THAI plans a drastic reduction of its flights from Jan-Oct 2020 due to the decreasing number of passengers because of Covid-19 outbreak, a source revealed. The plan aimed to cancel up to 22,948 flights or an average 39.2% of the total 58,513 flights that were previously scheduled. According to the source, in January 28 flights, or 0.4%, of total flights per month were cancelled while in February 454 flights (7.5%) were cancelled. In March 2,115 flights (33.3%) will be cancelled. The company is planning to cancel 3,318 flights (55.2%) in April, 3,179 flights (54.7%) in May, 2,840 flights (51.6%) in June, 2,609 flights (46.3%) in July, 2,601 flights (46.1%) in August, 2,505 flights (46.4%) in September and 3,299 flights (58.6%) in October. <br/>
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Asiana Airlines said Tuesday it has asked 12 cabin crew members to self-isolate after their colleague on a Incheon-New York flight was diagnosed with the new coronavirus. The infected flight attendant flew with the 12 others on the flight OZ222, which left Incheon last Tuesday (Korean time) and returned on the flight OZ221 from New York Thursday (US time), according to Asiana. The purser reportedly travelled in his private car to Gangwon Province, Saturday and Sunday. Sunday, the cabin crew member showed symptoms, such as a fever, and on the following day, he was diagnosed with COVID-19. The 12 crew members are not subject to self-quarantine, the company said. But the company put the 12 employees in self-quarantine for 14 days in a pre-emptive measure to prevent the spread of the virus, a spokesman said. <br/>
Avianca has suspended domestic flights through at least April 12l, citing the Colombian federal govt’s closing of the country’s airspace, which commences March 25. The carrier states March 24 that it will “coordinate with govts and their respective embassies to ensure continued humanitarian and repatriation flights”. March 20, Avianca ceased its international passenger flights beginning 23 March, stating that although the govt’s move to limit the spread of the coronavirus did not presently include restrictions on domestic air transport, domestic demand has been “severely impacted” by diminished international connectivity and that it was thus reducing its domestic capacity by 84%. Monday, S&P Global Ratings downgraded Avianca‘s credit rating 2 notches to ’CCC’. <br/>