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EasyJet Grounds Entire Fleet Due to Travel Bans

The London Luton-based budget carrier operated the last of 650 rescue flights on Sunday.

CARES Act Passage Applauded, But Details Carry Pitfalls

The U.S. Treasury Department now faces the task of allocating coronavirus aid and assigning conditions.

Singapore Airlines Arranges for Major Funding Injection

SIA Group expects to raise as much as S$15 billion in equity and debt funding.

Qantas Secures Major Private Funding Facility

The Australian flag carrier uses seven Boeing 787-9s as collateral for a new loan.

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India Halts All Domestic Passenger Flying

An order issued by the Indian government to stop all domestic passenger flights followed a shutdown of train operations.

IATA Warns Passenger Revenues 'Have Fallen Off a Cliff'

The international airline trade body calls on governments to urgently help bridge the industry’s liquidity problems.

Singapore Airlines Group To Cut 96 Percent of Capacity

The move to suspend most flights at SIA Group follows similar actions by major Gulf-region carriers Emirates Airline and Etihad Airways.

Emirates To Suspend Passenger Services by March 25

The Dubai-based air transport giant will shut down passenger flying while imposing a 25 to 50 percent salary cut.

New Data Shows Scale of the EU Travel Ban's Effect on Airlines

Almost 50,000 flights and more than 10 million seats will disappear from the market as a direct result of the European Union's 30-day travel ban.

Qantas To Suspend All International Flying

Australia's flag carrier decided to “stand down” two-thirds of its workforce as overseas flying ceases.

Lufthansa To Further Cut Capacity and Ground Most of Fleet

The German airline group has entered talks with Airbus and Boeing to defer deliveries and cancel orders.

U.S. Regional Airline Compass To Close on April 7

Trans States Holdings sees its second regional subsidiary fail in the course of a week.

U.S. Seeks To Strike Balance as Industry Pleads for Bailouts

U.S. airlines expect to be “first in line” for government support of the aerospace industry.

Virus Crisis To Force Austrian, Porter To Suspend All Service

Austrian Airlines to stop flying March 18, Porter on March 20.

Delta To Cut Management Salaries in $4 billion Savings Effort

The Atlanta-based airline is cutting total system capacity by 70 percent.

Etihad Cargo Boosts Capacity Amid Covid-19 Crisis

The Abu Dhabi-based airline’s summer schedule adds capacity to Amsterdam, Hanoi, Hong Kong, Johannesburg, Milan, and Singapore.

U.S. Regional Airline Trans States to Close on April 1

The St. Louis-based United Express partner has accelerated its original plan to draw down operations by year-end.

Norwegian To Cut Service to Bare Bones, Lay Off 7,300

Long-haul LCC Norwegian Air will halt all intercontinental service by the end of March.

Inconspicuously, Aircraft Lessors Hit Hard by Virus Scare

Although most lessors remain in a “holding pattern,” the worsening Covid-19 crisis will force repossession of devalued assets.

U.S. Airlines Call for Massive Government Relief Package

Trade group A4A projects all seven of its passenger airlines likely will run out of money between June 30 and the end of the year absent government action.

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