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March 19, 2020 17: 40:17
Qantas and Jetstar are suspending all global flights from late March as well as cutting 60 per cent of domestic flights due to the fact that of coronavirus.
The huge interruption to services also means two-thirds of Qantas and Jetstar’s 30,000 workers will be temporarily stood down from late March until a minimum of the end of May.
More than 150 airplane have been temporarily grounded, consisting of all of Qantas’s A380 s, 747 s and 787 -9 s and Jetstar’s 787 -8 s.
” The efforts to consist of the spread of coronavirus have actually resulted in a big drop in travel need, the likes of which we have actually never seen before,” Qantas CEO Alan Joyce said.
Here’s how domestic flight routes between Australian capital cities and local centres will be affected, as shared on the Qantas website.
Capital city to capital city paths
Sydney
Sydney to Melbourne (88 return services each week, below 250)
Sydney to Brisbane (50 return services each week, below 142)
Sydney to Canberra (38 return services per week, down from 115)
Sydney to Perth (25 return services per week, below 47)
Sydney to Adelaide (21 return services each week, below 54)
Sydney to Darwin (7 return services per week, down from 11)
Sydney to Hobart (7 return services per week, down from 17)
Sydney to Gold Coast