The airline industry has been heavily impacted following the outbreak of COVID-19. The global scheduled flight capacity had dropped by 12.4%(YoY), as of 16 March 2020. The largest contraction was in Hong Kong, where capacity dropped by approximately 81%(YoY), followed by Italy with a drop of approximately 74%(YoY). In South Africa all domestic and international flights were shut down on 26 March 2020 for 21 days.