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The airline is set to double current capacity by early July, adding approximately 30,000 seats across 320 flights per week to its domestic schedule. Virgin Australia will also introduce a comprehensive new set of safety and wellbeing measures, including pre-departure eligibility and health screening, contactless check-in, more frequent cleaning onboard and at the airport and expanded social distancing measures.

The airline has announced that domestic flights will resume from 15 June between Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban. They've also released important information on the documents required to travel, as South Africa prepares to fly under COVID-19 alert level

SA Express has been granted a three-month extension by the high court to remain in provisional liquidation. This is due in part to news from The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa and the South African Cabin Crew Association, who claim to have an investor from the United Arab Emirates potentially interested in buying a stake in the airline.

Air Tahiti Nui is planning to resume flights from Tahiti's Fa'a'ā International Airport in French Polynesia to both Los Angeles and Paris from 16 July and 15 July respectively. The announcement follows the news that French Polynesia is currently COVID-19 free, and intends to re-open to international tourism from 15 July.

South African Airways' (SAA) creditors have approved a further extension to the deadline for publication of the airline's business rescue plan, allowing an additional seven days until 15 June. as requested by the business rescue practitioners. The deadline was extended from 08-Jun-2020 to 15-Jun-2020. The extension will allow time for additional discussions with unions and the country's government.

The international flights of both airlines will be grounded for an indefinite period from today, after a government-subsidised repatriation network covering journeys from London, Auckland, Los Angeles and Hong Kong came to an end. The Australian government says it is reviewing whether it needs to fund further flights to get Australians home from overseas.

The airline has announced that limited domestic air travel for business purposes will be allowed in South Africa under lockdown level three, subject to restrictions on the number of flights per day, plus authorisation based on the reason for travel. Cemair is the first airline to resume operations after 10 weeks without commercial flights in South Africa.

The airline has announced preparations to scale up its domestic flying from its current 5% of pre-pandemic levels to 40% by the end of July, pending the reopening of Australian state borders.

Virgin Atlantic have today announced that from 20 July they will resume a number of services from London Heathrow. The airline will operate flights to Orlando, New York, Los Angeles, Hong Kong and Shanghai. They have also introduced industry-leading health and safety measures to ensure passenger confidence.

Etihad Airways announced today that it will resume carrying transit passengers via its Abu Dhabi hub from 20 destination cities in Europe, Asia and Australia from 10 June; this follows a lifting of a previous suspension on those flights by the UAE government.

The airline has announced that domestic flights in South Africa will shortly resume, and have published a schedule detailing upcoming flights between Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town.

Today the Civil Aviation Authority of China adjusted its measures in the number of international passenger flights allowed. Chinese and foreign airlines who were not listed in the "fifth phase" flight plan may now choose a port city and operate 1 international passenger flight per week. The airlines which were included in the "fifth phase" flight plan may continue to operate one flight per week.

In the past seven days Qatar Airways' network has expanded to over 40 destinations with the additions of Bangkok, Barcelona, Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Singapore and Vienna. The airline announced the upcoming return of flights to Berlin, Dar es Salaam, New York, Tunis and Venice.

Emirates has announced today that from 15 June, flights and transit services will be resumed between Dubai International Airport and a further 16 cities. Flights will shortly be available to Bahrain, Manchester, Zurich, Vienna, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Dublin, New York JFK, Seoul, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Jakarta, Taipei, Hong Kong, Perth and Brisbane.

The airline announced today that by July it intends to restore services to 73 destinations, which is more than double the number of routes flown in May. Destinations in Europe will include Alicante, Bilbao, Bologna, Ibiza, Istanbul, Nice, Porto, Catania and Split; also considered will be long haul services including to Jakarta, Denpasar, Washington D.C., San Francisco, Vancouver and Calgary, depending on the easing of travel restrictions.

Singapore Airlines and regional wing SilkAir will reinstate certain flights in June and July, subject to regulatory approvals. Reinstated scheduled services include flights to Adelaide, Amsterdam, Auckland, Barcelona, Brisbane, Cebu, Christchurch, Copenhagen, Hong Kong, Medan, Melbourne and Osaka.

United Airlines has announced that July will see the resumption of services in Asia to Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore and Seoul. It will also increase transatlantic services between the US and cities across Europe; capacity in July will be down around 75% compared to the same month last year, versus 90% down in June compared to the same month last year.

Rex has announced that from 1 June 2020, all passengers flying across their network will be required to wear a face mask. This will help provide an extra layer of protection against the spread of COVID-19 as well as for the safety and wellbeing of all passengers and staff.

The airline's operations have remained suspended, despite an SAA press release in May detailing the resumption of Johannesburg-Cape Town services in mid-June. The airline's business practitioners have said that the decision will allow the airline to get a better understanding of what the country's move to COVID-19 level three, due on 1 June, will mean for domestic travel.

The airlines belonging to the Lufthansa group are significantly expanding their services in the second half of June 2020. Lufthansa alone will resume flights to around 20 European destinations from Frankfurt International Airport and 34 from Munich International Airport, from 15 June onwards; Austrian Airlines, SWISS, Eurowings and Brussels Airlines will also either add further services or resume suspended operations.