EGYPTAIR News 15 April 2020

2020-4-15

)‫(فهرس‬ ‫ شركات الطٌران تحول طائرات الركاب إلى الشحن الجوى لقلة الطلب علٌها‬: )1( ‫الصفحة‬ :)2 ( ‫الصفحة‬ ً‫ العربٌة للطٌران تنفً تعلٌق إطالق شركتها فً أبوظب‬:)3( ‫الصفحة‬ ‫ ظروف السوق ستؤثر على إطالق شركة جدٌدة لكن ال تأجٌل بعد‬:‫العربٌة للطٌران‬:)4( ‫الصفحة‬ "‫ ملٌار دوالر خسائر شركات الطٌران ببسب أزمة "كورونا‬314 :‫اإلٌاتا‬:)6-5 ( ‫الصفحة‬ Airline revenues to nosedive by 55% in 2020: IATA:)9-8-7( ‫الصفحة‬ Global Airlines' Estimated Coronavirus Losses: )12-11-10( ‫الصفحة‬ Rise to $314 Billion: IATA Global airlines' estimated coronavirus losses rise to $314 billion: :)15-14-13( ‫الصفحة‬ IATA Over half of global airlines'' passenger revenues :)17-16( ‫صفحة‬ at risk: IATA Global airlines' estimated coronavirus losses rise:)2019--18( ‫صفحة‬ to $314 billion: IATA

Emirates and Etihad add more flights to schedules:)22-21( ‫صفحة‬ ​Norwegian share price plummets on debt:)25-24-23( ‫صفحة‬ conversion plan ‫االدارة العامة للعالقات العامة والمراسم‬ ‫قطاع االمانة العامة بالشركة القابضة لمصر للطٌران‬

‫شركات الطٌران تحول طائرات الركاب إلى الشحن الجوى لقلة الطلب علٌها‬ ‫كتبت‪:‬آمال رسالن‬

‫لجأت شركات الطٌران خالل الفترة الماضٌة بعد وقف الرحالت الجوٌة إلى تشغٌل طائراتها فى‬ ‫الشحن الجوى‪ ،‬التى ازداد الطلب علٌه مؤخرا فى محاولة لتعوٌض خسائرها‪.‬‬ ‫بإزالة كراسً الركاب (‪ 422‬كرسً كل طائرة) من ‪Air Canada‬وقامت شركة طٌران كندا‬ ‫‪ ،‬بواسطة فرٌق هندسً لمنحها سعة ‪Boeing 777-300 ER‬كبائن ثالث طائرات بوٌنج‬ ‫شحن إضافٌة لتلبٌة الطلب على الشحن ونقل اإلمدادات الطبٌة العاجلة والسلع الضرورٌة‪.‬‬ ‫وقامت شركة طٌران كندا بتشغٌل ‪ 40‬رحلة شحن لجمٌع البضائع منذ ‪ 22‬مارس الماضً‪،‬‬ ‫وتخطط لتشغٌل ‪ 20‬رحلة شحن أسبوعٌا ً لنقل البضائع‪ ،‬باإلضافة إلى الرحالت المجدولة‬ ‫الحالٌة إلى فرانكفورت ولندن وبارٌس وهونج كونج لتورٌد وشحن البضائع واإلمدادات الطبٌة‬ ‫من آسٌا وأوروبا إلى كندا والعكس‪.‬‬ ‫وقال دكتور سعٌد البطوطى المستشار االقتصادى لمنظمة السٌاحة العالمٌة أن هذه الخطوة‬ ‫محاولة للتغلب على الخسائر التى طالت شركات الطٌران‪ ،‬مشٌرا إلى أن عدد رحالت الطٌران‬ ‫على مستوى العالم انخفض فً الوقت الحالً بنسبة ‪ %96‬بسبب فٌروس كورونا المستجد‪.‬‬ ‫ولفت ألى أنه تم تخفٌض طاقة شركات الطٌران حول العالم بحوالً ‪ ،%71‬حتى الرحالت‬ ‫الجوٌة التً ٌتم تشغٌلها اآلن متوسط نسب اإلشغال على الرحالت المحلٌة ‪ %10‬وعلى‬ ‫الرحالت الدولٌة ‪.%22‬‬ ‫ودعا االتحاد الدولً للنقل الجوي "االٌاتا" فى تقرٌر له الحكومات فى أفرٌقٌا والشرق االوسط‬ ‫إلى اتخاذ إجراءات عاجلة لتقدٌم اإلغاثة المالٌة لشركات الطٌران‪ ،‬حٌث وصل أحدث سٌنارٌو‬ ‫متصور للخسارة المحتملة فً عائدات شركات النقل فً أفرٌقٌا والشرق األوسط إلى ‪ 23‬ملٌار‬ ‫دوالر أمرٌكً (‪ 19‬ملٌار دوالر أمرٌكً فً الشرق األوسط و ‪ 4‬ملٌارات دوالر فً أفرٌقٌا)‪.‬‬ ‫وأوضح االتحاد أن هذا ٌعنً انخفاض عائدات الصناعة بنسبة ‪ %32‬ألفرٌقٌا و ‪ %39‬للشرق‬ ‫األوسط لعام ‪ 2020‬مقارنة بعام ‪.2019‬‬ ‫االدارة العامة للعالقات العامة والمراسم‬ ‫قطاع االمانة العامة بالشركة القابضة لمصر للطٌران‬

