Europe Reopens – Airline Responses to COVID-19
As the official summer holiday season opens up, please below updates on all European airlines.
| Airline | Recent and Future | Share of all flights 2019 | Current weekly share of 2019 flights. From Week 9 to Week 29
(indicated as %). Passenger traffic only. |
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| Domestic | Intra-Europe | Intercontinental | |||
| Aegean | By mid-July, plans to operate 1,000 flights/week to 42 destinations from Athens and 7 destinations from Thessaloniki. By August, plans to reach ~50% of original schedule [4/6]. | 0.5% | 260% | 30% | 2% |
| Aer Lingus | Stobart Air to resume int’l Aer Lingus Regional operations during Q3 [12/6]. European operations to ES, IT and PT restart (1/7-). Reduced transatlantic schedules to NY, Boston and Chicago [30/6]. | 0.8% | 46% | 11% | 17% |
| airBaltic | Flight capacity reduced by 50% (15/4-30/10). Plans to operate ~50 European destinations in July [19/6], 49 from Riga, 10 each from Tallinn, Vilnius. Rising to 69 by end August, and 89 in Summer 2021. [8/7] Shareholders approve government bailout [17/7] | 0.6% | 54% | 37% | 0% |
| Air Dolomiti | Resumes flights from IT to FRA & MUC (15/6-) & to DUS, BER (30/7-) [13/7]. | 0.2% | 20% | 0% | |
| Air France | Plans to operate 35% of original plan in July and 40% in August. Then, 50% by end September, 60% by end October to serve 170 destinations, 85% of its usual network [12/7]. Plan to operate 80% of its initial plan in 2021 (vs 2019) [12/6]. | 3.2% | 45% | 43% | 32% |
| Air Malta | Plans to operate 22 European destinations (1/7-) [18/6]. | 0.2% | 32% | 0% | |
| Air Moldova | Plans to operate ~80 weekly flights across 20 routes to ES, DE, IT, IE, TK, CY, PT, UK, RU, FR, IL & GR from July [9/6]. | 0.1% | 11% | 17% | |
| Air Serbia | Gradually operates 37 European and 2 intercontinental destinations from Belgrade (16/6-12/7), reaching 350 flights per week mid-July [22/6]. | 0.3% | 0% | 37% | 18% |
| Alitalia | Expects 52 routes in July (+ 60% vs. June) [12/6]. Will operate 1,000 flts/week in July (already 1,300 3-9/7) and targets 40% capacity in Q3 [20/5].
Will operate 1,600 flts/week in August (+24% vs July) to 75 routes (+24 vs July) and 52 airports (+16 vs July) [10/7] |
1.9% | 44% | 20% | 5% |
| Austrian Airlines | Expects 25%-50% of demand for S20 (vs S19). Will reduce capacity 20% to 60 aircraft by 2022 [21/4]. By 31/10, will double current offer to ~40% of 2019 schedule [9/7]. VIE-SZG replaced by train [3/7]. Cancels 15 routes due to new travel restrictions (16/7-31/7) | 1.4% | 28% | 24% | 11% |
| Blue Air | Resumed flights on 7/7 to GB, IT, ES and BE following the lift of restrictions with a flights program of ~250 flights/week [8/7]. Takes preventive measures seek agreement with creditors and avoid bankruptcy [7/7] | 0.3% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| British Airways | IAG plans ~45% of capacity Q3, ~70% Q4 (vs 2019). Serves 8 domestic & 23 long-haul routes from LHR in July: ~320 weekly flights [4/6]. Will increase long-haul routes to 40 in August [30/6]. CityFlyer plans 112 departures from LCY in July, ie 9 routes, 5% of previous plan [30/6]. BAW to operate >80 European routes (19/7-) [21/7]. | 3.0% | 18% | 18% | 23% |
