Airline news

Virgin Atlantic (VS/VIR) is set to ask the UK Government for a bailout totalling around 300 million according to sources close to the airline. The news comes just days after Chancellor Rishi Sunak warned airlines that taxpayers help would be the last resort and they should seek commercial arrangements and [read more]

UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak has warned airlines and airports that they shouldn’t expect the government to give the financial assistance and it would only happen as a last resort. The UK’s airline industry has been decimated by the Coronavirus Pandemic with fleets largely grounded, thousands of staff temporarily laid off [read more]

British Airways (BA/BAW) has issued an HR-1 notice to staff in all areas of the airline warning them that there is a risk of redundancy according to an email to Unite Members. British Airways CEO Alex Cruz met with representatives from Unite including Assistant General Secretary Diane Holland and National [read more]

All Jet2 flights from the UK to Spain have turned back to the UK according to data from flight-tracking service Flightradar24.com. The flights currently affected are LS641 East Midlands to Alicante LS605 East Midlands to Malaga LS1451 Stansted to Fuerteventura LS271 Leeds to Alicante LS879 Manchester to Alicante LS177 Glasgow [read more]

Loganair (LM/LOG) has taken over another former Flybe route this time in the form of the vital connection between the Isle of Man (IOM/EGNS) and Liverpool (LPL/EGGP). The twice-daily service will be operated by a Loganair Saab 340 aircraft maintaining essential connectivity for the Island and also to help patients [read more]

British Airways (BA/BAW) has said that it is cancelling all flights to Italy in light of the Italian Governments implementation of a country-wide lockdown. The move also comes after the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) advised against all but essential travel to Italy. British Airways currently flies to most major [read more]

Online cheap flights specialist Netflights has launched a petition in the hopes of persuading Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA/EGNM) to rename the airport after Aviatrix Amy Johnson. According to Netflights, the timing is right for the change as the airport has revealed updated plans for a brand new terminal to complete [read more]

Airlines look set to get a temporary exemption from having to utilise 80% of their slots in order to keep them. Secretay of State for Transport Grant Shapps MP recently wrote to Airport Coordination Limited (ACL) asking them to reconsider the rules on slot utilisation during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. [read more]