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‫تابع‬

‫االدارة العامة للعالقات العامة والمراسم‬ ‫قطاع االمانة العامة بالشركة القابضة لمصر للطٌران‬

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‫العربٌة للطٌران تنفً تعلٌق إطالق شركتها فً أبوظبً‬ ‫ندد المتحدث الرسمً لشركة العربٌة للطٌران بالتقارٌر‪ ،‬التً تحدثت عن طلب الشركة‬ ‫دعما ً مالٌا ً حكومٌا ً فً ظل الظروف الراهنة‪ ،‬مؤكداً أن التقارٌر جاءت بغرض‬ ‫االستهداف والمبالغة‪.‬‬ ‫وأكد المتحدث أن إطالق شركة العربٌة للطٌران أبوظبً ال ٌزال قٌد التنفٌذ‪ ،‬وسٌتم‬ ‫إطالق الشركة حسب الخطط الموضوعة ومع تحسن وضع السوق‪.‬‬ ‫وكانت وكالة بلومبٌرغ قد ذكرت فً تقرٌر أن العربٌة للطٌران طلبت دعما ً حكومٌاً‪،‬‬ ‫وأنها علقت موعد إطالق شركتها فً أبوظبً‪.‬‬ ‫وأضافت المصادر لوكالة بلومبرغ أن العربٌة للطٌران تخطط لتأجٌل إطالق شركة‬ ‫طٌران جدٌدة منخفضة التكلفة مع استمرار تفشً فٌروس كورونا‪ ،‬الذي ألحق الضرر‬ ‫بصناعة الطٌران‪.‬‬ ‫وتعرضت الخطوط الجوٌة إلغالق شبه كامل لم ٌسبق له مثٌل للسفر حٌث اجتاحت‬ ‫أزمة فٌروس كورونا عبر القارات‪ ،‬وأغلقت الحكومات الحدود وأمرت السكان بالبقاء‬ ‫فً منازلهم‪.‬‬ ‫ووف ًقا لالتحاد الدولً للنقل الجوي ‪ ،‬فإن ‪ %70‬من سعة النقل العالمً معطلة وٌمكن‬ ‫أن ٌخسر القطاع ‪ 61‬ملٌار دوالر فً الربع الثانً وحده‪.‬‬ ‫وقد وعدت طٌران اإلمارات‪ ،‬وهً أكبر شركة طٌران فً العالم للرحالت الطوٌلة‪ ،‬بدعم‬ ‫من حكومة دبً‪.‬‬ ‫وتبحث شركات الطٌران األخرى عن دعم حكومً ٌشمل لوفتهانزا والخطوط الجوٌة‬ ‫الفرنسٌة‪ ،‬والخطوط القطرٌة‪.‬‬ ‫وتدٌر العربٌة للطٌران أعماال متعددة المحاور ولها قواعد فً المغرب ومصر وكذلك‬ ‫الشارقة‪ .‬طلبت الشركة ‪ 120‬طائرة اٌرباص ‪SE‬ذات الجسم الضٌق بقٌمة ‪ 14‬ملٌار‬ ‫دوالر فً أواخر العام الماضً لمواكبة التوسع فً جنوب شرق آسٌا وإفرٌقٌا‪.‬‬ ‫االدارة العامة للعالقات العامة والمراسم‬ ‫قطاع االمانة العامة بالشركة القابضة لمصر للطٌران‬

