Airline news

The UK’s Information Commissioners Office (ICO) has fined British Airways £20m, the biggest ever issued, following a data breach in 2018 that saw the personal details of over 400,000 customers exposed. The data loss was as a result of a cyber attack on the airline but the ICO found that [read more]

Italy has been removed from the UK Governments Coronavirus (COVID-19( safe travel list meaning that from 4 am on Saturday 17th October anyone returning to the UK will have to quarantine for 14 days. Cases have been rising in Italy, one of the worst hit European countries in the initial [read more]

Irish budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) has said that it will only operate 65% of its normal program for Winter 2020/21 due to a slow down in air travel and tight travel restrictions caused by the resurging pandemic. In addition to the network cuts, it will also close its bases in [read more]

Hungarian low-cost carrier Wizz Air has announced an expansion to its Winter 20/21 network at Birmingham Airport (BHX/EGBB). Wizz Air already flies to 5 destinations from Birmingham including Budapest, Bucharest, Cluj, Wroclaw and Warsaw but 5 more destinations will commence in the winter season. Starting on the 24th October 2020, [read more]

The Director General and CEO of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), Alexandre de Juniac, has called on governments to “support the entire [aviation] sector” as it deals with the Coronavirus Pandemic. According to IATA the worlds airlines are losing $300,000 per minute or $13bn per month which will put [read more]

International Airlines Group (IAG) has confirmed that Alex Cruz is to stand down as British Airways’ Chief Executive with immediate effect but will remain as the non-executive chairman. Cruz’s time at British Airways started in 2016 and has seen the airline go through significant changes including fleet upgrades, network changes [read more]

The last two British Airways Boeing 747s are due to depart from London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) this morning in what British Airways CEO dubbed a “difficult day for everybody at British Airways“. In a rare occurrence, the final two aircraft G-CIVB and G-CIVY, will depart simultaneously from Heathrow’s parallel runways before [read more]

Manchester Airports Group (MAG), which operates Manchester, East Midlands and Stansted airports has begun talks with Unions over plans to cut up to 900 jobs. It is understood that 465 roles are under threat at Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC), 376 at London Stansted (STN/EGSS) and 51 at East Midlands Airport (EMA/EGNX) [read more]