Who will survive the Asia-Pacific network carnage?

Hong Kong, April 13 -- For Asia-Pacific airlines profitable international flying has evaporated. In some cases, the same fate is hitting domestic networks. Orient Aviation reports on the flight and staff purges, announced to March 30, that the region's airlines have enacted to survive the COVID-19 outbreak.

The AirAsia Group grounded most of its fleets on March 28 and will suspend all flights, with the exception of skeleton services to Indonesia and Thailand, from the same date. Its joint ventures elsewhere in the region are being operated near to suspension point.

AirAsia Philippines has stopped flying until April 14 and AirAsia India has suspended flights until the Indian government lifts its travel ban. AirAsia Indonesia and AirAsia Th...