The world’s leading provider of travel data and insight, released its latest analysis on the global impact of the coronavirus on the air travel market.

The Europe to United States travel ban will have far-reaching implications for the global aviation industry. The ban will affect 10.9% of all international flights and 16.9% of all scheduled international seats between the United States and Schengen countries. Overall, 6,747 flights and roughly 2 million seats will be affected each way over the next four weeks.

Delta and United Airlines are the most affected U.S. carriers. Together, they account for 31% of the affected flights. Lufthansa is the most affected European airline (13%). The most affected European countries are Germany, France and the Netherlands—which service 57% of all flights between the Schengen Area and U.S.

“COVID-19 has caused the single largest disruption to the air travel market ever,” said John Grant, senior aviation analyst at OAG. “The situation is extremely fluid, with travel restrictions, capacity and airline schedules changing by the day. Expect a significant amount of cancellations from U.S. and European carriers in the coming days.”

Looking ahead to scheduled capacity for April 2020, as of March 12, 2020, there are currently 13,169 scheduled, one-way flights from Europe to the U.S., including the United Kingdom. The countries with the most scheduled flights include the UK (4,121 flights), Germany (1741 flights), France (1,570 flights), Netherlands (1,212 flights) and Spain (851 flights). (ANTARA)

Batam, Riau Islands - The Indonesian Embassy announced the country's eighth confirmed positive case of coronavirus or COVID-19 in Singapore on Sunday.

The Indonesian patient with a confirmed positive coronavirus infection was identified as the 212nd case in Singapore, Chief of the Information, Social and Cultural Affairs of the Indonesian Embassy in Singapore Ratna Lestari Harjana said in a press statement released on Sunday.

The Indonesian citizen positively diagnosed for coronavirus is a 64-year old man.

"He tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday morning (March 14, 2020) and is being treated at National Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID) of Singapore," she said.

One of the eight Indonesians who tested positive for coronavirus was declared healthy and allowed to return home. (ANTARA)

Jakarta - Indonesia on Sunday reported 21 new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), binging the nationwide total number of infections to 117.

"Today we have 21 new cases, comprising 19 in Jakarta and two in Central Java. So, in total, there are 117 (cases). In fact this is an extension of previous case tracing," Achmad Yurianto, the government' spokesman on COVID-19, concurrently Director General of Disease Prevention and Control (P2P) of the Health Ministry, said in Jakarta on Sunday.

Currently, seven coronavirus patients were recovering, he added.

On Saturday (14/3), there were 96 people testing for COVID-19 in Indonesia with the death toll of 5 people and eight people recovered. They spread in Jakarta, Tangerang, Bandung, Solo, Yogyakarta, Bali, Manado, and Pontianak.

Yurianto urged the public to not come to the public places if not necessary and apply social distancing measures.

But Yurianto said it would be possible that the virus coverage would be expanding to other areas.

He informed that Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi who has tested positive for COVID-19, is recovering. (ANTARA)

The Indonesian government has prepared the second round of fiscal stimuli to reduce the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on the Indonesian economy, Bank Indonesia (BI) Governor Perry Warjiyo said.

"God willing, Mrs Finance Minister (Sri Mulyani Indrawati) will announce the second round of fiscal stimuli in details," Warjiyo said in Jakarta on Wednesday.

The second round of fiscal stimuli includes four procedural aspects and four fiscal incentives.

The procedural aspects include streamlining export regulations or procedures, reducing restrictions or procedures, particularly on the import of raw materials, expediting the import process for 500 importers and making efficient use of logistics systems.

The fiscal incentives include scrapping the income tax on corporate bodies, micro and medium scale businesses, relaxing import duties, lowering income tax tariffs and providing tax subsidies.

Warjiyo said the government issued the stimuli to boost domestic consumption and production activities, which come under pressure due to various upheavals, including the coronavirus outbreak.

"(With the suspension of income tax) employees who have, so far, paid income tax under article 21 will have sufficient salaries. The suspension of income tax under article 21 and other obligations is also granted to micro and medium businesses," he said.

Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati said on Tuesday (Feb 10) that the government had prepared a wide range of stimuli, including the suspended withholding of income taxes under articles 21, 22 and 25.

The government also plans to raise the maximum limit of expedited tax refunds from Rp1 billion to Rp5 billion. (ANTARA)