More than 7,500 aircraft are currently stored due to coronavirus crisis

Around one third of the global commercial airline fleet is currently in storage as carriers seek to weather the coronavirus pandemic.

Airlines parking their planes wing to wing at a storage facility in Victorville, Ca. 30-40 planes landing a day. Several hundred more on the way. Runways closing for storage. Employees say this is what they saw after 9/11 but at a faster rate. pic.twitter.com/qmgwODYrKh

— Sam Sweeney (@SweeneyABC) March 25, 2020

In total, around 7,500 planes are now idle as schedules continue to be cut according to data from analytics expert, Cirium.

[#Coronavirus]

« Pour ce qui est de l’avenir, il ne s’agit pas de le prévoir mais de le rendre possible »
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Un jour tous ces avions d’@AirFranceFR seront de nouveau dans les airs … en attendant … #RestezChezVous#SolidariteCOVID19 #AirFrance pic.twitter.com/ZKcNof6hhk

— Philippe Lacroute (@CaptainLacroute) March 26, 2020

However, Cirium has transferred just under 100 passenger jets operated by Chinese airlines from ‘in-storage’ status to ‘in-service’ over the past seven days.

See daily updates from Cirium here.