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More Than 60 Countries Around The World Enter Into A State Of Emergency Or "State Closure". Only Two Days, 40 Thousand Flights Canceled!

2020/3/26 11:54:00 0

Global Pandemic Emergency Flight Cancellation

The United States added 12017 cases in 24 hours, totaling 65285 cases. 。 According to real-time statistics released by Johns Hopkins University, 65285 cases of new crown pneumonia were reported and 926 cases died in Beijing as of 7 hours in March 26th. 12017 new cases were confirmed at 7 a.m. the day before. There were more than 10 thousand cases of new cases in third consecutive days, and 230 cases of new deaths.

At present, Nearly 467 thousand of the total confirmed cases in the world, 466955 cases, 7 cases of the number of confirmed cases over 20 thousand, of which 5 countries more than 30 thousand. There were 74386 confirmed cases in Italy, 65285 in the United States, 49515 in Spain, 37323 in Germany, 27017 in Iran, and 25600 in France.

With the development of epidemic prevention and control situation, more than 60 countries or regions have declared a state of emergency, and some countries or regions have adopted measures to "seal the country" and "seal the city".

According to foreign media reports, the impact of the epidemic, the global aviation industry has been hit hard, flight cancellation has become the norm. Only 22 days, 23 days two days, the global cancellation of about 40 thousand flights. The International Air Transport Association predicts that global airline revenue losses will be as high as 2020. 113 billion dollars. 。

According to the flight information tracking website FlightStats, as of 18 March 23rd, the global day canceled 19865 flights, 1163 classes delayed. Among them, the United States cancelled 8137 flights, canceled 4859 flights in Europe, and cancelled 3610 flights in Asia.

Almost all of the activities of the airline were stalled behind the flight. Airlines are grounded, bankrupt, layoffs, and air freight is soaring to 3 digits. The cargo plane is hard to find, and the freight price is high. (see article: grounded, bankrupt, layoffs, air freight soaring to 3 digits! UPS and other international express began to increase the "peak season surcharge". Australia's price has exceeded 100 yuan /KG. Guangzhou CZ China Southern Airlines direct flight to Australia SYD/AKL/MEL air freight 25 break 100/KG!

According to incomplete statistics, Nearly 60 airlines around the world have announced different levels of air suspension. Among them, more than 20 airlines have grounded all flights; 12 airlines have grounded all international routes, including Vietnam Airlines, South Africa Airlines, Columbia Vivian airlines, Pakistan airlines and so on.

Lufthansa	Cut 95% of capacity and suspend 700 aircraft. The company is expected to seek loans from the German government.
Uzbekistan	Suspension of cross boundary air and road transport.
Swiss Airlines	The fleet has been formed. 2/3 of the aircraft grounded. The number of flights is reduced by 80%, and all commercial flights are being considered.
France lotus Airlines	The flight capacity will be cut by 90% in the next few days. Air France will suspend the operation of the 9 A380 in the fleet. All grounded Boeing 747 fleet.
Portugal Airlines	Only 25 international flights are run each week. Most of the planes are grounded.
Norway Airlines	It has cut 85% of its flights and fired thousands of employees.
Finland Airlines	Since April, Finland airlines will be on the basis of 2019. Cut about 90% of normal capacity. From April 1st, Finland airlines will temporarily operate only about 20 routes.
Emirates Airlines	Three All passenger flights will be grounded from 25 April.
Ruian Airlines	Grounded 80% Flights, the future All flights may be grounded.
American Airlines	It cuts 30% of domestic flights and 75% of international flights.
Korean Air	Cut 80% of international capacity Its 145 aircraft have 100 stops.
Qatar Airways	plan Cut 75% of capacity.
EasyJet	Three From 24 to June, Cut capacity by 90% 。
Panama Airlines	The transport capacity will be reduced by 80% in April.
Singapore Airlines	take Reduce 96% 138 of the 147 aircraft in the fleet will be grounded until the end of April.
United Airlines	Domestic flights will be reduced by 60% and international flights will be reduced by 80%.
Qantas	All international routes grounded And 60% of domestic routes to the end of May.
IAG Group (British aircraft carrier company)	It plans to cut the capacity of its airlines by at least 75% in April and May.
Scandinavian Airlines	Suspend most flights and plan Lay off 10 thousand people It accounts for 90% of the total number of employees.
Aerwar	Three All flights will be suspended for at least 2 weeks starting from 25 June.
Turkey Airlines	All international flights except Hongkong, Moscow, Ethiopia, New York and Washington will be suspended from March 27th. 85% The aircraft will be grounded.
Cathay Pacific Airlines	Grounded April and May 96% Flight.
South African Airline	Suspend international routes Operation until May 31, 2020.
Virgin Australia	Grounded all international flights grounded Domestic capacity is cut by half.
Israeli Airways	Most flights are stopped, leaving only flights to Toronto, New York, Paris, London and Johannesburg.
Columbia Airlines	Three Full suspension of international routes from 23 April Domestic routes are suspended by 84%.
Virgin Atlantic	Flight is expected to be reduced by 80%. It will increase to 85% by April.
Canadian Airlines	Temporary layoffs of over 5000 people The layoff is decided to take effect before April. Before April, We will substantially reduce cross-border flights between international flights and Canada and the United States.
Delta Airlines	In the next few months, 40% of capacity will be cut.
XJ Airlines	Three Air tickets will no longer be sold on 23 February, and all international and cross border flights will be suspended. The operation lasted for 30 days.
Cool navigation	Most airline networks will be suspended. 47 aircraft will be grounded in the 49 aircraft fleet.
Jetstar Asia	Three All services will be suspended for three weeks from 23 to April 15th.

