Airline news

Pakistan International Airlines (PK/PIA), which is currently banned from flying in Europe, is targeting a return using chartered aircraft according to sources. The airline is apparently planning to wet-lease several aircraft with European Air Operators Certificates (AOC) including an A330-900neo from Hi-Fly destined for UK routes. A formal announcement is [read more]

British Airways (BA/BAW) is scrapping its all-business class service from London City Airport to New York JFK with immediate effect. The iconic Speedbird 1 and Speedbird 2 flights (BAW1/2) were originally used by the Concorde service to New York but shortly after Concorde was retired the airline launched the new [read more]

Leading UK holiday company Jet2 has cancelled all flights and holidays to Cyprus until the 17th August The tour operator was forced to make the decision after new rules came into place meaning travellers to Cyprus have to prove they are free from Coronavirus before travelling. The move comes just [read more]

Unite, the union representing British Airways Cabin Crew, Ground Staff and Engineers has told its members that it believes it is British Airways’s intention to move ahead with its original “fire and rehire” plan. As a result, the Union has told its members that “The intention is to defend out [read more]

Ryanair (FR/RYR), the Irish budget airline, has announced a loss of €185m for Quarter 1 of 2020. Whilst massive, the loss is unsprising as the quarter included an almost total grounding of air traffic due to the Coronavirus pandemic. The airline says that traffic fell 99% during the period. Ryanair [read more]

British Airways (BA/BAW) has said it has reached an agreement with the British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA) over the future of pilots employed by the airline. According to BALPA the deal will see 270 pilots being made redundant and pay cuts of up to 20% for the remaining flight crew. [read more]

Wizz Air UK (W9/WUK) has confirmed it is adding 5 new routes from London Luton Airport (LTN/EGGW). The new routes start from 7th August and include 4 Spanish and 1 Greek destination. Based at London Luton, Wizz Air UK is a wholly-owned subsidiary of its Hungarian parent airline, Wizz Air. [read more]

The UK’s largest tour operator, TUI, has confirmed it will be resuming flights from Bristol Airport (BRS/EGGD) from 25th July. The TUI Airways UK (BY/TOM) Boeing 737’s and 757’s are usually a familiar sight at the West Country airport but flights were grounded due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Now blue [read more]