline in bookings in response to COVID-19, have ramped up communications aimed at reassuring the traveling public that they are taking extra steps to prevent the virus from spreading.
Lufthansa subsidiary Austrian Airlines has applied to temporarily reduce work hours for its 7,000 employees as the airline copes with a dramatic drop in demand because of the COVID-19 outbreak.
To assist airlines with easing their overheads amidst the COVID-19 outbreak, the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) has announced that it will defer land, take off and parking fees for local airlines for a year.
Norwegian has come out with a dramatic call for help from governments as the airline decided to make deep cuts to its capacity and lay off “a significant share of its workforce.”
Airlines flying from “disease infected zones” to Thailand must now obtain health certificates from passengers confirming they are not infected with the COVID-19 coronavirus before they are allowed to board flights to the country.
