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The Chinese government recently issued new regulations that all passengers on flights to China need to undergo nucleic acid and serum IgM antibody tests in advance. The testing equipment at Copenhagen Airport will be put into use from November 16. Transit passengers need to set aside 4 hours for testing and obtain testing reports. This time is expected to be shortened to 1 hour after 2-3 weeks. Passengers who have undergone pre-boarding double-checks on flights to China at Copenhagen Airport can board directly with the negative test report. Scandinavian Airlines will continue to provide passengers with the latest news about the Copenhagen Airport testing facilities.

More flexible rebooking and cancellation for flights connecting to China

According to the new regulations, transit passengers need to undergo nucleic acid testing and serum IgM antibody testing in countries that fly directly to China, which may require extending their stay in Copenhagen, and thus need to rebook or cancel the original flight to Copenhagen. In order to facilitate passengers to accept the test on time, SAS is allowing passengers to rebook or cancel the flight to Copenhagen for free. The resulting change fee, refund fee and possible fare difference will be all exempted, that is to say, all are free. Normally, European inland segments are not allowed to be changed or cancelled individually. Please note that SAS is not responsible for other expenses incurred due to rescheduling, such as accommodation. There is no refund for cancelled connecting flights.

Extra Check-in Baggage For Students Fly From China

Scandinavian Airlines are now launching very attractive one-way tickets from China. All students departing from China who purchase SAS flight tickets in economy class only need to show a valid student ID at the airport check-in counter to check in one extra piece of luggage. This means that students travelling in economy class (except for Go Light) can carry two pieces of checked luggage, each of which must not exceed 23 kg. The free extra baggage check will be done manually at the airport check-in counter.

Announced on June 15th, Air France plans to operate scheduled flights from Paris to Shanghai once weekly. As the relevant Chinese authorities began to relax travel restrictions, Air France announced that it would resume passenger service on the Shanghai route in Mainland China from June 18, 2020, with one flight per week, operated by Boeing B777-300.

Depending on government approval, travel restrictions and customer needs, Air France will gradually increase the frequency of passenger flights to China.

The first Air France flight AF198 to China will depart from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport at 23:30 on June 18, 2020, and arrive at Shanghai Pudong International Airport at 16:45 on June 19.

In addition, Air France plans to operate scheduled flights from Paris to Shanghai once weekly, and will issue an official notice after confirming flight authorisation to open sales.

From May 11, 2020, all Air France-operated flights will undergo a temperature check on passengers one by one before departure. Passengers need to wear masks throughout the flights; all crew members and agents who are in contact with passengers are also required to cover themselves.

“In the context of the new crown epidemic crisis, Air France has always put the health and safety of its passengers and staff first. All Air France team members are doing their best to protect the overall health of passengers. And safety, to ensure that passengers travel safely and worry-free. After this difficult period, we are very pleased to welcome our passengers to choose to take Air France flights again to fly to Chinese destinations.”

Mr. Pang Daoan, General Manager of Air France KLM Greater China

In addition to resuming passenger flights to mainland China, Air France and KLM will continue to operate cargo flights on Chinese routes to ensure the continued supply of medical supplies from China.

Before restarting passenger service, Air France’s operational activities were mainly focused on cargo flights between China and France, and actively participated in the air transportation of masks and medical supplies between China and France. Air France currently operates 27* flights a week on routes in Greater China, using Boeing B777 all-cargo aircraft, Boeing B777 passenger aircraft cargo bays and cabins to carry equipment for cargo operations. (*Among them: Shanghai Pudong-Paris Charles de Gaulle 5 pure cargo flights per week, Paris Charles de Gaulle-Shanghai Pudong 8 passenger-to-cargo freight flights per week, Beijing-Paris CDG weekly 7 pure cargo flights, Hong Kong-Paris Charles de Gaulle weekly 7 pure cargo flights)

At the same time, Air France is gradually increasing its 2020 summer flight plan. Air France plans to provide flights to 150 destinations worldwide this summer, accounting for 80% of the usual route network

As of the end of June, the planned flight capacity will return to 20% of the same period in previous years. Depending on the cancellation of travel restrictions in various countries, Air France will continue to gradually increase the number of flights and destinations. It is expected to reach 35% of the original flight plan in July and 40% in August.

