U.S. airlines say coronavirus travel restrictions mean sharply fewer flights. The carriers are burning through cash and seeking government help.
Responding to new government travel restrictions and plunging demand, U.S. carriers plan to slash flight capacity by up to 75% on international routes and as much as 30% on domestic flights, with cuts projected to last until summer.
Flight cancellations are outpacing new bookings and industry leaders say the industry impact is likely to be much worse than after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, when flights were grounded for three days and demand for air travel didn’t recover for months. Southwest Airlines, the Dallas-based carrier that flies primarily domestic routes, announced in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that it plans to cut capacity by at least 20% in the period between April 14 and June 5.
In a letter Monday to Trump, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, the Airline Pilots Assn. said its “members have been among the first workers to experience economic hardship: airline pilots have already been furloughed as a result of COVID-19.”“More furloughs will surely follow if we fail to address this challenge as partners,” said the letter from Joseph G. DePete, president of the association.
The union that represents airline mechanics and railroad workers issued a letter to its 140,000 members Monday, saying, “we must be prepared for short term turmoil that could be even greater than we endured in the wake of the 2001 attacks.”
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