Australian carrier Qantas has announced that it will stand down two-thirds of its 30,000 employees until at least the end of May due to the coronavirus pandemic. The airline, along with its subsidiary Jetstar, also plans to suspend all international flights as of late March and reduce domestic flights by 60 percent starting this week. The companies are grounding more than 150 aircraft including all of Qantas’ A380s, 747s and B787-9s and Jetstar’s B787-8s.
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