According to documents seen by Sky News, administrators for the collapsed regional carrier Flybe have said that there is not enough money left in the business to implement the Government-backed Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. The Government backed scheme allows employers to give furlough staff and pay 80% of the wages [read more]
The UK Government has said it has agreed a deal with multiple UK airlines to carry out rescue flights for Britons still stuck abroad. The agreement will see thousands of stranded Britons flown home on flights operated for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Some estimates suggest there are nearly [read more]
Leading low-cost carrier Easyjet (U2/EZY) has said that it is grounding its entire fleet due to the travel restrictions in place as a result of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic. The airline had been operating a restricted number of flights in order to get Britons back to the UK but now [read more]
London Gatwick Airport (LGW/EGKK) has said that it will consolidate all flights into the South Terminal from 1st April 2020. As with all airports in the UK, Gatwick has lost between 80-90% of its daily flights due to travel restrictions during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic. The airport says that it [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]
The European Commission has approved a temporary suspension of the rule requiring airlines to use 80% of their slots or risk losing them known as the 80-20 rule. The European Airport Coordinators Association (EACA), which includes UK coordinator Airport Coordination Limited (ACL), put forward the suggestion that the rule is [read more]
Struggling regional airline Flybe (BE/BEE) has entered administration tonight after failing to reach a rescue deal with its shareholders or the UK Government. In a statement, Flybe said: “CEO Mark Anderson has expressed his deep regret that, after making every possible attempt to secure the airline’s long-term future, Flybe has [read more]
British Airways (BA/BAW) has extended its suspension of flights to Mainland China until at least 31st March 2020 in response to the ongoing threat from the Novel Coronavirus. The airline suspended its daily flights to Beijing and Shanghai on the 29th January, shortly after the outbreak began but initially suggested [read more]
A British Airways (BA/BAW) Boeing 747-400 has completed the flight from New York to London in 4 hours and 56 minutes, believed to be the first time its been flown by a transonic aircraft in under 5 hours. According to data from flight-tracking website Flightradar24.com the flight, BA112 left New [read more]
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