Aviation

Europe’s airlines stand to lose over 76 billion dollars in revenues in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, IATA says and calls on governments to take immediate action.

AEGEAN and Hellenic Petroleum will transport medical and pharmaceutical supplies via 10 free cargo flights to support Greece’s effort to combat the coronavirus crisis.

KLM will start its summer schedule on March 29, with a significantly reduced network due to the coronavirus crisis.

Qatar Airways has informed that it continues to operate four weekly flights to Athens in its effort to help get people home to their loved ones.

A return flight schedule has been put in effect for the airlines in the Lufthansa Group, which is valid until April 19.

Ryanair will ground most of its aircraft in the coming weeks but will continue to provide repatriation flights for many EU governments amid the COVID-19 crisis.

The passenger revenues of the air transport industry for 2020 could plummet $252 billion or 44% below 2019’s figure due to the Covid-19 pandemic, according to IATA’s new estimate.

The European Parliament on March 26 will decide on the Commission’s proposal to temporary waive the ‘use it or lose it’ airport slot rule in order to stop the so-called ghost flights.

Emirates will temporarily suspend most of its passenger operations by March 25 and retain flights to only 13 countries to support the repatriation of travellers.

Singapore Airlines is grounding 138 aircraft out of a total fleet of 147, given the further tightening of border controls around the world due to the Covid-19 outbreak.