| Brussels Airlines | Plans 30% European and 40% long-haul schedules for S20 (vs plan) [26/5]. Network reduced to 45 EU & 14 long-haul routes (15/6-) [26/5]. 45% of normal schedule in early autumn [1/7]. Some delay to long-haul return, expected 2nd week August [15/7]. State-aid granted [21/7]. | 0.8% | 23% | 10% | |
| Croatia Airlines | Expects to reach ~35 destinations (3/7-) [6/7]. Some Nordic routes initially planned will not be served as CRJ1000 not leased [30/6]. | 0.3% | 68% | 56% | 50% |
| Czech Airlines | Operates 16 routes in July to 14 states [14/7] | 0.3% | 28% | 0% | |
| easyJet | Plans 50% of initially scheduled routes in July and 75% in August [3/6]. Plans 500 flights/day in Europe equivalent to 900 flights/week to/from 14 UK airports (1/7-) [25/6]. May close STN, NCL, SEN bases in UK [1/7]. Will add 100 routes to its July schedule (1/8-) [17/7]. | 6.2% | 37% | 17% | 0% |
| El Al | Flight suspension until further notice linked to labour dispute (1/7-)[3/7]. Government bail out (6/7) [9/7]. Flight suspension until end August [16/7]. | 0.1% | 1% | 1% | |
| Eurowings | Plans to operate up to 80% of flights in summer, with 30% to 40% of capacity already planned for July [4/6] | 2.4% | 33% | 23% | 0% |
| Finnair | Operates 30% of its capacity from July [20/5]. Will serve 34 destinations in July and August (8 domestic, 23 in EU, 3-4 in Far East) + 15 additional ones in August pending governments approvals [9/7]. Will resume operations to PVG (23/7-). | 1.3% | 31% | 26% | 10% |
| Iberia | Short-/medium-haul resumption in July: 25 EU routes confirmed, 14 long-haul flights in plan. Additional frequencies may be added from mid-July [7/7] | 1.3% | 38% | 22% | 14% |
| Jet2.com | Will start again operations from 15/7 with ~200 routes planned (15/7-26/8) [13/7] | 0.9% | 82% | 20% | |
| KLM | Expects to restore 75% of its capacity in August, serving 95% of its European (planned) destinations [23/6]. To fly on 70 routes (3/7-), i.e. 591 dep/wk vs 2,117 dep/wk (on 90 routes) in 2019 [7/7]. To fly on 50 long-haul routes (16/7-30/9) [17/7]. Resumed pax flights to PVG (21/7-). | 2.4% | 28% | 51% | |
| LOT | Operates ~37 EU destinations in July [30/6]. Resumed intl flights to EU states and CA (1/7-), KR (3/7-) and JP (3/7-). Plans to operate in July and August to ~70 destinations [2/7]. Interim Intl flight schedule -31/8 includes 10 routes [9/7]. | 1.3% | 49% | 35% | 16% |
| Lufthansa | Group expects 70% (intercontinental) and 90% (continental) destinations served by Autumn 2020, ie 380 aircraft [1/7]. Will retire 6 A380s, 5 B747-400s (long-haul), 11 A320s (short-haul) [4/6]. Max 80 new aircraft to 2023 for Group, a 50% cut [8/7]. | 5.1% | 25% | 29% | 12% |
| Montenegro Airlines | Gradual restart (14/6-) with ~20 weekly flights across 9 routes (SI, DE, AT, FR, CH, DK) operated by end-June [8/6]. | 0.1% | 0% | 37% | 0% |
