Changi Airport has already announced a 33 per cent nosedive in passenger traffic for February on Friday .
Passengers wear surgical masks as they board a British Airways flight from Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport in London, Britain on Mar 6, 2020. In some Southeast Asia markets such as Indonesia, airlines have been expanding domestic capacity by reallocating aircraft from suspended international routes. Based on the several waves of cancellations announced to date , SIA Group has cut 19 per cent of flights for the February to May period.
Jestar Asia and all three SIA Group airlines have been encouraging crew to take voluntary leave, a sensible move which allows airlines to temporarily reduce flying without having to cut salaries or headcount. FILE PHOTO: Singapore Airlines planes are pictured on the tarmac at Changi Airport, Singapore March 28, 2018. REUTERS/Edgar Su/File Photo
Qantas and Malaysia-based AirAsia are also the largest foreign airlines in Singapore, each accounting for roughly 3 per cent of Changi’s total traffic, excluding AirAsia affiliates based in other countries and AirAsia X.The recent sharp reduction in fuel prices does not provide much relief to airlines given demand is so low at the moment that airlines will struggle to achieve profitable even if the cost of fuel was zero.
It has focused cuts on the A380, the world’s largest aircraft, by grounding all but two of its A380s. Several other A380 operators globally have similarly grounded a large portion of their A380 fleet.
LawrenceWongST then send them back or refused entry. Those who did included work pass holders. Onset symptoms overseas but travel back for treatment! Why risk the whole flight passengers and crews Selfish. Don’t collapse our own health system else Singaporeans will blame you