Air France plans to lay off 8,000 to 10,000 employees by 2022.

According to the report of the French mainstream economic daily newspaper “Echo”, Air France will announce the specific number of layoffs in the company restructuring plan submitted from the end of June to the beginning of July. According to the plan, Air France will lay off employees on the basis of voluntary departure, involving multiple positions such as pilots, flight attendants, and ground crews. HOP! – Air France’s subsidiary airline, which mainly operates domestic French and European countries, may be the most affected. .

Issued on the 10th June, Poland is to open its borders with EU countries as of June 13, and international flights within Europe will be relaunched from June 17. Among the many airlines resuming flights today, LOT Polish Airlines won’t be one of them, the airline previously stated all international flight operations will be suspended until 30th June, while a few international long-haul charter flights has been operated spontaneously as part of the evacuation mission to help stranded Polish citizens return home.

The biggest airlines in Europe: Lufthansa, Air France and KLM will all be resuming flights today from Poland’s Capital Warsaw to Frankfurt, Munich, Paris Charles de Gaulle and Amsterdam. Other airlines including the low-cost carrier Wizz Air will resume services today as well to 13 European destinations including London Luton, Budapest, Sandefjord Torp and Rome.

As the flag carrier of Poland, LOT Polish Airlines hasn’t come out with a statement just yet on when will they resume regular international flights. The airline’s current domestic network schedule is planned to run until June 19th with limited capacities, so it’s likely more information will be updated from the airline.

Poland will relaunch international flights, but noted that carriers “will probably need a week, or two or three, to prepare a flight-connection network.”

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Ryanair, the Irish low-cost airline is planning flight resumption of almost 200 routes to and from Poland from July 1st. After a long period of suspension due to the Covid-19 pandemic in Poland. Base on Poland is one of the most important low-cost market for the airline, the airline is eager to resume much of its network as soon as possible.

Lufthansa is resuming once daily service to its hub in Frankfurt and Munich today, confirmed by the airline, the airline is expecting full flights today with a high load factor in the coming days as well, as many passengers are eager to enter or exit the country through the strong connection network available through them.

Other major airlines like Air France and KLM are also resuming flights today, though only Warsaw is seeing a huge increase of international flights today, but more are expected for other airports in Poland as carriers slowly goes back to normal operations.

In a press statement released today, SAS is now launching its traffic programme for July. Scandinavian Airlines is bringing back numerous European destinations the airline previously served, and in addition, trans-Atlantic flights from Copenhagen airport to New York, Chicago and San Francisco will resume operations as well. In total, the July traffic programme indicates a capacity increase from 30 aircraft in June to over 40 in July, equivalent to just under 30 per cent compared with the corresponding period last year.

After resuming a dozen European flights earlier this month, SAS is planning ahead with more destinations to be served in July. Scandinavian Airlines is resuming flights in stages in June where a dozen destinations has been planned with limited frequencies, however, the airline is still not operating as normal due to the complexities of travel restrictions in different countries they fly to. The flexible booking policy is still in place which allow one-time free reservation modification.

SAS planned to operate up to 30 aircraft by the end of June, and putting 10 more aircraft in service with the expanded traffic program in July, an overwhelming majority of flights will be resumed from Copenhagen, Oslo and Stockholm. In addition to a number of routes from Copenhagen, SAS is also resuming international flights from Oslo to a number of destinations, including Reykjavík, and continuing its operations to Finland and London from Stockholm.

Here’s the list of destinations SAS is resuming flights to:

Copenhagen:

Oslo:

