Edinburgh-based aviation services firm John Menzies has announced it is axing 17,500 jobs globally as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. The outbreak has had a catastrophic impact on the airline, travel and hospitality sector and for companies like John Menzies, which provides ground handling, fuelling and cargo handling services for airlines all around the … Read more
Emirates Airline announces it will cancel all commercial flights from Wednesday amid worsening global coronavirus crisis Emirates Airlines announced it will suspend all passenger flights from March 25 Dubai carrier said it made the decision amid an ‘unprecedented crisis situation’ CEO Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, acknolwegded: ‘The world has literally gone into quarantine’ … Read more
Sir Richard Branson and other billionaire aviation investors should reach into their own pockets and contribute to any bailout deal for the sector, former Ministers have demanded. The Government is thought to be on the verge of agreeing a multi-billion pound rescue deal for airlines and airports – which could include the State taking stakes … Read more
British Airways pilots have opted to take a 50 per cent pay cut in April and May as the company fights for its survival amidst the coronavirus pandemic. BA employs 4,500 pilots who will take two weeks of unpaid leave each month. The reduction in their salary will be spread out over three months to … Read more
Pilot Peter Weber reveals his former airline is ‘ceasing operations’ amid coronavirus outbreak: ‘The memories will stay with me forever’ By Kellie Chudzinski For Dailymail.com Published: 23:36 GMT, 20 March 2020 | Updated: 23:36 GMT, 20 March 2020 Pilot Peter Weber is bidding farewell to his former employer Compass Airline as it is expected to … Read more
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Tuesday the spread of coronavirus ‘is worse than 9/11’ for the airline industry. United, Delta and Virgin have already drastically slashed their flight schedule, taking other cost-cutting measures, and storing their large aircraft which will be out of use. The airlines have also requested a bailout package from the government, ranging … Read more
Robin Hayes is coming to London from the US – and he’s bringing his $8billion low-cost airline with him. The chief executive of America’s sixth largest carrier, JetBlue – currently being violently buffeted along with rivals by the impact of the coronavirus crisis – already has a production line of Airbus 321LR aircraft fired up … Read more
The end of the food and drinks trolley? In the future passengers could order meals on their phones and collect them from on-board lockers Seattle-based design firm Teague wants to transform aircraft galleys from kitchens into retail space areas It also wants to move airline food storage and warming from the galley and into the … Read more
In the end, Flybe’s fall was no surprise, though the announcement undoubtedly shocked some. The carrier only just managed to avoid its life support machine being switched off in January. But the coronavirus outbreak was just too much for the airline, and at 3:30 am on Thursday, it announced it had gone into administration. The … Read more
Russia’s Aeroflot has been named as the world’s most on-time mainline airline in 2019 in a new report. It has beaten Japan’s All Nippon Airways (ANA), which comes second, and highest-ranked U.S airline Delta Air Lines is third overall. Virgin Atlantic is the UK’s most on-schedule carrier. Meanwhile, Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport is named as the … Read more