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.…
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.
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.
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.
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…
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
Qatar will stop all inbound flights to its capital Doha as of Wednesday for 14 days with the exception of cargo and transit flights.
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…
American Airlines has announced it is cutting international services by 75% from March 16 to May 6. The reduction is in response to the downturn due to SARS-CoV-2/COVID-191 pandemic. It will also reduce domestic capacity by 20% in April and 30% in May. It will ground nearly all of it’s widebody fleet. Almost all flights…
The Qantas Group today announced that it will allow customers to cancel flights and receive travel credit. The option applies to customers with existing and new bookings on both domestic and international flights. The offer is available until 31 March for travel up until 31 May 2020. The group will also waive change fees when…
Spanish authorities have implemented strict travel restrictions for flights to, from and within Spain from Monday 16 March. easyJet will be operating their normal schedule on Sunday 15 and Monday 16 March to try and allow as many people as possible to return home. However, flights from 17 March until 29 March will be cancelled…
The Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg has announced several additional restrictions. From 8am CET on Monday, March 16, all Norwegian airports and seaports will close to everyone apart from those returning home to Norway. The announcement follows similar measures taken by Denmark, which announced a border closure yesterday.