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WASHINGTON - Syarikat penerbangan utama di dunia mengumumkan pengurangan perkhidmatan selepas ancaman koronavirus (Covid-19) memburukkan lagi permintaan dalam industri itu.

Susulan itu, syarikat penerbangan Amerika Syarikat (AS) turut memohon bantuan kewangan bernilai kira-kira AS$50 bilion (RM215 bilion).

Menyifatkan kejatuhan permintaan pada krisis kali ini sebagai tidak pernah berlaku dan jauh lebih buruk daripada tragedi 11 September, kumpulan perdagangan Airlines for America (A4A) telah mengemukakan senarai bantuan termasuk pelepasan cukai.

"Ia bukan masalah hari ini, bukan masalah esok. Ia memerlukan tindakan segera," kata Presiden dan Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif A4A, Nicholas Calio.

A4A berkata, industri tersebut berada di landasan yang tepat untuk menghadapi kerugian dalam kecairan sebanyak AS$23 bilion (RM99 bilion) pada hujung tahun ini di bawah senario optimis dan kerugian AS$53 bilion (RM228 bilion) di bawah senario pesimis.

"Sehingga pagi semalam, senario suram itu masih tidak berubah," menurut A4A.

Pegawai Rumah Putih turut menggariskan penerbangan sebagai kebimbangan utama dan memberi sokongan padu kepada rancangan Persekutuan untuk mengukuhkan industri berkenaan.

Terdahulu Pusat Penerbangan CAPA berkata, kebanyakan syarikat penerbangan di dunia akan muflis menjelang akhir Mei kecuali mendapat campur tangan daripada kerajaan.

"Tindakan kerajaan dan industri yang diselaraskan sangat diperlukan sekarang. Rizab tunai semakin berkurangan kerana pesawat digantung dan penerbangan beroperasi kurang daripada separuh penuh.

Skala krisis itu diburukkan lagi apabila syarikat penerbangan tambang murah terbesar di Eropah, Ryanair (RYAAY) semalam memaklumkan ia akan menggantung sebahagian besar pesawatnya selama tujuh hingga 10 hari akan datang. - Agensi



WASHINGTON - The world's leading carriers announced a decline in services after the coronary-virus (Covid-19) threat exacerbated demand in the industry. Subsequently, US airlines have sought financial assistance of approximately US $ 50 billion (RM215 billion). Describing the fall in demand for this crisis as unprecedented and far worse than the September 11 tragedy, the trading group Airlines for America (A4A) has submitted a list of aid including tax relief. "It's not a problem today, it's not a problem tomorrow. It needs immediate action," said A4A President and Chief Executive Officer Nicholas Calio. A4A said the industry was on track to face a loss of US $ 23 billion in liquidity at the end of this year under optimistic scenarios and a loss of US $ 53 billion (RM228 billion) under the pessimistic scenario. "As of yesterday morning, the gloomy scenario remained unchanged," according to A4A. White House officials also cited aviation as a major concern and provided strong support to the Federal plan to strengthen the industry. Earlier, the CAPA Aviation Center said most airlines in the world would go bankrupt by the end of May unless it received government intervention. "Co-ordinated government and industry actions are urgently needed today. Cash reserves are declining as aircraft are suspended and flights are less than half full. The scale of the crisis worsened as Europe's largest airline Ryanair (RYAAY) announced yesterday it would suspend most of its aircraft for the next seven to 10 days. - Agency