| Norwegian Airlines | Plans 3% capacity short-haul only (Apr20-Mar21), gradual increase to reach pre-COVID level by 2022 [27/4]. Resumes int’l flights (76 EU routes) (1/7-) [16/6]. Plans to operate 758 weekly flights in July [30/6]. Cancels 97-aircraft orders [30/6] | 2.1% | 47% | 10% | 1% |
| Pegasus | Will resume flights between STN to TLV via SAW from 15/7 (3 times/week) [9/7] | 1.6% | 68% | 24% | 6% |
| Royal Air Maroc | Domestic flights resumed (25/6-). Intl flights to resume 11/8- [14/7]. Priority to Moroccan residents and citizens for departures from Morocco [13/7]. | 0.2% | 18% | 10% | 6% |
| Ryanair Group | Expects 50% of planned pax for FY2021. Lauda to close its Stuttgart base 30/10- [16/7]. Plans 40% sched. flights from 1/7, 60% from 1/8. Cuts 1,000 IE to and from GB flights in Aug. and Sep. due to quarantine restrictions in IE [15/7]. Will close HHN base and possibly TXL and DUS by the end of the summer [21/7]. | 8.5% | 36% | 41% | 2% |
| SAS | Expects 35-40 aircraft in use this Summer (v.150, ~25%). No full return before 2022 [30/6]. Around 10 new routes to be added from Mid-July to GB, DE, CH and IE [7/7] | 3.0% | 65% | 23% | 22% |
| Sunexpress | Resumed international flights from (11/6) [15/6]. Sunexpress Germany ceased operations from 26/6. | 0.6% | 97% | 42% | |
| Swiss | In Autumn, expects to serve 85% of destinations and 33% of flights [3/6]. Plans to resume pax service to Mainland China, subject to approval [30/6]. 12 new European routes in July from ZRH, 24 from GVA; 11 long-haul routes from ZRH, 17 by October. [1/7] | 1.4% | 16% | 36% | 18% |
| TAP | Resumes flights to IT, ES and other int’l destinations, up to 240 weekly flights (would be ~2,500 under normal conditions) (1/7-) [25/5]. | 1.3% | 29% | 16% | 11% |
| Transavia | 15/7]Transavia NL expects to reach >60 destinations (-1/8). Operates 90 routes as of 12/7. Transavia France resumed operations to its 4 bases in France with 86 routes as of 12/7. All routes pending travel restrictions. [15/7] | 0.4% | 21% | 50% | 25% |
| TUI Airlines | 25% of flights to be cancelled this summer [10/6]. TUI DE plans to reduce fleet by 50% and drop long-haul flights [10/6]. TUI fly BE proposed 45 destinations, only to Europe in July [10/7]. Will operate 6 routes from Abu Dhabi from October [12/7]. | 0.6% | 46% | 18% | 3% |
| Turkish Airlines | Plans to operate 572 weekly flights in July and 937 in August and September [26/5]. Restarted flights to China end of June. Resumed flights to US (19/6-).
Extended interim schedule into August 2020 published, subject to travel restrictions [8/7]. Plans to serve 211 destinations in July/August [17/7]. |
4.3% | 59% | 27% | 8% |
| Ukraine Int’l | Resumption of 3 domestic routes (1-30/7) and 24 international routes (1/7-) [25/6]. Current operations cover 14 routes (3/7-), more to be added in August [7/7] | 0.5% | 2% | 11% | 13% |
| Virgin Atlantic | Will fly 24 destinations from S21. Pax flights to JFK, LAX, MCO, HKG, PVG restart 21-22/7 [4/6]. Plans 17 additional destinations from August [22/6]. | 0.1% | 28% | ||
| Volotea | Offers 165 domestic routes for Summer, starting back flights in France (17/6-), Italy and Greece(18/6-) as well as Spain (25/6-) [18/6].
