Starting at 30,000 feet: Delta Airlines, which operates numerous flights into and out of Louis Armstrong International Airport, is reportedly cutting its passenger capacity by upwards of 40%.
This means the company will likely cut flights at airports like New Orleans and move forward with the grounding of 300 aircraft for at least a month or more.
Layoffs at Delta are expected.
At the dock, all major cruise lines serving New Orleans, including Royal Carribean, Norwegian, Carnival and Disney are halting service for one month.
In the French Quarter, local restauranteur Ralph Brennan told WWL-TV the loss of business was "a lot like Katrina, because of the uncertainties, we're dealing with situations we've never dealt with before."
"Brennan's and Red Fish Grill and Ralph's on the Park, we've lost a little bit of ala carte business," Brennan continues. "But its the parties that have really impacted us. We've lost over a hundred parties for March and April and a few in May."
Lost reservations aren't just hurting eateries across New Orleans.
The cancellations of major conventions and conferences, now coupled with a drop in tourist travel, is hitting hoteliers especially hard.
Sean Cummings, owner of the International House Hotel on Camp Street is remaining positive: "There's always hope in this city," Cummings says, "Throughout history we've been through a lot and in recent we've been through a lot with Katrina, with the credit crisis, with the BP oil spill and this is latest in a long line of traumas like that, and together we stick together, we'll get through it just fine."