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‫العربٌة للطٌران‪ :‬ظروف السوق ستؤثر على إطالق شركة جدٌدة لكن ال تأجٌل بعد‬

‫قال متحدث باسم العربٌة للطٌران الٌوم الثالثاء إن الشركة واالتحاد للطٌران ال‬ ‫تعتزمان إرجاء إطالق شركة طٌران اقتصادي مقرها أبوظبى‪ ،‬فى مشروع مشترك بٌن‬ ‫الناقلتٌن الجوٌتٌن‪ ،‬لكن التوقٌت سٌعتمد على ظروف السوق‪.‬‬ ‫وقال الرئٌس التنفٌذى للعربٌة للطٌران عادل على فى نوفمبر إن الشركة الجدٌدة ستبدأ‬ ‫عملها فى الربع الثانى من ‪ 2020‬لكن تفشى فٌروس كورونا المستجد تسبب فى وقف‬ ‫أغلب رحالت الطٌران الدولٌة‪.‬‬ ‫وقال المتحدث باسم العربٌة للطٌران‪ ،‬وهى شركة الطٌران الوحٌدة المدرجة فى‬ ‫اإلمارات‪" ،‬لٌست هناك خطط لتأجٌل أو إرجاء‪ ...‬العمل التجهٌزى لإلطالق ال ٌزال‬ ‫جارٌا وسٌعتمد تقدمه على تحسن الوضع فى السوق"‪.‬‬ ‫وفى أكتوبر‪ ،‬أعلنت االتحاد للطٌران المملوكة ألبوظبى والعربٌة للطٌران عن خطتهما‬ ‫لتأسٌس شركة طٌران اقتصادى‪ ،‬وقالتا إنهما ترغبان فى االستفادة من الطلب المتنامى‬ ‫على السفر منخفض التكلفة من وإلى العاصمة اإلماراتٌة‪.‬‬ ‫وستكون الشركة الجدٌدة‪ ،‬العربٌة للطٌران أبوظبى‪ ،‬خامس شركة طٌران فى دولة‬ ‫اإلمارات العربٌة المتحدة‪ .‬ومن بٌن شركات الطٌران األخرى فالى دبى للطٌران‬ ‫منخفض التكلفة ومقرها دبى‪.‬‬ ‫االدارة العامة للعالقات العامة والمراسم‬ ‫قطاع االمانة العامة بالشركة القابضة لمصر للطٌران‬

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‫اإلٌاتا‪ 314 :‬ملٌار دوالر خسائر شركات الطٌران ببسب أزمة "كورونا"‬ ‫كتب ‪ -‬محمد عبٌد‪:‬‬