The epidemic brings the aviation industry not only to suspend flights, but also some airlines are facing bankruptcy crisis. CAPA warns that Earlier, the International Air Transport Association IATA predicted that IATA this prediction seems to coincide with the warning of CAPA of the Asia Pacific Aviation Center.

Flybe, the largest branch airline in Europe, announced bankruptcy ;
The US branch line Compass has also been announced recently. Shut down 。
Last month, Trans States airlines, which closed last year due to integration and shortage of pilots, recently informed employees that it would be nine months ahead of schedule in April 1st. Shut down 。
Wu Qihong, Woo Kee Hong, has told the media that more than 80% of the international transport capacity of Korean air has been cut due to global travel restrictions. 100 of the 145 aircraft have been grounded, and if they continue to drag on, The company may go bankrupt!
Nordic Airlines (Scandinavian Airlines) announced an emergency on the evening of 15 local time. The company will suspend most of its flights in March 16th until the heavily damaged commercial aviation environment has been improved. Up to 10 thousand employees of the company will face temporary layoffs, accounting for 90% of their total staff.

Emirates issued a statement on March 23rd, saying that it will suspend all passenger services worldwide for two weeks from March 25th, while cargo flights will continue to operate normally. It also said that it will continue to operate passenger and cargo flights to and from a few countries and regions. Countries and regions that maintain flights include: Britain, Switzerland, China, Hongkong, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Australia, South Africa, the United States and Canada. At the same time, the basic salary of most Emirates of the United Arab Emirates Group has been temporarily reduced by three months, from 25% to 50%. During this period, employees will continue to receive other allowances, the basic salaries of junior employees will not be reduced; the president of the Emirates and the chairman of the company will reduce the basic salary of three months by 100%. This is unprecedented in the history of UAE airlines. Even during the two Gulf War and the SARS epidemic in 2003, UAE maintained its normal operation of passenger and aviation services.

It is understood that although the US Department of Homeland Security's new acting minister Chad Wolf (Chad Wolf) said, The United States has no plans to ban domestic travel at present, but the United States has cancelled over 7000 flights for two consecutive days.

United Airlines holding company said on 20 th, The international flight will be cut by 95% in April. About 750 thousand jobs in the United States depend on the aviation industry. According to data from the UniteHere Union, about 2400 airport franchising workers and nearly 300 catering workers are on vacation.

On March 24th, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) released a report that updated the agency's analysis and forecast of the impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic on the global air transport industry.

The report pointed out that according to the latest analysis of the International Air Transport Association, the global air transport passenger revenue may drop by 252 billion dollars due to strict travel restrictions and the expected global recession, down 44% from 2019. Because strict travel restrictions may last for 3 months, and the impact of this year's global economic recession on employment and market confidence will weaken the demand for air transport after the outbreak. It is estimated that global air transport passenger demand (RPKs) will decrease by 38% in 2020 compared with 2019.

Three major aviation alliances around the world -- The world Datong aviation alliance, the Tianhe alliance and the Star Alliance issued a joint statement calling on governments to take actions to help the global aviation industry cope with "unprecedented challenges."