As airlines idle thousands of aircraft with sky getting emptier day by day, we are seeing thousands of aircraft parked all over the world.
Taxiways, maintenance hangers along with runways at major airports are being used as a parking lot for the grounded aircraft.
Here are some of the footage of major airlines grounded planes:
American Airlines:
American Airlines have parked a part of their fleet in Tulsa, Oklahoma including the 737 Max, the 777 and the 787 Dreamliner.
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American Airlines planes parked at Tulsa, Oklahoma Reuters
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| American Airlines planes parked at Tulsa, Oklahoma Reuters |
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American Airlines planes parked at Tulsa, Oklahoma Reuters
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Delta Airlines:
Delta have parked their grounded aircraft at Pinal Air Park in Arizona. These photos were taken by the pilot who flew in there.
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| Grounded Delta Airlines planes in Marana, Pinal Air Park, Arizona. |
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| Grounded Delta Airlines planes in Marana, Pinal Air Park, Arizona. |
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Delta is also parking their aircraft in Southern California Logistics Airport in Victorville, California.
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| Grounded Delta Airlines planes in Victorville, California. Getty |
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Delta operates a fleet of over 900 aircraft, making it the second largest airline according to fleet size.
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Grounded Delta Airlines planes in Atlanta, Georgia. Ben Bearup
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Grounded Delta Airlines planes in Atlanta, Georgia. Ben Bearup
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United Airlines:
The Chicago-based airline is storing some of its jets in Orlando International Airport. It has also sent some of its aircraft in New Mexico.
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| Grounded United Airlines planes in Orlando, Florida. Diego Perez |
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| Grounded United Airlines planes in Orlando, Florida. Diego Perez |
South American Airlines:
LATAM aircraft are grounded in Santiago, Sao Paulo, Brasilia and Cuzco among others. LATAM is still operating handful flights in Brazil and Chile.
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| Grounded LATAM planes in Santiago de Chile Mavalenzu |
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| Grounded LATAM planes in Santiago de Chile. Mavalenzu |
However, its operation in Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru have been closed.
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| Grounded LATAM planes in Santiago de Chile. Mavalenzu |
European Airlines:
Swiss has rented parking lots at a military airport close to Zurich to park their grounded aircraft.
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| Grounded Swiss planes in Dubendorf. Tom Luthi |
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| Grounded Swiss planes in Dubendorf. Tom Luthi |
Lufthansa:
Lufthansa group has grounded 700 of the total 763 aircraft among its subsidiaries.
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| Grounded Lufthansa planes in Frankfurt, Germany. Getty |
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| Grounded Lufthansa planes in Frankfurt, Germany. Getty |
Lufthansa and Condor aircraft are parked in one of the closed runways at Frankfurt airport. Its taxiway along with bridges are also being used for parking purpose.
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| Grounded Lufthansa planes in Frankfurt, Germany. Getty |
British Airways:
British Airways have grounded their aircraft at Glasgow Airport and Bournemouth Airport.
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| Grounded British Airways planes in the UK. Getty |
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| Grounded British Airways planes in the UK. Getty |
International Airlines Group has announced 75% reductions in capacity among its subsidiaries.
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| Grounded British Airways planes in the UK. Getty |
Scandinavian Airlines:
In Denmark, Scandinavian Airlines have grounded most of its aircraft, after flight operations have been ceased.
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| Grounded Scandinavian Airlines planes in Copenhagen, Denmark. Getty |
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| Grounded Scandinavian Airlines planes in Copenhagen, Denmark. Getty |
Middle-East Airlines:
Emirates have grounded its fleet of A380s and B777s in both Dubai International (DXB) and Dubai World Central (DWC) airports.
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| Grounded Emirates planes in Dubai World Central (DWC). |
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| Grounded Emirates planes in Dubai World Central (DWC). |
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| Grounded Emirates planes in Dubai World Central (DWC). |
Asian-Pacific Airlines:
A large number of wide-bodies owned by Cathay Pacific along with Hong Kong Airlines and Hong Kong Express are parked in Hong Kong International Airport.
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| Grounded planes in Hong Kong Airport. From Web |
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| Grounded planes in Hong Kong Airport. From Web |
Hong Kong Airport is among the earlier airport, where aircraft are grounded in storage.
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| Grounded planes in Hong Kong Airport. From Web |
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| Grounded planes in Hong Kong Airport. From Web |
Singapore Airlines:
Singapore Airlines and its subsidiaries have grounded most of their aircraft at Singapore Changi Airport.
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| Singapore Airlines and Scoot aircraft grounded. Gavin Foo |
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| Only few SIA and Scoot aircraft are in operation. From Web |
Korean Airlines:
Korean Airlines grounded aircraft are parked on the tarmac at Incheon International Airport, South Korea.
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| Korean Air aircraft grounded at Incheon. Reuters |
Australian Airlines:
Some of the airports in Australia are providing parking space for the grounded fleet. Some of them are grounded at Sydney Airport.
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| Qantas fleet grounded at different airport. Bloomberg |
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| Qantas narrow-body at Sydney Airport. Damien Aiello |
Avalon Airport which is located west of Melbourne expects to park 50 aircraft from Qantas and its subsidiary. Qantas and Virgin Australia will use some of the parking space of Brisbane Airport.
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| Australian Jetstar aircraft grounded at Avalon Airport. Jason South |
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