‫أعلن ألكساندر دي جٌنٌاك رئٌس االتحاد الدولً للنقل الجوي "اإلٌاتا"‪ ،‬أن خسائر‬ ‫شركات الطٌران ستصل لحوالً ‪ 314‬ملٌار دوالر فً العام الجاري‪ ،‬بانخفاض ‪: 55‬‬ ‫مقارنة بالعام الماضً بسبب استمرار أزمة فٌروس "كورونا"‪ ،‬المستجد ‪COVID-‬‬ ‫‪19.‬‬ ‫كبٌرا‬ ‫ضا ً‬ ‫وقال ألكساندر فً أحدث تحلٌل له الٌوم الثالثاء‪ ،‬سٌشهد العام الجاري انخفا ً‬ ‫فً عائدات ركاب شركات الطٌران‪ ،‬مشٌرا إلى أن الخسائر قدرت حتى الـ‪ 24‬من‬ ‫مارس الماضً بحوالً ‪ 252‬ملٌار دوالر من اإلٌرادات‪ ،‬إال أنها زادت بسبب‬ ‫استمرار أزمة "كورونا"‪ ،‬ووضع قٌود شدٌدة على السفر للشهر الثالث علً التوالً‬ ‫من جانب الحكومات ‪.‬‬ ‫وقال ألكساندر‪ ،‬إن ​الطلب على السفر سٌنخفض لمدة عام كامل سواء "محل ًٌا ودول ًٌا"‬ ‫بنسبة ‪ ،:48‬وهناك عنصرٌن رئٌسٌ​ٌن وراء تلك التطورات االقتصادٌة الشامل‪.‬‬ ‫وأشار إلى أن العالم ٌتجه نحو الركود‪ ،‬ومن المتوقع أن تكون الصدمة االقتصادٌة‬ ‫ألزمة "كورونا" فً أشد حاالتها فً الربع الثانً‪ ،‬وٌنكمش الناتج المحلً اإلجمالً‬ ‫بنسبة ‪ ،:6‬العنصر الثانً ستزٌد قٌود السفر من تأثٌر الركود على الطلب‪ ،‬وسٌكون‬ ‫اعتبارا من أبرٌل الجاري‪ ،‬وانخفضت الرحالت‬ ‫التأثٌر األكثر حدة فً الربع الثانً‬ ‫ً‬ ‫على مستوى العالم بنسبة ‪ :80‬مقارنة بعام ‪ 2019‬بسبب القٌود الشدٌدة على السفر‬ ‫التً تفرضها الحكومات لمكافحة انتشار الفٌروس ‪.‬‬ ‫تابع‬

‫االدارة العامة للعالقات العامة والمراسم‬ ‫قطاع االمانة العامة بالشركة القابضة لمصر للطٌران‬

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‫وطالب ألكساندر‪ ،‬الحكومات بدعم شركات الطٌران فً حزمة إجراءات‪ ،‬ألن شركات‬ ‫الخطوط الجوٌة تدعم حوالً ‪ 65.5‬ملٌون وظٌفة حول العالم‪ ،‬وتحتاج إغاثة مالٌة‬ ‫عاجلة من الحكومات‪ ،‬للمحافظة على الوظائف الموجودة بها وتسمح لها باالنتعاش‬ ‫مرة ثانٌة‪ ،‬وتقدم الحكومات اإلعفاء الضرٌبً للشركات على الرواتب والتذاكر والرسوم‬ ‫األخرى التً تفرضها الحكومات ‪.‬‬

‫االدارة العامة للعالقات العامة والمراسم‬ ‫قطاع االمانة العامة بالشركة القابضة لمصر للطٌران‬

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Airline revenues to nosedive by 55% in 2020: IATA

Airline passenger revenues are set to plunge by 55 percent, or $314 billion, in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, the International Air Transport Association said Tuesday.

It marks a sharp worsening of the forecast for the aviation industry, as just three weeks ago the decrease was predicted to be 44 percent, or $252 billion.

"The industry's outlook grows darker by the day," said IATA chief executive Alexandre de Juniac.

"The scale of the crisis makes a sharp V-shaped recovery unlikely. Realistically, it will be a U-shaped recovery with domestic travel coming back faster than the international market.

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‫االدارة العامة للعالقات العامة والمراسم‬ ‫قطاع االمانة العامة بالشركة القابضة لمصر للطٌران‬

‫تابع‬

"Without urgent relief, many airlines will not survive to lead the economic recovery."

As of early April, the number of flights worldwide was down by 80 percent compared to the same period in 2019, said IATA, which brings together 290 airlines.

The crisis began for the aviation sector at the end of January when airlines suspended services to China, where the COVID-19 virus outbreak began.

Since then IATA has repeatedly increased the estimated revenue losses as border closures have followed the spread of the new coronavirus around the world.

In its latest assessment, the association factored in longer-than-expected restrictions on international travel, and the virus spreading in Africa and South America.

De Juniac said that meetings with governments would start later this week to work up a plan to restart the sector, first by getting domestic flights going again, followed by regional and finally intercontinental routes.

"Monitoring the health of passengers will be a key element in this restart," he said.

