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Anonymous ID: 0c67c7 Feb. 21, 2020, 7:48 a.m. No.8206411   🗄️.is đź”—kun

>>8205299 pb Airlines that have cancelled all flights to mainland China

 

IATA: Virus may slash $29 billion from airlines’ revenue

 

The outbreak of the new virus threatens to erase $29 billion (3.2 trillion yen) of this year’s revenue for global airlines, mostly for Chinese carriers, as travel crashes worldwide, according to the International Air Transport Association.

 

The trade group for global airlines said Thursday that the COVID-19 virus has the potential to cause a 13 percent decline in demand for Asian carriers this year. The contraction comes at a time when Asian airlines’ sales had been growing, the group said.

 

Global air traffic will be reduced by 4.7 percent for the year, marking the first overall decline in such demand since the financial crisis of 2008 and 2009, IATA said in a statement. How profits will be affected was still unclear, it said.

 

The estimates foresee a scenario where COVID-19 has a “V-shaped impact,” similar to what happened during the SARS virus outbreak in 2003, with a sharp dive followed by a quick recovery, according to IATA. The virus, which began in China late last year, has sickened more than 75,000 people in China, Some 2,000 people have died in China. More than 1,000 cases have been found outside mainland China.

 

International airlines including British Airways, Germany’s Lufthansa, Australia’s Qantas and the three largest U.S. airlines have suspended flights to China, in some cases until late April or May. Cathay Pacific asked employees to take three weeks of unpaid leave to help it weather the crisis.

 

Travel restrictions inside China and fear of the illness have devastated demand for domestic flights in the fast-growing China market. Many nations are warning people not to travel to China, or barring travelers from China, especially from the Wuhan area, at the center of the outbreak.

 

People around the world are also voluntarily scaling back travel, while some governments and health experts are encouraging people to stay indoors not only in China but also South Korea and Japan to avoid getting infected.

http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/13153099

Anonymous ID: 0c67c7 Feb. 21, 2020, 8:48 a.m. No.8206879   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>6919 >>6958

SAM336 USAF G5 @40k ft NW and a little CHAOS81 and 82 KC-46A Pegasus for the morning-depending on where you are

 

The KC-46A Pegasus is a wide-body, multi-role tanker that can refuel all U.S., allied and coalition military aircraft compatible with international aerial refueling procedures. Boeing designed the KC-46 to carry passengers, cargo and patients. The aircraft can detect, avoid, defeat and survive threats using multiple layers of protection, which will enable it to operate safely in medium-threat environments.