Qantas grounds eight Airbus A380s as airlines further slash Asia capacity 

Qantas has grounded eight Airbus A3880s in a switch to smaller capacity aircraft as the Australian carrier slashes services in line with a number of airlines due to the impact of Covid19. The Qantas Group has announced further cuts to its international flying, reducing capacity by almost a quarter for the next six months. These additional changes will bring the total international capacity reduction for Qantas and Jetstar from 5 per cent to 23 per cent versus the same time last year and extend these cuts until mid-September 2020. The biggest reductions remain focussed on Asia (now down 31 per cent