Communications from British Airways Cabin Crew Unions which are part of Unite show a deepening rift after one branch attempted to save its own members jobs at the expense of others. BASSA, which represents Eurofleet and Worldwide Cabin Crew on older legacy contracts have now reached an agreement in principle [read more]
British Airways (BA/BAW) had planned to operate around 54% of its normal network between October and December this year but it has revealed that a “levelling-off” in bookings could see that fall to just 40%. Like all airlines British Airways has been badly hit by the Coronavirus pandemic and is [read more]
Scotland’s airline, Loganair (LM/LOG) has called on the UK Government to introduce a program for aviation similar to the “Eat out to Help Out” scheme which will see Air Passenger Duty (APD) paused in a bid to get people flying again. Dubbed “Tax off for Take off”, Loganair says that [read more]
The Welsh Government has added 3 more Greek islands to the list of countries that require 14-days of self-isolation on return. Santorini, Serifos and Tinos now join those already on the list which includes Zante. In a statement, Minister for Health and Social Services, Vaughan Gething, said: “Yesterday I reviewed [read more]
Thomas Cook is set for a return as an online travel agency in a matter of weeks as Chinese tour operator Fosun finalises approval. Fosun was a major shareholder in Thomas Cook UK which collapsed in 2019 after failing to secure a further bailout and the Chinese company acquired the [read more]
The UK Government has added Seven Greek islands to the list of places that require a 14-day quarantine on return to England, Wales & Scotland maintain their own safelists. The islands of Crete, Lesvos, Mykonos, Santorini, Serifos, Tinos, and Zakynthos/Zante are all now off the safe list as the cases [read more]
Virgin Altlantic (VS/VIR) is to cut 1,150 more jobs as its £1.2bn rescue plan gets approved. The airline has already made significant with 3,500 jobs lost from its 10,000 strong workforce already. Virgin is being hit by uncertainty in the Transatlantic Market, which is its core business, and part of [read more]
London Luton Airport (LTN/EGGW) has appointed Jonathan Rayner as the airports new Chief Commercial Officer (CCO). Mr Rayner will join the airport in November and will be responsible for growing and developing the airport’s commercial activity by working with airlines, retailers and other business partners operating from the airport. CEO [read more]
Heathrow Airport has told almost 5,000 of its frontline staff that they must take pay cuts of up to 20% if they want prevent over 1,000 job losses. The Airport has been negotiating with the Unite union for several months but has failed to reach an agreement. As a result [read more]
Ashley Harvey, Gatwick Airport’s Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Lead is leaving the airport to join UK drone specialist, Crowded Space Drones, as the head of their Counter Drone Unit. Mr Harvey led the team that oversaw the testing and deployment of drone detection systems in the wake of the chaos [read more]
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