BREAKING Austrian Airlines to suspend all flights
Austrian Airlines decided to temporarily terminate all regular flight operations starting Wednesday night, March 18, 2020.
BREAKING Ryanair to ground almost all of its 450 Boeing 737-800s
Ryanair has announced plans to ground the majority of its aircraft fleet across Europe over the next 7 to 10 days due to covid-19 pandemic. In a statement, Ryanair said the airline is expecting to reduce its seat capacity by up to 80% and a full grounding of the fleet cannot be ruled out. Ryanair…
BREAKING Finnair to cut capacity by 90%
Finnair is now making substantial adjustments to its traffic and will reduce approximately 90 per cent of its normal capacity, compared to 2019, starting from the beginning of April 2020. These adjustments will be in effect until the situation improves. As of 1 April, Finnair will temporarily operate only approximately 20 routes, ensuring certain critical…
BREAKING Air France-KLM to reduce flight operations by 70-90%, all A380s and 747s to be grounded
The COVID-19 crisis has continued to spread in recent days, leading many countries to take increasingly stringent measures in an attempt to slow the rate of spread of the epidemic. Some countries have imposed constraints on the movement of travellers from France, the Netherlands or more broadly from Europe. In France, the transition to a…
BREAKING TUI suspends the vast majority of flight operations until further notice
TUI Group announced that it was suspending, in line with government guidelines, the vast majority of all travel operations until further notice. All updates on TUI website. “This temporary suspension is aimed at contributing to global governmental efforts to mitigate the effects of the spread of the Covid-19,” the travel giant said in a statement.…
BREAKING British Airways to cut capacity by 75%
The owner of British Airways said the airline would cut capacity drastically to try to survive the coronavirus outbreak. IAG the owner of British Airways, said it would cut its flying capacity by at least 75% in April and May and its outgoing boss Willie Walsh would defer his retirement.
BREAKING easyJet could ground the majority of its fleet
easyJet said the airline would cut capacity drastically to try to survive the coronavirus outbreak. EasyJet said it could ground the majority of its fleet on a rolling basis, and its chief executive Johan Lundgren called for coordinated government backing to help the aviation industry survive.
ALERT AirBaltic to suspend flight operations from Tuesday
Due to the Latvian government’s decision to suspend international air traffic starting on March 17 in order to limit the spread of the coronavirus, all airBaltic connections will be temporarily suspended starting on March 17 until April 14, including operations of airBaltic from Estonia and Lithuania, the airline announced.
ALERT Air New Zealand to cut long-haul capacity by 85%
Air New Zealand is further reducing capacity across its network as coronavirus reduces demand for travel. The airline has placed itself into a trading halt today to allow it time to more fully assess the operational and financial impacts of global travel restrictions. On its long-haul network Air New Zealand will be reducing its capacity…
Follow Air Tahiti Nui Boeing 787-9 performing the longest domestic flight in the world
Due to the US restrictions for travelers from Europe, Air Tahiti Nui will not stop at LAX, making #TN64 the longest domestic flight in the world with 16h30 from Papeete to Paris Track the flight
BREAKING Qatar to stop all international flights
Qatar will stop all inbound flights to its capital Doha as of Wednesday for 14 days with the exception of cargo and transit flights.
BREAKING Scandinavian Airlines to suspend all flight operations
SAS published a statement regarding the halt of its flight operations. SAS statement: Due to the coronavirus and the measures implemented by national authorities, the demand for air travel is essentially non-existent. SAS has therefore decided to put most of its operations on hold, starting Monday March 16 and until necessary prerequisites for commercial air…