Stockholm

Stavanger

Aalborg

Alta

Ängelholm

Aberdeen

Aarhus

Bardufoss

Gothenburg

Faeroes

Bodø

Kalmar

Malaga

Evenes

Kiruna

Palma de Mallorca

Kirkenes

Luleå

Alicante

Longyearbyen

Malmö

Athens

Tromsø

Östersund

Nice

Lakselv

Skellefteå

Split

Ålesund

Umeå

London

Bergen

Visby

Berlin

Haugesund

Malaga

Dusseldorf

Kristiansand

Alicante

Frankfurt

Kristiansund

Palma de Mallorca

Hamburg

Molde

Aten

Munich

Stavanger

Thessaloniki

Stuttgart

Trondheim

London

Amsterdam

Athens

Rome

Bologna

Malaga

Milan

Rome

Alicante

Faro

Milan

Palma de Mallorca

Split

Brussels

Split

Helsinki

Faro

Barcelona

Oslo

Gdańsk

Billund

Copenhagen

Geneva

Gran Canaria

Zurich

Nice

Reykjavík

Aalborg

Palanga

Aarhus

Vilnius

Stockholm

Stockholm

Copenhagen

Oslo

Reykjavík

Stavanger

Bergen

Trondheim

New York

Chicago

San Francisco

SAS - Scandinavian Airlines tweeted: We continue to slowly reopen routes. From July, we will fly to Alicante, Faro, Rome and 7 other destinations again. In addition, we are adding more flights on our intra-Scandinavian routes. Full program: #flysas #wearetravelers

As of June 13, the number of confirmed American Covid-19 cases has reached 2.09 million. Through a review of the development process of the pandemic, it can be clearly seen that in the first quarter, the impact of the aviation industry was mainly concentrated in March. At the end of January, the first patient was diagnosed in the United States. Passenger screening was started at major airports in the United States, and then three major U.S. airlines were grounded on Sino-U.S.

routes. At the end of February, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stated that sooner or later the outbreak would occur in the United States. Started to realize the seriousness of the pandemic and began to adjust the annual development expectation; in March, the United States expected an explosion of newly confirmed cases throughout the country. In mid-March, it announced the restriction of passage between European countries, and the transatlantic routes were affected, which marked that the impact to the industry has escalated, until the US domestic market has gradually fallen, and the aviation industry has completely entered the dark night.

In the first quarter of 2020, the operating revenues of the three major US airlines decreased by 17%-19% year-on-year, and the operating losses amounted to US$410 million to US$2.5 billion.

At the same time as the revenue has dropped sharply, the airline company has a very high proportion of fixed costs to the total cost.

The difference in the amount of loss between the three major US airlines is also due to the difference in cost control capabilities.

Affected by the pandemic, the operating income of the three major US airlines fell by more than 15% year-on-year compared to the first quarter of 2019. American Airlines’ operating income in the first quarter was US$8.52 billion, down 19.4% year-on-year; US United Airlines’ operating income was US$7.98 billion, down 16.8% year-on-year; Delta Airlines’ operating income was US$8.59 billion, down 18% year-on-year.

Among the operating income, both passenger and freight revenue declined to varying degrees. In terms of passenger revenue, the three major airlines fell closer, all from 9 billion to 7 billion. American Airlines, United Airlines, and Delta’s passenger revenue declined by 20%, 19%, and 18%, respectively; The decline in freight revenue is quite different. American Airlines and Delta have dropped from 220 million and 190 million levels to 150 million, with a decline of 33% and 21%, while United Airlines has only fallen from 290 million to 260 million. The range is 8%.

2019 Q1

2020 Q1

Year-on-year change

AIRLINES

PAX

CARGO

OTHERS

PAX

CARGO

OTHERS

PAX

CARGO

OTHERS

AMERICAN AIRLINES

96,6

2,2

7,1

76,8

1,5

6,9

-20 %

-33 %

-3 %

UNITED

87,3

2,9

5,8

70,9

2,6

6,5

-19 %

-8 %

12 %

DELTA AIR LINES

92,5

1,9

10,3

75,7

1,5

8,7

-18 %

-21 %

-15 %

Despite the decline in travel demand, various airlines have reduced capacity, but the passenger load factor still declined in the first quarter. The average load factor of American Airlines, United Airlines, and Delta Air Lines in the first quarter of this year were 72.7%, 70.9%, and 73.1% respectively. Compared with last year’s data (82.2%, 80.9%, and 82.7%), the decline rate was about 10%.

While revenues have fallen sharply, operating costs have not changed much over the same period. American Airlines’ operating costs have even increased, from US$10.21 billion in 2019 to US$11.06 billion, up 8%; United Airlines’ operating costs have dropped from US$9.09 billion in 2019 to US$8.95 billion, down 1.5% ; Delta Air Lines dropped from 9.45 billion US dollars to 9 billion US dollars, a decrease of 4.8%.

From the perspective of cost composition, fixed costs account for a very high proportion. Among the three airlines, labour costs accounted for the largest proportion, accounting for about 30% of the total cost; followed by j...

