Qantas employee stand-down to extend until at least 30 June.

Qantas has just released a market update, international flight cancellations which were scheduled to resume next month will now continue through until the end of July.

Domestic and Trans-Tasman flight cancellations will now be in place until the end of June, although the carrier says it has the ability to add in some capacity if restrictions ease in the coming weeks.

Qantas said as a result of the COVID-19 impact on travel, the current stand-down of employees will now be extended until at least the end of June.

CEO, Alan Joyce said Australia had "done an amazing job of flattening the curve, and we're optimistic that domestic travel will start returning earlier than first thought, but we clearly won't be back to pre-Coronavirus levels anytime soon. With the possible exception of New Zealand, international travel demand could take years to return to what it was".