Airline news

Pressure is growing on British Airways (BA/BAW) as the BA Betrayal campaign gets support from well known faces across social media. The campaign set up by Unite aims to bring public attention to the planned blanket dismissal of all British Airways staff and the re-employment of some onto new contracts [read more]

Wizz Air has announced five new routes from London Luton, most of which will start in Summer 2020. The new routes are all to destinations in mainland Spain, Balearic Islands and Canary Islands showing that, as travel restrictions ease, Wizz Air is thinking that Spain will be a busy destination [read more]

Low-cost carrier Easyjet (U2/EZY) is to begin a consultation with staff as it prepares to cut up to 4,500 staff from its workforce. The airline was recently given a £600m loan by the UK Government to help it survive the Coronavirus Pandemic but now says it needs to make the [read more]

Unite, the Union representing Engineers, Cabin Crew and Ground Staff at British Airways have launched a campaign to highlight what it calls the “BA Betrayal” The campaign got underway with the BA Betrayal campaign being light painted on landmarks and iconic buildings including the Angel of the North, Marble Arch [read more]

Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou has alleged that ‘voting fraud’ occurred during the shareholder meeting on Friday which saw Stelios fail in his attempt to oust four directors of the company. The founder of Easyjet still owns 34% of the airline and has been battling with the board over an order for [read more]

Irish budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) has welcomed travel safety advice from the European Union which will see passengers being able to resume travel within the EU in the next few weeks. Under the EU guidelines, airlines and airports must ensure that passengers keep a distance of 1.5 metres from each [read more]

Low-cost carrier Easyjet (U2/EZY) has said it plans to restart domestic flying from 22 European Airports from the 15th June. The airports include routes from many UK airports including London Gatwick, Bristol, Birmingham, Liverpool, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness, Belfast, and Isle of Man. Easyjet’s aim is to initially return to [read more]

In what appears to be a growing list of ‘aircraft we’re unlikely to see in the sky after Coronavirus’ the A380 is seemingly cementing its place as Air France (AF/AFR) becomes the latest airline to retire its fleet of Super Jumbos. In a statement to investors, Air France-KLM said: “In [read more]