Sanya International Airlines will be the only airline that currently includes state-owned enterprises, private airlines, OTAs and local state-owned enterprises among its shareholders.

After a long period of low-key preparations, a new Chinese airline by the name of ”Sanya International Airlines” led by China Eastern finally surfaced after the instruction on the general plan for the construction of the Hainan Free Trade Port was released on June 13, China Eastern Group participated in the signing of the first key project of the Hainan Free Trade Port and signed a contract with the Hainan Provincial Government formally on the strategic cooperation framework agreement in Haikou.

China Eastern Airlines Co., Ltd., the core main company of China Eastern Airlines Group, and the relevant partners formally signed the “Jointly Established Sanya International Aviation Co., Ltd. Cooperation Framework Agreement” (《合资设立三亚国际航空有限公司合作框架协议》) to fully open China Eastern Airlines’ service to Hainan Free Trade Port with a new chapter in construction.

According to the strategic cooperation agreement, China Eastern will give full play to the advantages of its aviation industry cluster, join hands with relevant parties in Hainan, vigorously develop the aviation economy and airport industry, and fully support the development of various businesses in the new era of Hainan. China Eastern Airlines and Hainan Province will be committed to promoting all-round and in-depth cooperation in various fields such as air passenger transportation, aviation logistics, aviation catering, aviation finance, aviation industry investment, and aviation innovation technology, to create the “Aerial Silk Road” connecting Hainan to the world, contributing to the “Eastern Air Force” for the construction of a free trade port with Chinese characteristics.

Among them, “Sanya International Airlines” is an important part of this strategic cooperation.

According to China Eastern Airlines, Sanya International Airlines is positioned as an innovative airline based on Hainan and facing the world, integrating diversification, internationalisation, marketisation and intellectualisation. The airline will be absolutely controlled by China Eastern Airlines (600115), jointly established with Hainan Transportation Investment Holdings Co., Ltd., Sanya Development Holdings Co., Ltd., Juneyao Airlines, and Ctrip Travel Network Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.

It is worth noting that “Sanya International Airlines” is also the only airline that currently includes state-owned enterprises, private airlines, OTAs, and local state-owned enterprises among its shareholders.

At present, China Eastern has fully entered a new stage of high-quality development, and strived to build a global aviation hub network to achieve new leap-forward development in serving national strategies.

The strengthening of strategic cooperation between China Eastern Airlines and Hainan Province and the establishment of a joint venture “Sanya International Airlines” are also the forging competitiveness of Hainan’s seventh freedom rights policy, which effectively integrates the Hainan market into the greater Eastern Airlines to connect 170 countries and 1,036 destinations in the world in order to improve the global accessibility of air passenger and cargo transportation in Hainan, gather more people, logistics, capital, talents and other elements for the free trade port, effectively promote the rapid development of tourism, trade, services and other related industries in the free trade port, and fully serve the self-service port to become the International Tourism Consumer Center, National Key Strategic Service Guarantee Area, National Ecological Civilization Pilot Zone, and comprehensively deepen the strategic realisation of the reform and opening-up pilot zone.

China Eastern’s Sanya International Airlines is targeting the support policy of the Hainan Free Trade Port Policy to the hub airlines, including 15% c...

Brussels Airlines, as part of the Lufthansa Group, in a press release today has decided to take substantive and essential measures to ensure the company’s survival. Impacted heavily by the continuing development of COVID-19, the airline has been met with ongoing extremely low demand and worsened financials, forcing the carrier to structurally reduce its costs to a competitive level in order to grant a future for Brussels Airlines. With the airline’s turnaround plan, Brussels Airlines will be cutting marginally profitable and unprofitable routes in an effort to tack its cost structure. The plan would result in a fleet reduction of 30% and a 25% smaller workforce. The airline is confident in its ability to safeguard 75% of its employment and grow back to profitability when expected air travel demand bounced back to normal by 2023.

The coronavirus crisis is exerting unprecedented pressure on airlines worldwide, and its total revenue impact is expected to exceed 240 billion euros. The number of bookings received fell by more than 60%, and the number of cancellations reached a record high. As a result, many airlines in Europe and elsewhere have had to lay off employees. Unfortunately, Brussels Airlines was not spared from this crisis. Since the temporary suspension of all flights on March 21st, the company lost 1 million euros a day due to loss of revenue and inevitable costs such as aircraft leasing and maintenance.

