Virgin Australia cuts entire international network, halves domestic capacity

Virgin Australia will suspend all international flights until June, and ground its entire widebody fleet, as it continues to reel from the impact of coronavirus outbreak. It will also cut domestic capacity by half until June, up from a previously announced cut of 5%. Virgin Australia states that it was cutting all international flights from March 30 owing to new travel restrictions announced by the Australian govt, as well as measures imposed by countries across the world. On the domestic front, the carrier says capacity cuts are due to weakened travel demand. It adds that it will be working through route and schedule details now, and will inform its customers in the coming week. In total, the Virgin Australia Group – which also includes Tigerair Australia – will ground 53 aircraft across its international and domestic units. <br/>