Who’s Flying? 3/24: Very Few Airlines

Taylor Rains March 24, 2020

New York, USA - October 20, 2015: Air Traffic Control Tower and Terminal 4 with Air planes at the gates in JFK Airport in NY. 1963 the airport was rededicated John F. Kennedy International Airport.

As the coronavirus cripples the aviation industry, airlines are being forced to significantly cut capacity, while others are shutting down altogether. FlyerTalk has obtained a spreadsheet from aviation journalist Seth Miller that outlines the status of major airlines around the world, including who’s still flying and who is not. These are expected to change as borders close, but here is what has been gathered so far.

Update 3/24

Air Astana cuts capacity by 98%
GOL cuts capacity from 70% to 96%
Azul cuts capacity from 50% to 90%
Aegean cuts capacity by 80%
Pegasus cuts capacity by 30%
Avianca stops flying
Buzz stops flying
Comair stops flying
Malta Air stops flying
Royal Air Maroc stops flying
SunExpress stops flying

Update 3/23

Aerolineas Argentina cuts capacity by 99%
Volotea cuts capacity by 99%
Singapore Airlines cuts capacity from 50% to 96%
SilkAir cuts capacity from 50% to 96%
Kenya Airways cuts capacity by 96%
Scoot cuts capacity by 96%
Emirates cuts capacity by 95%
Hawaiian Airlines cuts capacity from 40% to 90%
Turkish Airlines cuts capacity by 85%
KLM cuts capacity from 80% to 90%
Icelandair cuts capacity from 40% to 86%
WizzAir cuts capacity from 20% to 85%
Gulf Air cuts capacity by 65%
United cuts capacity from 60% to 65%
Saudia cuts capacity by 60%
Flair cuts capacity by 50%
JetBlue cuts capacity from 40% to 55%
Southwest cuts capacity from 20% to 25%
Air Arabia stops flying
Air India stops flying
Air India Express stops flying
Air Vanuatu stops flying
AirAsia India stops flying
BlueAir stops flying
Copa stops flying
Etihad stops flying
Flydubai stops flying
GoAir stops flying
IndiGo stops flying
SpiceJet stops flying
TAAG Angola stops flying
Vistara stops flying

Update 3/20

Cathay Pacific cuts capacity from 65% to 96%
Avianca cuts capacity from 30% to 95%
easyJet cuts capacity from 30% to 90%
Finnair cuts capacity from 80% to 90%
TAP cuts capacity from 11% to 90%
Fiji Airways cuts capacity by 90%
El Al cuts capacity by 85%
Qatar cuts capacity from 5% to 75%
American Airlines cuts capacity from 34% to 50%
BA CityFlyer stops flying
Compass Airlines stops flying
HK Express stops flying
LEVEL (Spain) stops flying
Luxair stops flying
Pacific Coastal Airlines stops flying
Qazaq Air stops flying
Smartwings (Czech Republic) stops flying
Thai Lion Air stops flying

AIRLINES STILL FLYING BY CAPACITY CUT

The following airlines have cut their operations by anywhere from 5% to 90%. Use the airline links to get more details on the status of each.

95-99%

Aerolineas Argentina: 99% in March
Ryanair: 99% beginning March 25, only operating a few flights operating to “maintain essential connectivity between the UK and Ireland”
SAS: 99% beginning March 16
Volotea: 99% (timeframe unknown)
Air Astana: 98% until April 15

Lufthansa Group: 98% from March 24 to April 19, skeleton repatriation services operating, 700 of 763 aircraft grounded
Emirates: 95% (timeframe unknown)
Singapore Airlines: 96% in March and April
SilkAir: 96% in April
Scoot: 96% (timeframe unknown) 47 of 49 aircraft grounded
Kenya Airways: 96% (timeframe unknown)
Air Mauritius: 96% in March
Cathay Pacific: 96% in April and May, including Cathay Dragon, but not HK Express
GOL: 96% until May 3, only 50 “essential” flights still operating
Avianca: 95% from March 23 to April 30
Lufthansa: 95% until April 19
Swiss: 95% until April 19
Fiji Airways: 95% until May 31, only a few flights to Samoa scheduled

90%

Air France: 90% from March 18 to May
Air Senegal: 90% from March 20 to April 18
Azul: 90% until April 30
easyJet: 90% beginning March 24
Finnair: 90% until June
Hawaiian Airlines: 90% in April, LAX-PPG and a few inter-island flights are still operating
KLM: 90% from March 29 to May 3
South African Airways: 90% until May 31
TAP: 90% in April and May
Winair: 90% in March with no end date, only serving five destination

85-89%

Icelandair: 86% from March until May
Norwegian: 85% (timeframe unknown)
El Al: 85% (timeframe unknown), only operating flights to CDG, LHR, JFK, JNB, and YYZ
Korean Air: 85% until the end of March, 87% of international routes and 69% of domestic routes have been suspended
Turkish Airlines: 85% until April 1, all international flights cut except flights to JFK, IAD, HKG, ADD, and VKO
WizzAir: 85% (timeframe unknown)

80%

IAG (Owner of BA, Iberia, Vueling, and Aer Lingus): 80% in April and May
Aegean: 80% until April 30, “A minimum service schedule to major EU destinations and all domestic destinations will be retained at this time.”
Jetstar Pacific (Vietnam): 80% (timeframe unknown), 100% of international routes suspended, only operating “significant” domestic flights
Qantas: 80% in March and May, 100% of international routes and 60% of domestic routes have been suspended
Virgin Atlantic: 80% until March 26

75%

Virgin Australia: 75% from March 30 to June 14, 100% of international routes and 50% of domestic routes have been suspended
WestJet: 75% from March 23 to April 22, 100% of international routes and 50% of domestic routes have been suspended
Qatar: 75% (timeframe unknown)

70%

Delta: 70% (timeframe unknown), 600 aircraft grounded
LATAM: 70% (timeframe unknown), 90% of international routes and 40% of domestic routes have been suspended
Jetstar Japan: 70% (timeframe unknown), 100% of international flights grounded

60-65%

Gulf Air: 65% in March
United: 65% in April, 95% of international routes and 42% of domestic routes have been suspended
Air Astana: 60% from March 18 to April 15, the airline’s low-cost carrier, FlyArystan, has also cut flights by 60% for the same time frame
Air New Zealand: 60% until June 3, 85% of international routes, 20% of domestic routes, and 80% of trans-Tasman routes have been suspended
Alitalia: 60% (timeframe unknown)
Saudia: 60% in March

50-59%

ANA: 57% until April 24
JetBlue: 55% in April and May, “substantial” cuts will also occur in June and July
Loganair: 55% from March 27 to May 31
Air Antilles: 50% in March
Air Canada: 50% in April and June
Air Tindi: 50% (timeframe unknown)
American Airlines: 50% (timeframe unknown)
Flair: 50% (timeframe unknown)
Malaysia Airlines: 50% (unknown timeframe)
Swoop: 50% beginning March 23, 100% of international flights suspended

40%

Aeromexico: 40% from March 17 to April 30, 40% of European international routes have been suspended, while the percent of domestic is unknown
InterJet: 40% (timeframe unknown)

30-35%

Aeroflot: 35% in April and May
Allegiant: 35% in April and May
Japan Airlines: 30% by March 28, 55% of international routes between March 22 and March 28, and 81% of domestic routes have been suspended
Pegasus: 30% (timeframe unknown)