On February 28, the company first announced the impact on air travel demand. The situation deteriorated week by week and the number of days cancelled exceeded the number of bookings received. Today, demand is still very low. According to analysts and experts, the demand for air travel in 2021 is expected to be 25% lower than before the crisis, and the aviation industry can only expect to return to 2019 levels as early as 2023.

“We started the year 2020 with positive results in terms of number of passengers and revenues; and for this summer, we planned a strong leisure offer as we could compensate part of the business we lost due to the bankruptcy of Thomas Cook Belgium. But the Coronavirus pandemic is hitting Brussels Airlines extremely hard. We had no other choice than to temporarily suspend our flights as of March 21st and introduce technical unemployment for the entire company. This unprecedented crisis has worsened our financial situation obliging us to take substantial and indispensable measures. The restructuring is urgently needed in order to survive the current crisis and to become structurally competitive in the future”

Dieter Vranckx, CEO of Brussels Airlines

Brussels Airlines To Reduce Fleet Size By 30% For Future Survival

Avianca, Latin American’s Second Largest Airline, Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection

SWISS To Resume 20% Of Its Original Services Capacity In June

Czech Airlines(CSA) To Resume Services To Selected European Destinations On May 18

Brussels Airlines management plans to focus on achieving structural profitability after pulling the company out of the crisis, this will enable solid growth. The carrier plans to reduce its overall costs while increasing efficiency and productivity. Full positive EBIT margins will enable the airline to ensure its future, invest in the fleet and further develop its hub at Brussels Airport. In addition, Belgian domestic airlines will ensure that they continue to play a pivotal role in the Belgian economy and remain one of the core airlines within the Lufthansa Group.

The main measures of the turnaround plan includes:

The review of the network by focusing on the market needs and by optimizing the route profitability.

The adaptation of the fleet according to the network optimization: from 54 to 38 aircraft (-30%)

The reduction of the personnel costs by reducing the number of jobs by 25%

Together with the social partners, the number of forced redundancies will be reduced to a maximum extent.

The reduction of overhead, operationa...

Avianca, together with its subsidiaries and affiliated companies has filed a voluntary petition today under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Law to seek protection and reorganization to Avianca ’s business. The pandemic caused a 90% drop in global passenger traffic and is expected to reduce global aviation industry revenue by $ 314 billion. Avianca ’s loyalty program LifeMiles TM is managed by another company and is not part of the submission in Chapter 11. The Chapter 11 process is a well-established legal process in the United States of America that is recognized by other countries around the world. The process is a temporary one that, according to U.S. law, allows a company to reorganize and complete a financial restructuring under the supervision of the U.S. court system, while continuing its operations under the oversight of its board of directors and management team.

According to the International Air Transport Association, the COVID-19 pandemic has unforeseen effects, so it is necessary for Avianca to submit this document. Since mid-March, Avianca ’s scheduled passenger business has been grounded, which has reduced its consolidated revenue by more than 80% and has put tremendous pressure on cash reserves.

Through this reorganisation process, Avianca stated in a press release that it intends to:

Protect and preserve operations so Avianca can continue to operate and serve customers with safe and reliable air travel, under the strictest biosafety protocols, as COVID-19 travel restrictions are gradually lifted;

Ensure connectivity and drive investment and tourism by continuing as Colombia’s flagship airline, serving over 50% of the domestic market in Colombia and providing essential non-stop service across South America, North America and European markets as well as continuing cargo operations, playing a key role in the economic recovery of Colombia and the Company’s other core markets following the COVID-19 pandemic;

Preserve jobs in Colombia and other markets where the Company operates, with Avianca directly responsible for more than 21,000 jobs throughout Latin America, including more than 14,000 in Colombia, and working with more than 3,000 vendors; and

Restructure the Company’s balance sheet and obligations to enable Avianca to navigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as comprehensively address liabilities, leases, aircraft orders and other commitments.

“Avianca is facing the most challenging crisis in our 100-year history as we navigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Anko van der Werff, Chief Executive Officer of Avianca. “Despite the positive results yielded by our ‘Avianca 2021’ plan, we believe that, in the face of a complete grounding of our passenger fleet and a recovery that will be gradual, entering into this process is a necessary step to address our financial challenges.”

