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On 19 March 2020, Qantas confirmed it would suspend about 60% of domestic flights, [168] put two-thirds of its employees on leave, suspend all international flights and ground more than 150 of its aircraft from the end of March until at least 31 May 2020 following expanded travel restrictions.
The effects of COVID-19 lockdowns were subject of the first quantitative research on large-scale modal shifts and demand reduction in aviation. [150] It illustrated that a significant share of business travel is not necessary [151] and advanced or increased the adoption of various methods and technologies to mitigate air travel demand.
The carrier mistakenly sold the first-class return fares for roughly $3,390 — that compares with their usual cost of $13,000 to $20,000, according to Qantas' website.
The list was updated, in principle, every two weeks. Several countries (Algeria, Canada, Georgia, Jordan, Morocco, Montenegro, Serbia, Tunisia and Uruguay) have been removed from the EU designated COVID-19 safe countries list since it was introduced on 30 June 2020, and no new country was ever added to that list.
On 19 March 2020, Qantas suspended about 60% of domestic flights, [66] put two thirds of its employees on leave, suspended all international flights and grounded more than 150 of its aircraft from the end of March until at least 31 May 2020, following expanded COVID-19 pandemic government travel restrictions.
Qantas flies to 61 domestic and to 35 international destinations, including seasonal destinations, in 23 countries across Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania, excluding the destinations served by its subsidiaries other than QantasLink.
While tickets went on sale in December 2019, due to the COVID-19 Pandemic's impact on international flights, only the first of the three flights was operated on April 2, 2020. It covered an actual flight distance of 14,760 km (9,171 mi; 7,970 nmi). [ 370 ]
Qantas services its international and domestic flights with a fleet that includes Airbus and Boeing planes. As of June 30, the Qantas Group had 347 aircraft, 75 of which were Boeing 737-800 planes.