Holiday group TUI has cancelled holidays to countries including Jamaica, Cyprus, Malta & Italy which were due to depart in the next few days. The holiday company made the move after local restrictions to combat the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) made it impossible to give its customers “the holiday they [read more]
The UK and Ireland are to be added to the travel ban set by US President Trump according to US news sources. The move will exempt US Citizens and Green Card Holders but if they are travelling from Europe to the US they will have to fly into one of [read more]
All Jet2 flights from the UK to Spain have turned back to the UK according to data from flight-tracking service Flightradar24.com. The flights currently affected are LS641 East Midlands to Alicante LS605 East Midlands to Malaga LS1451 Stansted to Fuerteventura LS271 Leeds to Alicante LS879 Manchester to Alicante LS177 Glasgow [read more]
British CEO Alex Cruz has sent a video message to staff warning them to expect job losses in the current situation. In the video, Mr Cruz tells staff “To be frank, given the current changing circumstances, we can no longer sustain our current level of employment and Jobs will be [read more]
The formal report into the crash that killed Cardiff City footballer Emiliano Sala has said that neither the pilot nor the plane were licensed to operate commercial flights. Furthermore, the pilot, David Ibbotson (59) was not qualified to fly at night and was inexperienced with Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) flying. [read more]
The Royal Air Force (RAF) has launched Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) to intercept Russian military aircraft for 3rd time in six days. The previous two encounters this week all involved Russian Tu-142 Bear Aircraft but today’s encounter was a pair of Tu-160 Blackjacks. The Tu-160 Blackjack is Russias long-range supersonic [read more]
Norwegian is set to increase its flight cancellations from 3000 to 4000 following the banning of travel between mainland Europe and the United States because of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The move was announced by US President Trump yesterday and affects travel from countries in mainland Europe but excludes the [read more]
Like most other airlines, Loganair (LM/LOG) has announced a raft of reductions following a drop off in bookings during the Coronavirus outbreak. Loganair says that it has a seen a 15-20% drop off in bookings as the severity of the outbreak increased. Loganair now plans to cut flights by around [read more]
The European Commission has approved a temporary suspension of the rule requiring airlines to use 80% of their slots or risk losing them known as the 80-20 rule. The European Airport Coordinators Association (EACA), which includes UK coordinator Airport Coordination Limited (ACL), put forward the suggestion that the rule is [read more]
In an address to the nation, US President Donald Trump announced that he is placing restrictions on flights between Europe and the US with the exception of those from UK. The move will put more pressure on European airlines who have already been hit with a drop off in demand [read more]
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