AirlinesUnited's Short Term Revenue Could Fall As Much As 70% Several airline heads have downplayed the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak in the last few weeks. However, at today’s J.P. Morgan 2020 Industrials Conference, United chairman Scott Kirby shared that he is preparing his company to be ready for substantial cuts.
LinkBreaking: Korean Airlines Latest Airline To Ground Airbus A380s Korean Air has taken a massive 44 routes out of its schedule this week, and has become the latest airline to drop the A380 in favor of smaller aircraft. The airline joins Lufthansa, Qantas and China Southern, who also grounded a number of A380s due to the travel slump caused by the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.
LinkNorwegian Eyes Staff Layoffs And Massive Flight Cuts Troubled Norwegian Air has hit a new headwind today as it has been revealed the airline is to cancel approximately 3,000 departures between mid-March and June, as the coronavirus travel slump takes its toll. In addition to the cancellations, Norwegian is looking to lay off a number of staff on a temporary basis in an attempt to gain control of its overheads.
LinkAmerican Airlines Announces Further Coronavirus Route Cuts On Tuesday morning, American Airlines announced that it would further reduce its schedule due to the drop in demand following the outbreak of the novel coronavirus. The airline will reduce its international capacity over the summer peak by 10%, including a 55% reduction in transpacific capacity.
LinkRyanair Suspends All Flights To Italy Until April 8th European low-cost giant Ryanair has canceled flights to Italy until the 8th of April. The decision was made as other airlines such as British Airways and Wizz Air announced similar measures. Yesterday Italy was out on lockdown to try and halt the spread of the disease.
LinkCrazy: AirAsia Is Offering Free Seats To Fill Aircraft AirAsia is taking its slogan to the next level. Now everyone can fly… for free! In an attempt to encourage people to continue flying amidst the Coronavirus outbreak, the airline is offering huge discounts. And by huge, we mean absolutely massive. Over six million seats are on offer for heavily discounted prices, including some for free!
LinkVirus Forces Virgin Atlantic To Fly Nearly Empty Planes British airline Virgin Atlantic has been seen to be undertaking some ‘ghost’ flights, operating services with very few passengers on board. This is being done in order to protect its valuable airport slots.
LinkCitilink Will Connect Indonesia With Frankfurt From June 2020 Indonesian low-cost carrier Citilink will launch its first European service to Frankfurt, Germany, commencing June 2nd, 2020.
According to the analysis done by aviation website CH-Aviation, the Jakarta-based airline will also start flying its first route to Japan.
LinkBreaking: British Airways Cancels All Flights To Italy Until April British Airways has canceled all flights to Italy until the 4th of April. The move, first spotted by Head for Points, comes as the country was yesterday placed into lockdown amid the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.
LinkThai Airways A330 Collides With Private Jet Chopping Its Tail Off A Thai Airways Airbus A330 decapitated the tail of a private jet at Vientiane Airport in Laos last night. Both aircraft had to remain on the scene, with neither (especially the private jet) being able to perform their scheduled services. Fortunately, no one was hurt.
LinkBamboo Airways Delays European Boeing 787 Debut Bamboo Airways appears to have delayed its entry into Europe. It had initially been planning to launch services to Prague later this month. However, the launch of the route has now been postponed to late April.
LinkIranAir Suspends All Flights To Europe In a brief statement issued on March 8th, 2020, the national flag carrier of Iran, IranAir announced the cancelation of all flights to Europe. The suspension of flights is effective immediately and will continue until further notice.
LinkQantas Delays Airbus A350-1000 Order Qantas has deferred its Airbus A350-1000 order that it had pledged for Project Sunrise today, citing that the coronavirus had put pressure on the airline’s financial performance and ordering new aircraft would not be a smart move at this time.
LinkVirgin Atlantic Stores Its Final Three Airbus A340s Virgin Atlantic has been planning to retire its Airbus A340s for some time now. The original plan was to phase the aircraft type out of its fleet by the end of 2019. However, their 787 Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engine issues postponed things a little bit. Now, with the coronavirus outbreak driving down global demand for air travel, it appears that the airline is storing these aircraft. Could this also mean an early retirement?
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