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‫االدارة العامة للعالقات العامة والمراسم‬ ‫قطاع االمانة العامة بالشركة القابضة لمصر للطٌران‬

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Although he could not say for the moment what form that would take, he said there should be uniformity around the world to avoid a patchwork approach.

IATA is calling for airlines to be given financial relief in the form of loans, loan guarantees, support for the corporate bond market and tax relief.

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‫االدارة العامة للعالقات العامة والمراسم‬ ‫قطاع االمانة العامة بالشركة القابضة لمصر للطٌران‬

Global Airlines' Estimated Coronavirus Losses Rise to $314 Billion: IATA Estimated global airline losses from the coronavirus pandemic have climbed to $314 billion, 25% more than previously forecast, owing to the severity of the economic downturn and a slower than previously expected reopening of international routes.

The latest forecast from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) is up from the $252 billion figure given on March 24 and represents a 55% drop in 2020 passenger revenue compared with last year.

Traffic measured in revenue passenger kilometres is forecast to be 48% down this year, compared with the previously forecast 38% decline, industry body IATA said at a weekly online news conference on Tuesday.

"The recovery should be slower and the crisis deeper than we expected even one month ago," Director General Alexandre de Juniac told Reuters TV in an online interview.

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‫االدارة العامة للعالقات العامة والمراسم‬ ‫قطاع االمانة العامة بالشركة القابضة لمصر للطٌران‬

‫تابع‬

The pandemic has brought air travel to a virtual standstill, with many airline fleets grounded and no visibility on when travel restrictions will be eased.

IATA has urged governments to provide airlines with liquidity urgently to help them to survive the crisis, warning that many will go bust within weeks unless they receive help.

The trade body, which represents airlines such as Lufthansa and British Airways owner IAG, said it expects domestic markets to be the first to reopen, as has happened in China, with international routes following gradually.

A phased return of international flights would still be problematic for airline finances because most carriers obtain the bulk of their revenue from international routes, IATA said.

IATA urged nations to co-operate on the lifting of restrictions and said it would organise a series of regional meetings to weigh a "restart plan" for the industry.

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‫االدارة العامة للعالقات العامة والمراسم‬ ‫قطاع االمانة العامة بالشركة القابضة لمصر للطٌران‬

‫تابع‬

"These measures that have been implemented unilaterally by each state have to be lifted jointly otherwise it will not work," de Juniac said.

"You cannot say you authorise your citizens to go abroad without having on the other side a state saying 'I am ready to welcome them'."

IATA was embarking on a three-stage plan to boost passenger confidence in flying, restore the confidence of governments and gain approvals from health authorities, he said.

IATA has started a survey of passengers in 11 countries to understand the depth of concerns about air travel.

De Juniac told Reuters TV restoring demand would depend in part on measures such as controls and testing, and availability of specialist equipment.

Once governments decide it is appropriate to lift travel restrictions, flying will be safe "provided that these measures are properly designed and properly implemented," he added.

(Reporting by Laurence Frost, Tim Hepher and Sarah Young; Editing by David Goodman and Grant McCool)

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‫االدارة العامة للعالقات العامة والمراسم‬ ‫قطاع االمانة العامة بالشركة القابضة لمصر للطٌران‬

Global airlines' estimated coronavirus losses rise to $314 billion: IATA Estimated global airline losses from the coronavirus pandemic have climbed to $314 billion, 25% more than previously forecast, owing to the severity of the economic downturn and a slower than previously expected reopening of international routes.

The latest forecast from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) is up from the $252 billion figure given on March 24 and represents a 55% drop in 2020 passenger revenue compared with last year.

Traffic measured in revenue passenger kilometres is forecast to be 48% down this year, compared with the previously forecast 38% decline, industry body IATA said at a weekly online news conference on Tuesday.

“The recovery should be slower and the crisis deeper than we expected even one month ago,” Director General Alexandre de Juniac told Reuters TV in an online interview.

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‫االدارة العامة للعالقات العامة والمراسم‬ ‫قطاع االمانة العامة بالشركة القابضة لمصر للطٌران‬

‫تابع‬

The pandemic has brought air travel to a virtual standstill, with many airline fleets grounded and no visibility on when travel restrictions will be eased.

