With closed borders and regeringsbestemte islolationspolitikker the world over can coronakrisen really felt in the aviation industry.
For the German company Lutfhansa to such a degree that they are now closing one of their low cost.
“German aircraft movements will be closed,” it said in an announcement after a meeting of the Lutfhansas board of directors.
the German has since 2002 been flown on the cape with other low-cost airlines such as Ryanair, EasyJet and Norwegian on the europeans ‘ favor, but after april, the German company will no longer be to find in the sky.
Selling out of the fleet
in Addition to the closure of the German communicate to Lufthansa, as a result of the coronakrisen intention to phase out part of their fleet.
According to the finansmediet Barrons are about 40 of the company’s total of 763 aircraft.
the british newspaper The Guardian writes, that Lufthansa plans to dispose of all of their Airbus A380 aircraft.
the A380’eren is the world’s largest passenger aircraft, where there is the largest model has room for 853 passengers. Lutfhansa owns a total of 14 pieces.
triple-digit losses in the billions
According to calculations from the international aviation organization Iata risk airlines the world over to lose up to 755 billion dollars because of coronavirussen.
the Airline Norwegian has experienced a big decline on the stock exchange, and the Norwegian company has decided to suspend flights between Europe and the UNITED states between the 28. march and 5. may.
at the same time, cancels a previous forecast of a surplus in 2020.
SAS has also announced that the company will suspend several routes in Europe and get ready for a new sparerunde. In advance SAS’ routes to China and Hong kong-temporary establishment.