Suspension of Global Airlines amid COVID-19 Pandemic
China Aviation Daily | Mar. 24, 2020
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The COVID-19 has spread around the world, with more than 170 countries and regions reporting confirmed cases of the virus. In such a severe situation, a number of airlines began to suspend international flights, or even cancel all flights.
95-99%
- Ryanair suspends 99% of flights from March 25 except those providing essential connectivity between UK and Ireland.
- SAS cuts 99% of flights starting March 16.
- Air Mauritius has suspended 96% of flights in March.
- Cathay Pacific is to ground 96% of flights in April and May, including Cathay Dragon but excluding HK Express.
- Avianca plans to cut 95% of flights from March 23 to April 30.
- Lufthansa and Swiss International Air Lines plan to cancel 95% of flights until April 19.
90%
- Air France suspends 90% of flights from March 18 to May.
- Air Sénégal cancels 90% of flights between March 20 and April 18.
- easyJet cuts 90% flights starting March 24.
- Fiji Air plans to ground 90% of flights from late March to May 31, except for the biweekly routes to and form Singapore.
- Finnair has grounded 90% flights until June.
- South African Airways has grounded 90% of flights until May 31.
- Air Portugal has grounded 90% of flights in April and May.
- Winair is to cancel 90% flights from March to further notice, except for five destinations.
85%
- Air Norway has grounded 85% of its flights until further notice.
- El Al has stopped 85% flights without a specific deadline, except for flights to CDG, LHR, JFK, JNB and YYZ.
- Korean Air has grounded 85% of its flights until the end of March.
80%
- Copa will ground 80% of flights in April
- IAG plans to suspend over 80% flights in April and May.
- Jetstar Pacific (Vietnam) suspended 80% of flights until further notice.
- KLM will ground 80% of its flights in April and May.
- Qantas has grounded 90% of its international routes and 60% of its domestic routes until the end of May.
- Virgin Atlantic expects to reduce 80% of its capacity by March 26, and 75% of the aircraft will be grounded. This number will increase to 85% by April.
75%
- Virgin Australia will reduce 75% of flights from March 30 to June 14, including all international flights and 50% of domestic flights.
- WestJet will suspend 75% of routes from March 23 to April 22, including all international routes and 50% of domestic routes.
- Qatar will suspend 75% of flights until further notice.
70%
- Delta will suspend 70% of flights until further notice.
- GOL will reduce flights by 60-70% until mid-June.
- LATAM will ground about 70% of flights until further notice, including 90% of international flights and 40% of domestic flights.
- Jetstar Japan reduces about 70% of flights until further notice, including all international flying.
60%
- Air Astana and FlyArystan have grounded 60% of its flights since March 18 to April 15.
- Air New Zealand plans to extend 60% of flight suspension to June 3. It has grounded 85% of international routes, 20% of domestic routes and 80% of New Zealand-Australia routes.
- Alitalia stops 60% of flights until further notice.
- United is expected to ground 60% of its flights in April. It has grounded about 85% of international routes and 42% of domestic routes.
50%-59%
- Air Tindi and Malaysia Airlines ground about 50% of flights until further notice.
- Azul, SilkAir and Singapore Airlines plan to ground about 50% of flights until the end of April.
- Loganair plans to ground about 55% of its flights until the end of May.
- Swoop has grounded 50% of its flights since March 23, including all international flights.
40%
- Aeromexico and Hawaiian Airlines plan to ground 40% of flights until the end of April.
- InterJet ground about 40% of flights until further notice.
- JetBlue is to cut capacity by about 40% in April and May.
30%-35%
- Allegiant said it would cancel 30-35% of flights in April and May.
- Icelandair suspended 30% of flights until May.
- Japan Airlines will stop about 30% of flights until March 28.
10%-25%
- Alaska Airlines will ground 15% of flights in May.
- Southwest will cut 20% of flights between April 14 and June 5.
- Spirit will suspend 20% of flights in April and 25% in May.
- SunCountry will stop capacity by 23% in April and more in May.
- Vietnam Airlines will ground 20% of flights until the end of April.
- VietJet plans to suspend 15% of flights until further notice.
- Vistara Airlines has reduced 20% flights until the end of April and grounded all international routes until the end of March.
- WizzAir will ground 20% of flights.
- GoAir suspended 10% of flights until April 15. Its international flights are all suspended with domestic flights in India.
Airlines with uncertain suspension rate
- SpiceJet has suspended its major international routes, except some routes on certain dates, such as Kolkata-Dhaka, Chennai-Colombo, Mumbai-Dubai and Delhi-Dubai.
- Saudia has grounded all international routes over the next two weeks.