IATA has urged governments to provide airlines with liquidity urgently to help them to survive the crisis, warning that many will go bust within weeks unless they receive help.

ADVERTISEMENT The trade body, which represents airlines such as Lufthansa (LHAG.DE) and British Airways owner IAG (ICAG.L), said it expects domestic markets to be the first to reopen, as has happened in China, with international routes following gradually.

A phased return of international flights would still be problematic for airline finances because most carriers obtain the bulk of their revenue from international routes, IATA said.

IATA urged nations to co-operate on the lifting of restrictions and said it would organise a series of regional meetings to weigh a “restart plan” for the industry.

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‫االدارة العامة للعالقات العامة والمراسم‬ ‫قطاع االمانة العامة بالشركة القابضة لمصر للطٌران‬

‫تابع‬

“These measures that have been implemented unilaterally by each state have to be lifted jointly otherwise it will not work,” de Juniac said.

“You cannot say you authorise your citizens to go abroad without having on the other side a state saying „I am ready to welcome them‟.”

IATA was embarking on a three-stage plan to boost passenger confidence in flying, restore the confidence of governments and gain approvals from health authorities, he said.

ADVERTISEMENT IATA has started a survey of passengers in 11 countries to understand the depth of concerns about air travel.

De Juniac told Reuters TV restoring demand would depend in part on measures such as controls and testing, and availability of specialist equipment.

Once governments decide it is appropriate to lift travel restrictions, flying will be safe “provided that these measures are properly designed and properly implemented,” he added.

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Over half of global airlines'' passenger revenues at risk: IATA Global airline industry''s passenger revenues have dropped by $314 billion in 2020, which is a 55 per cent decline compared to 2019 due to the outbreak of Covid19, the International Air Transport Association''s updated analysis showed on Tuesday.

On March 24, IATA estimated that $252 billion will be the amount of revenues that could be lost in a scenario with severe travel restrictions lasting three months.

According to IATA, the updated figures reflect a significant deepening of the crisis since then, and reflect the severe domestic restrictions lasting three months and some on international travel extending beyond that time period.

Besides, the full-year passenger demand is expected to go down by 48 per cent compared to 2019 due to the overall economic developments.

"The economic shock of the COVID-19 crisis is expected to be at its most severe in Q2 when GDP is expected to shrink by 6 per cent (by comparison, GDP shrank by 2 per cent at the height of the Global Financial Crisis)," IATA said in a statement.

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"Passenger demand closely follows GDP progression.

The impact of reduced economic activity in Q2 alone would result in an 8 per cent fall in passenger demand in the third quarter."

As per the statement, travel restrictions will deepen the impact of recession on demand for travel.

"The most severe impact is expected to be in Q2. As of early April, the number of flights globally was down 80 per cent compared to 2019 in large part owing to severe travel restrictions imposed by governments to fight the spread of the virus," the statement said.

"Domestic markets could still see the start of an upturn in demand beginning in the third quarter in a first stage of lifting travel restrictions. International markets, however, will be slower to resume as it appears likely that governments will retain these travel restrictions longer."

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Global airlines' estimated coronavirus losses rise to $314 billion: IATA Estimated global airline losses from the coronavirus pandemic have climbed to $314 billion, 25% more than previously forecast, owing to the severity of the economic downturn and a slower than previously expected reopening of international routes.

The latest forecast from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) is up from the $252 billion figure given on March 24 and represents a 55% drop in 2020 passenger revenue compared with last year.

Traffic measured in revenue passenger kilometres is forecast to be 48% down this year, compared with the previously forecast 38% decline, industry body IATA said at a weekly online news conference on Tuesday.

"The recovery should be slower and the crisis deeper than we expected even one month ago," Director General Alexandre de Juniac told Reuters TV in an online interview.

The pandemic has brought air travel to a virtual standstill, with many airline fleets grounded and no visibility on when travel restrictions will be eased.

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IATA has urged governments to provide airlines with liquidity urgently to help them to survive the crisis, warning that many will go bust within weeks unless they receive help.

The trade body, which represents airlines such as Lufthansa and British Airways owner IAG , said it expects domestic markets to be the first to reopen, as has happened in China, with international routes following gradually.

