State and Airline Response to COVID-19. 13 April 2020 Airline Announcement 2019 Aer Lingus See IAG
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State and Airline Response to COVID-19. 13 April 2020 Airline Announcement 2019 Aer Lingus See IAG. Flights currently down 94% (8/4 ECTL stats). 0.8% Air Dolomiti Suspended flights (18/3–19/4), exc. Milan-Frankfurt (23/3). Some repatriation flights [2/4]. 0.2% Air France Flight capacity cut by 90% from 23/3, for 2 months [20/3]. Nationalisation proposed [18/3]. All A380 3.2% grounded [16/3]. Flights currently down 98% (8/4 ECTL stats). Air Malta Suspended flights from 25/3 (until further notice), exception for cargo, humanitarian and repatriation or 0.2% special flights [18/3]. Air Moldova Suspended flights (25/3–15/5) [26/3]. 0.1% Air Serbia Suspended passenger transport (19/3–30/4 or later) (see Serbia). 0.3% airBaltic Suspended flights (17/3–12/5). Flight capacity reduced by 50% 15/4-30/10 [3/4] (see Latvia). Pax flights 0.6% to/from Amsterdam and Frankfurt on 15,22,29/4 & 12/5 [9/4]. Alitalia Flights currently down by 88% (8/4 ECTL stats). Nationalised [17/3]. Reimbursement or exchange of tickets 1.9% booked until 31 May proposed [20/3]. Austrian Airlines Suspended flights (19/3–3/5) [2/4]. Expects 25%-50% of demand for Summer (vs S19). 1.4% Blue Air Suspended flights (21/3–16/5). 0.3% Braathens Suspended flights (19/3–31/5). Files for bankruptcy protection [6/4]. 0.2% British Airways (BAW/SHT/CFE) See IAG. Suspending all flights to and from London Gatwick airport [30/3]. Flights currently down by 95% 3.0% (8/4 ECTL stats). To suspend 80% of staff [2/4]. Sends for extended parking half (6) of its A380 fleet and 5 of its B747 [6/4] Brussels Airlines Suspended flights (21/3–15/5) [6/4]. Cancels 8 destinations until April 2021 [9/4] 0.8% Croatia Airlines Daily returns between Zagreb and up to 4 main European cities [4/4]. Dubrovnik airport closed [19/3]. 0.3% Suspended flights to Croatian coast [15/3]. Czech Airlines Suspended flights (16/3–11/4). 0.3% easyJet (EZY/EJU/EZS) Suspended flights (30/3-30/6). Defers fleet expansion to 2022 [11/4] 6.2% El Al Suspends all flights (27/3–2/5), except cargo and essential flights [2/4]. 0.1% Eurowings Basic flight supply from Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Stuttgart and Cologne [20/3]. See Lufthansa Grp. 2.4% Finnair Flies 4 domestic & 9 European routes (1/4–30/6) & 1 intercontinental route (3/5-30/6) [1 April]. Flights 1.3% currently down by 91% (8/4 ECTL stats) HOP Suspended flights from 20 March. 0.5% IAG Cuts capacity by 90% in April/May [2/4]. 7.3% Iberia (IBE/IBS) See IAG. 1.3% Jet2.com Suspended flights from 23 March [17/3]. Will resume flights on 17/6 [7/4]. 0.9% KLM Cuts 90% flights (29/3–3/5). Grounded its 5 B747s. [16/3]. 2.4% LOT Suspended int’l flights (15/3–11/4) [26/3]. Flights currently down by 97% (8/4 ECTL stats). 1.3% Lufthansa See Lufthansa Group. Flights currently down by 94% (8/4 ECTL stats). 5.1% Lufthansa Group Flight scheduled adapted for returnees (23/3–19/4): ~40 daily connections [20/3]. Grounded 700 out of 11.1% 763 aircraft. Lufthansa Cargo flies its regular programme except to mainland China. Reduced hours for 77% of staff (1/4). Important operations restructuration after COVID-19: fleet reduction (-42 aircraft) and Germanwings suspension [7/4]. Montenegro Airlines Suspended flights until 30 April [7/4]. 0.1% Norwegian Airlines (NAX/IBK) Flights currently down 92% (8/4 ECTL stats). Layoff 90% of staff from 21 March [16/3]. 2.1% Pegasus Suspended flights from 28/3 (30/3 ECTRL stats). 1.6% Royal Air Maroc Suspended flights until further notice (22/3). Cargo flights continue 0.2% Ryanair Group (RYR,LDM,RUK,RYS) Flights down 97% (9/4 ECTL stats), suspends all flights (24/3 -April/May [25/3]). RYR limited schedule: 13 8.5% routes from IE & 12 routes from GB extended until 16 April (27/3-16/4). SAS Flights currently down by 91% (8/4 ECTL stats). Operates some domestic routes (DK,NO,SE), intra- 3.0% Scandinavian routes and one European route. Sunexpress Suspended flights consistent with current TR restrictions (see Turkey) (23/3). 0.6% Swiss Cut 97% of its programme. Newark the only long-haul destination (23/3-3/5). 1.4% TAP Flies 3 domestic routes (1/4–11/5) [8/4]. Flights down 99% (8/4 ECTL stats). 1.3% Transavia All flights suspended until 6 May [31/3]. 