Opened new base in Naples on 3 July from where it will operate flights to 9 destinations in Italy and 8 abroad [4/7] |
0.6% | 111% | 23% | |
| Vueling | Plans to operate 180 routes in Europe with nearly 2,000 weekly flights in July [30/6]. This will include 72 direct routes from Barcelona to be operated in the coming months to ES, GB, BE, IT, PT, DE, CH and Nordic countries [6/7] | 2.2% | 56% | 27% | 0% |
| Widerøe | Flies 41 destinations in Norway and 8 in Europe. | 1.2% | 93% | 12% | |
| Wizz | Plans 61 routes to 20 countries from Bucharest in July [30/6]. Announced over 190 additional routes launch for summer 2020 [10/7]. Will add from St Petersburg 9 routes to EU states in August and September, 5 routes to IT in Winter 2020-21 [15/7]. Flies 14 new routes from Ukraine to Italy [20/7]. | 2.2% | 77% | 21% | |
| Other airlines | 34.3% | ||||
| EU27 | Intra–EU and Schengen borders re-open from 15/6 unless specified by State (info available at https://reopen.europa.eu/en/). Nationals allowed to enter EU27 from
16th July (13 “green states”): DZ, AU, CA, GE, JP, MA, NZ, RW, KR, TH, TN, UY and CN (subject to reciprocity). Updates every 2 weeks. |
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| Albania | 60% | |||
| Armenia | Scheduled int’l flights prohibition extended -15/8 [8/7]. No foreign pax flights with exceptions (quarantine applies) (-13/8) [13/7]. | 8% | 4% | |
| Austria | Flights prohibited from AL, BY, BA, BG, CN, EG, IR, MD, ME, MK, PT, RO, RU, RS, SE, UA and GB (16/7-31/7). Pax may enter AT without test or quarantine from Schengen area, except from a risk areas or from outside Schengen where proof of recent negative test is required (13/7-30/9). | 30% | 30% | 13% |
| Azerbaijan | Resumption of int’l flights (max 150 pax with negative test document) conditional on infection rate and govt. approval (-15/9). Negative test document mandatory for foreign nationals (-15/9) [16/6]. 14-day quarantine mandatory (-15/9) [22/7]. | 13% | 9% | 4% |
| Belgium | Travel prohibited outside of EU and Schengen states + GB, NO, LI, CH, AD, MC, VA and SM (15/6-). Traffic-light system for travel advice and quarantine requirements with daily advice (9/7-). Mandatory Passenger Locator Form (PLF) to be filled for pax arriving from non-Schengen/high risk areas (within EU) (-31/8). | 32% | 45% | |
| Bosnia- Herzegov | Self-isolation for all arrivals. Foreign nationals banned, with exc. to -15/8 except for pax from BA, RS, ME, HR and for pax from EU and Schengen areas with negative COVID test no older than 48h at the time of entry (16/7-15/8) | 52% | 2% | |
| Bulgaria | Entry of Pax from EU States, Schengen, GB, IE, SM, AD, MC, VA, + 13 EU green states (see EU27) allowed (15/7-31/7). Transit of pax allowed for same states + RS, MK, BA, ME, TR and AL (15/7-31/7). Negative recent test or quarantine for pax from SE, PT and third countries (15/7-) | 60% | 40% | 18% |
| Croatia | Open for EU/EEA nationals (1/7-). Mandatory Passenger Locator Form (PLF) to be filled for all arriving pax (-31/7). | 70% | 31% | 3% |
| Cyprus | All flights allowed until 31/7. Inbound pax require ‘Cyprusflight pass’ prior to boarding, extended to 20/10 [22/7]. Delivery of a pass subject to epidemiological situation of the country of origin and negative test (-31/7) [30/6]. | 34% | 7% | |
| Czech Republic | Schengen flights from any airport [2/7]. Pax allowed from EU+ EU green States (see EU27), quarantine for arrivals from high-risk areas. [2/7] | 36% | 22% | 6% |
| Denmark | Pax allowed from EU/EEA (except SE, PT and LU), Schengen, GB. Opened to AU, CA, JP, NZ, KR, TH, TN, UR, GE (-30/8) [22/7]. Regular update of the list of opened countries. | 66% | 27% | 27% |