A phased return of international flights would still be problematic for airline finances because most carriers obtain the bulk of their revenue from international routes, IATA said.

IATA urged nations to co-operate on the lifting of restrictions and said it would organise a series of regional meetings to weigh a "restart plan" for the industry.

"These measures that have been implemented unilaterally by each state have to be lifted jointly otherwise it will not work," de Juniac said.

"You cannot say you authorise your citizens to go abroad without having on the other side a state saying 'I am ready to welcome them'."

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IATA was embarking on a three-stage plan to boost passenger confidence in flying, restore the confidence of governments and gain approvals from health authorities, he said.

IATA has started a survey of passengers in 11 countries to understand the depth of concerns about air travel.

De Juniac told Reuters TV restoring demand would depend in part on measures such as controls and testing, and availability of specialist equipment.

Once governments decide it is appropriate to lift travel restrictions, flying will be safe "provided that these measures are properly designed and properly implemented," he added.

(Reporting by Laurence Frost, Tim Hepher and Sarah Young; Editing by David Goodman and Grant McCool)

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Emirates and Etihad add more flights to schedules Middle Eastern carriers Emirates and Etihad have added more cities to their flight schedules as they resume limited services.

Dubai-based Emirates will add services to Jakarta, Manila, Taipei, Chicago, Tunis, Algiers and Kabul, commencing 16 April.

It said on 13 April: “Only citizens of the destination country and those who meet the entry requirements will be allowed to board.”

On 6 April, the airline restarted outbound flights to London Heathrow, four times a week, and thrice weekly to Frankfurt.

It says the new services mean it will recommence operations from Terminal 3 at Dubai International Airport.

Meanwhile, UAE carrier Etihad said on 12 April it was adding additional “special” flights to Brussels, Dublin, London Heathrow, Tokyo Narita and Zurich between 14 and 22 April.

That comes on top of other flights it is operating to Amsterdam, Melbourne, Seoul, Singapore, Manila, Jakarta between 8 and 21 April.

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These flights allow passengers stranded in the UAE to return home, the carrier says. The return sectors enable Etihad to repatriate UAE citizens and bring fresh produce in the bellies of its aircraft back to Abu Dhabi.

Emirates and Etihad were forced to suspend all passenger services from 25 March following a decision by the UAE government to ground inbound, outbound and transit flights.

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​Norwegian share price plummets on debt conversion plan Scandinavian budget carrier Norwegian saw its share price nosedive when markets opened on 14 April, following its 8 April proposal to convert debt to equity in order to qualify for state aid.

Shortly after the Oslo stock exchange reopened following the long Easter weekend, Norwegian‟s share price was at one point down more than 60% compared with when the market closed on 8 April.

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This was the first indication of investor appetite for the airline since it announced plans for bondholders, lessors and other creditors to become equity holders in the company by converting “substantial” debt to equity.

The carrier‟s chief executive, Jacob Schram, said the proposed measures were necessary to secure “the next tranches of the Norwegian government state guarantee programme”.

Norway last month announced a NKr6 billion ($583 million) bailout for the aviation sector, half of which is earmarked for Norwegian.

In a 14 April research note, Bernstein analyst Daniel Roeska describes Norwegian as being “at the end of the line”. He expects shareholders to sign over the majority of equity to bondholders during the airline‟s 4 May general meeting, pointing out that “existing shares are all but worthless”. shareholders will decide.”

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Roeska believes there are two likely outcomes for the airline: “Either the bondholders agree a conversion price for their debt into equity, or they do not. If they agree, the firm continues to operate, but shareholders will be severely diluted. If they do not, then we expect operations to cease, bankruptcy proceedings to start, and shareholders to get nothing.”

If the first option comes to fruition, the airline will be able to access state aid and continue with its restructuring.

However, it might take a much smaller form in the future and its long-haul operation could be axed, Roeska suggests.

“Oslo has an interest in keeping this alive, facilitating connectivity for its corporate sector and intraScandinavian travel,” he writes. “If it continues, will the airline admit that the long-haul, low-cost experiment has failed and retreat back to its Nordic core? The new

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