0.4% TUI Airlines Suspension of TUI GB flights extended (17/3–14/5). Suspension of TUI fly flights BE until 10 May [1/4]. TUI 0.6% Germany gets a government loan [9/4] Turkish Airlines All international flights suspended (27/3–1/5). All domestic flights suspended (3/4–20/4) [3/4]. Flights 4.3% currently down by 93% (8/4 ECTL stats). Ukraine Int'l Suspends all scheduled flights (25/3–24/4) [26/3] - see Ukraine. 0.5% Virgin Atlantic Cuts 85% of flights (16/3). GB flights only from Heathrow (26/3). No passenger flight 21/4-26/4 [9/4] 0.1% Volotea Reported that nearly all flights suspended (17/3). 0.6% Vueling See IAG. Subsidiary LEVEL Europe suspended flights to 17 April [31/3]. Flights down by 98% (8/4 ECTL stats). 2.2% Widerøe See Norway. Flights now down by 49% (8/4 ECTL stats) 1.2% Wizz (WZZ/WUK) Suspended flights to IT, PL, LV, MD [14/3], BA [30/3], RO, GB, NL, CH [5/4]. Flights now down by 98% (8/4 2.2% ECTL stats). Other airlines 34.1% Country Status EU27 External borders and Schengen closed for 1 month [17/3] EU commission suggests to extend closure until 15/5 [8/4] exc. pax from GB, CH, NO, LI and IS. Applies below unless specified. Albania Tighter lockdown from 30/3. No pax flights from IT, GR, GB, DE, AT, CH, HU, BE [23/3], nor intl pax from there [27/3]. Armenia State of emergency until 14 April. Lockdown [17/3]. Flight restrictions to RU, GE. [19/3] Restrictions on arriving pax. Austria Lockdown (15/3), partial lifting due 14 April. No non-EU pax (exc. GB, IS, LI, NO, CH) allowed from outside Schengen area. Quarantine all arriving AT citizens/residents [21/3]. Tighter border closure (18/3). 15 smaller airports closed (25/3). No pax flights from CN, KR, IR, IT, CH, FR, ES, UK, NL, RU und UA until 30/4 [9/4] Azerbaijan Int’l, non-cargo flights restricted (15/3). Lockdown extended to most shops [23/3]. Borders closed [21/3]. Belgium Lockdown extended to 19 April (27/3). VFR flights prohibited [19/3]. Borders shut to all but freight and essential business [20/3]. Charleroi airport closed (25/3–3/5). Brussels airport operates cargo and essential flights only. Bosnia- State of Emergency (17/3). Self-isolation for all arrivals. Foreign nationals banned [27/3]. All airports closed for passenger traffic Herzegovina (30/3–30/4) with exemptions (only for transport of goods and humanitarian aid). Bulgaria State of emergency extended until 13 May. Lockdown. No pax flights except with 19 EU destinations [6/4]. No flights from ES, IT, GB, FR, DE, NL, CH [1/4], AT, BE, IS, LI and LU [6/4] Croatia Self-isolation for arrivals. School/univ. Lockdown [16/3]. Entry largely limited to HR citizens [20/3]. Dubrovnik airport closed to 15/4. Cyprus Lockdown [23/3]. New arrivals to quarantine. Borders closed. No flights from/to EU plus CH, IS, LI, NO [21/3]. Czech Republic Borders closed. Lockdown extended (16/3–11/4), possible slight relaxation (9/4). International flights to Prague only (16/3). State of emergency extended (16/3–30/4) [7/4]. Denmark Closed borders except DK citizens (with exceptions), and connecting pax. Lockdown from 16/3. Limited availability at EKCH (with exceptions) (13/4-4/5) [9/4]. Estonia Lockdown. State of emergency extended (12/3–1/5). Self-isolation for many arrivals. Closed borders except EE citizens. Finland State of emergency extended (16/3–13/5). Lockdown and borders closed. Restrictions on arriving flights (18/3–13/4). Travel banned between Ususimaa (includes Helsinki) and elsewhere (27/3–19/4). No pax flights 13/4 – 27/4 [10/4] France Lockdown until 15 April [27/3]. Borders closed. No foreign pax, as EU27 + MC [21/3]. Orly airport closed on 31/3 as well as other airports. Suspends some aviation taxes (2/4). Georgia Borders closed (18/3). Pax flights to and from Georgia prohibited [21/3]. Quarantine for all arrivals [1 April] Germany Social distancing (23/3–19/4). Border closure (18/3), see EU27, 14-day quarantine on arrivals (with exceptions) [6 April]. Measures extended to 20 April (1/4). Restricted VFR flights at major airports (27/3). Greece Closed borders to non-EU (19/3). School closure to 9 April, some markets closed. (21/3) Lockdown [23/3] No flights from IT, ES, GB, TR, NL (with exceptions), flights from DE to Athens only (29/3). No domestic charter & GA in Athens FIR (4/4). Hungary Indefinite lockdown [9/4]. Closed borders except to Hungarian citizens. No pax flights from IT, IL, CN, KR (3/4). Ireland Lockdown extended (24/3-5/5) [10/4]. Self-quarantine on all arrivals.