| Estonia | Pax with no-COVID symptoms allowed from EU, Schengen, GB as well as the 13 “green states” (excl. CN). Quarantine for travellers from a State with COVID-19 infection rate>15 (list updated by Estonian authorities). Flights from airports in LU, PT, SE, BG, RO, RU, BY, AZ, MN, AL, BA, RS, MK, HR prohibited (17/7-28/7) [22/7]. | 93% | 30% | 3% |
| Finland | Pax allowed from EU, exc. BG, CZ, ES, FR, HR, LU, PL, PT, RO (13/7-26/7) and exc. GB. Essential travel to EU green list allowed, exc when infection rate high, so excluding CA, ME, MA, RS. [8/7] | 29% | 23% | 12% |
| France | See EU27 for travel restrictions. Voluntary quarantine for arrivals from GB [9/7]. Travel to the French oversea territories no longer restricted, but
<72h negative PCR test mandatory. Travel to YT and GF possible with justification [22/7] |
43% | 29% | 21% |
| Georgia | International scheduled flights restricted extended (-31/8) [22/7]. Only allowed between TBS and CDG, MUC and RIX (13/7-31/7) | 3% | 4% | 5% |
| Germany | Entry restrictions for non-EU pax flights extended (-15/10) [22/7]. Pax allowed from AU, GE, JP, CA, ME, NZ, KR, TH, TN, UY and CN from 2/7. Quarantine mandatory for pax from risk areas [1/7]. Flights from IR prohibited -22/9. Sched. flight operations at Tegel airport to end on 8/11 [15/6]. | 27% | 30% | 19% |
| Greece | EU and Schengen pax (13/6-) + EU27 additional countries (see EU27) except CN pax allowed subject to random tests (-31/7), others not allowed. No AL, MK, TR flights (-31/7). Mandatory Passenger Locator Form (PLF) to be filled before departure (6/7-31/8) | 59% | 35% | 8% |
| Hungary | Pax from BG, GB, NO, RU, PT, RO, RS, SE, JP, CN and US allowed in with screening and quarantine or without restrictions if 2 negative tests within the last 5 days are available. Other EU states + IS, KR, CH, LI, VA, MC and AD are allowed in without restrictions (15/7-2/8) | 35% | 14% | |
| Ireland | Quarantine on arrivals for all (4/6-9/8). Non-essential travel should be avoided. | 96% | 26% | 18% |
| Israel | International flights to IL allowed at Ben Gurion airport only (12/4-1/8). Foreign pax denied entry (20/5-1/8) [26/6]. | 21% | 8% | 13% |
| Italy | EU/Schengen, GB, AD, MC, VC, SM tourists allowed with no restriction (14/6-). 15 European green third states (see EU27) minus CN are also allowed in without restrictions (1/7-), except if they have transited through high-risk countries in the last 2 weeks. | 49% | 27% | 11% |
| Latvia | Quarantine on arrivals subject to infection rate of the country of origin (19/6-31/8) [23/6] | 54% | 33% | 7% |
| Lithuania | Entry allowed from states in the EU green list (see EU27), except from SE, LU, PT, BG and RO (13/7-). Quarantine on arrivals subject to infection rate of the country of origin (19/6-) [13/7] | 43% | 6% | |
| Luxembourg | No limitation for EU, Schengen, UK. | 41% | 59% | |
| Malta | Pax allowed from EU and EU green states except ME, RS, GE and DZ (15/7-31/8) and Pax allowed from LB, ID, AE, TR and JO (15/7-31/8). | 30% | 19% | |
| Moldova | International flights allowed (15/6-31/8) from states with reciprocity measures [23/6]. | 26% | 19% | |
| Montenegro | Countries in 3 groups: first one entry/flights allowed without condition, second group allowed with negative test, third group not allowed (with Exceptions) (12/7-29/7). | 26% | 0% | |
| Morocco | State of medical emergency (20/3-10/7). Resumption of domestic flights (25/6-) [25/6]. Border closed -10/8 [15/7]. Int’l flights resumption not before 11/8. Negative PCR test mandatory for arrivals when traffic resumes [14/7] | 22% | 9% | 8% |
| Netherlands | EU/Schengen pax allowed, but 14-day quarantine advised for ZE, RO, BG, 2 areas in ES, 1 area in PT, 1 area in GB [22/7]. | 98% | 34% | 50% |