“When government-mandated air travel restrictions are lifted and we are able to gradually resume our passenger flights, we look forward to welcoming back our furloughed employees and playing a leading role in restarting the economy in Colombia and our other key markets. We greatly appreciate the dedication of our employees to Avianca and to serving the more than 30 million passengers that fly our airline each year. We remain committed to our purpose to connect people, families and businesses. Our customers can be confident that they can continue to depend on Avianca for safe, reliable and high-quality service, and our valued LifeMilesTM members can expect to accrue and redeem miles as normal, ”

Mr. Van der Werff

Avianca Airlines is seeking financial support from governments that provide basic essential services just like many other airlines in the world right now. Avianca continues discussions with the Colombian government as well as those from its ket markets, discussing that the financing structure will provide more liquidity through the Chapter 11 process and play an important rol...

In the next few days and weeks, the entry requirements of various European countries will be gradually reopened. This has led to increased demand for air travel. Therefore, SWISS plans to significantly expand its services on the June schedule in accordance with respective countries entry requirements.

“We plan to restore approximately 15% to 20% of our original services in June, and we are very pleased to be able to provide Switzerland with more connections to the world.”

Swiss International Airlines CEO Thomas Kruhl

SWISS plans to operate about 140 weekly flights from Zurich to 30 destinations in Europe, and about 40 weekly flights from Geneva to 14 destinations in Europe. The airline will still provide long-haul flights to Newark, USA three times a week, and more intercontinental destinations will be added in June. In addition, Swiss International Air Lines and its Swiss WorldCargo division will continue to operate its cargo-only flights to destinations around the world.

Changes and additions to the June schedule will be announced soon in all reservation systems. According to the needs of customers, the expansion of flight schedules is proceeding gradually.

Starting Monday, May 4, 2020, all SWISS passengers will be required to bring their own face masks onboard all flights. The airline also recommends using masks at the airport before or after the flight if sufficient social distance cannot be observed. Despite the adjustments to the program, social distancing is not always possible, and this measure provides everyone with another layer of protection against SARS CoV2 transmission.

The recommendation will initially apply until August 31, 2020.

The current requirement for the second seat in Economy Class to remain vacant will no longer apply because the nose and mouth masks provide adequate protection. The probability of being infected with coronavirus while travelling by air is still very low: since the outbreak of the pandemic, there have been no known cases of infection on Swiss Airlines flights. All SWISS aircraft are equipped with high-performance air filters to ensure the same air quality as the operating room and to ensure vertical air circulation rather than diffusion in the cabin.

Swiss International Air Lines stated that it maintains close contact with relevant authorities to ensure the best protection for passengers and crew.

Czech Airlines (CSA) said the company will resume some operations on May 18. Affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, Czech Airlines has suspended operations for more than 6 weeks now.

Flights to Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Paris and Stockholm will reopen in the first phase, and on May 24, the route to Kiev will be reopened, flights to Odessa and Bucharest will also be reopened on May 25. Passengers must wear masks during the entire flight, and keep a distance of 2 meters between each other. In addition, the aircraft cabin will be disinfected before and after each flight.

On May 18, 2020, Czech Airlines, a member of the Smartwings Group, plans to resume its route operations between Prague and certain cities after a temporary service interruption for more than one and half month. Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Paris and Stockholm are the first destinations will be connecting to Prague. As of May 24, 2020, the airline plans to resume operations on its Kiev routes, and will begin the Odessa flights the next day, provided that Ukraine has terminated mandatory quarantine restrictions in accordance with current plans. On May 25, 2020, flights to Bucharest, Romania will also resume.

The gradual update of route operations is carried out in accordance with local laws and regulations and the relaxation of current effective restrictions in various countries. As a result, other changes may be made to the flight schedule.

At the same time, Smartwings Group is taking measures onboard to ensure that it can still fly safely during the coronavirus. The most important actions include: before boarding the plane and throughout the flight, passengers are obliged to cover their noses and mouths with adequate protective equipment like masks; to keep a social distance of two meters between passengers during boarding and disembarking, and in addition, contactless payment will be used to purchase refreshments on board.

Strict hygiene standards are followed on the aircraft. Before and after each flight, the interior is thoroughly disinfected according to the strictest hygiene regulations, including seats, tray tables, seat pockets, overhead lockers and toilets.