Airline news

Irish budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) has said that is waiving all booking change fees for passengers during July and August. The move means that passengers planning to book trips away during the summer will able to do so knowing that if things change, they can change their flights without penalty. [read more]

The British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA), one of the few unions actually engaged in talks with British Airways, has said that those talks are “hanging by a thread” after the airline issued notices of redundancy to all 4,300 pilots. The action by British Airways confirms its plans to “Fire and [read more]

A group of British airlines have launched a legal challenge against the UK Governments quarantine rules that come into force today. British Airways, Ryanair and Easyjet have sent a joint pre-action protocol letter saying that the rules are “disproportionate and unfair”. From today all passengers arriving into the UK will [read more]

Iberia (IB/IBE), which is wholly owned by International Airlines Group (IAG), has reportedly agreed terms to buy Spanish rival Air Europa (UX/AEA) for almost €1bn (approx £889m). The deal had come under scrutiny after it emerged that IAG was pressing ahead with the acquisition whilst still planning to cut 12,000 [read more]

London Southend Airport (SEN/EGMC) owners Stobart Group have raised £140m to transform and enhance the passenger experience in the new post-COVID-19 world. The airport will now invest the money over the coming years and will focus on maintaining a constant flow of passengers through the terminals and avoiding bottlenecks and [read more]

British Airways (BA/BAW) Chief Executive Alex Cruz has called the campaigns by Unite and the GMB Unions against BA’s plan to fire all of its workforce as ‘Bizarre’. He made the statement in a letter to staff in which he said the two biggest unions had refused to attend talks [read more]

British Airways (BA/BAW) declined to send a representative to a meeting between to the UK’s Home Secretary and key commercial aviation partners to discuss the Governments plans to quarantine passengers arriving into the UK. BA’s biggest competitor Virgin Atlantic and Low-cost carrier Easyjet were among the representatives to attend the [read more]

Virgin Atlantic (VS/VIR) has said it will resume passenger flights from London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) to five destinations across the globe from 20th July following the grounding imposed by the Coronavirus Pandemic. The airline will start back with flights to Orlando (MCO/KMCO) and Hong Kong (HKG/VHHH) on the Saturday before being [read more]