| North Macedonia | Borders reopened (27/6-). Skopje and Ohrid airports reopen from 1/7. No quarantine, no test [26/6]. | 40% | 0% | |
| Norway | Borders closed (16/3-20/8), partial re-opening for countries in Europe. EU/EEA/Schengen pax allowed except for pax from BG, HR, HU, LU, PT, RO parts of SE (15/7-10/10)[22/7]. 10-day quarantine on arrival (except for pax from regions in SE, several countries in EU/EE/Schengen area). | 85% | 24% | 69% |
| Poland | Borders opened (13/6-) for EU citizens without quarantine [10/6]. Flights allowed from EU/EFTA, CH (excl. SE, PT), ME, GE, JP, CA, AL, KR, UA (- 28/7). | 51% | 37% | 13% |
| Portugal | Open to flights from EU + LI, NO, IS, CH, GB, DZ, CA, CN, KR, MU and TU without restrictions (16/7-31/7). Flights from US, GW, AO, CV, GQ, MZ, ST, TL and BR allowed for essential travel only and negative test required upon arrival (16/7-31/7) | 52% | 33% | 11% |
| Romania | Flights prohibited from and to states that are not exempted of quarantine, except for repatriation or seasonal work (16/7-15/8). All other flights allowed – currently same states as in EU27, except SE, PT, LU, ME, RS and CN – list updated on a weekly basis (16/7-15/8) | 33% | 40% | 25% |
| Serbia | 33% | 16% | ||
| Slovakia | No international flights (with exceptions) -6/10 except from EU and associated states (except from SE, PT, GB and RO) and from AU, CN, JP, ME, NZ and KR [23/6]. Mandatory negative PCR test upon arrival when recent travel in a risk area and quarantine (6/7-). | 9% | 0% | |
| Slovenia | International flights only to LJU, MBX, POW, except from epidemiologically safe countries in EU/Schengen area (-28/7). No quarantine for epidemiologically safe countries, others quarantined (8/6-28/7). List of “epidemiologically safe countries” contains 35 states from 17/7. | 18% | 14% | |
| Spain | Tourists from EU/Schengen, AD, MC, VA, SM can visit (21/6-31/7). Borders to third countries re-opened for green states identified by EU or list amended by ministry of interior (-31/7). Pax on intl flights must complete a Public Health Form on-line or on paper (1/7-) | 52% | 30% | 13% |
| Sweden | Borders opened for EU and Schengen passengers (+ from AD, MC, VA, SM and CH) (15/6-) and closed for others (-31/8) | 30% | 18% | 14% |
| Switzerland | Pax not allowed to enter CH directly from any foreign country outside of the Schengen area, CH or LI (-30/9). 10-day quarantine for pax who have been in risk areas in the 14 days prior to their arrival (-16/8). | 20% | 32% | 20% |
| Turkey | Medical examination mandatory upon arrival and testing if symptoms. Need of a valid personal code (HES) granted by Ministry of Health for domestic travel (12/6-) | 61% | 23% | 7% |
| Ukraine | Possible testing on arrival 15/6- [1/6]. Entry for foreign pax (15/6-) with health insurance that covers COVID-19 care and quarantine, 14-day quarantine mandatory for pax from countries “in the red zone” (more than 40 active COVID-19 cases per 100k people, list updated regularly by UA authorities). | 62% | 29% | 17% |
| United Kingdom | Quarantine on arrival (23/6-4/9). Quarantine relaxed for ~50 states (list at www.gov.uk), based on local prevalence (10/7-4/9), but Scotland differs (eg ES not included) [9/7]. Services to Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dublin expected to return in July [30/6]. | 22% | 22% | |
| Russia | Borders to start re-opening from 15/7. Proof of negative COVID test, or testing upon arrival, quarantine only if test positive. Borders will be opened to other countries based on the principle of reciprocity [14/7]. Travel abroad discouraged during the summer [26/5]. | |||
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