British Airways is sending at least two Boeing 777 aircraft to Cuba to bring back 667 British Passengers stuck on the Cruise Ship MS Braemar over Coronavirus fears. The Fred Olson ship had been at anchor for several days near the Bahamas after five people tested positive for the virus [read more]
Several Aerospace and War Museums across the UK have said they will be closing temporarily to help prevent the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19). The Imperial War Museum (IWM) was one of the first to announce its closure including the aviation site at Duxford. In a statement, it said “In line [read more]
Manchester Airports Group (MAG) has said that it will be consulting with staff and Unions over the next few days over measures including temporary lay-offs as passenger numbers drop. In a statement from Group CEO, Charlie Cornish said: “The COVID-19 outbreak has led to a rapid and unprecedented reduction in [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]
Ryanair Group has said that is cancelling all flights to and from Poland from the 15th March to 31st March in response to the Polish Government putting the country into lockdown in an attempt to halt the spread of Coronavirus. The move will affect all airlines in the group which [read more]
Holiday group TUI has cancelled holidays to countries including Jamaica, Cyprus, Malta & Italy which were due to depart in the next few days. The holiday company made the move after local restrictions to combat the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) made it impossible to give its customers “the holiday they [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]
British CEO Alex Cruz has sent a video message to staff warning them to expect job losses in the current situation. In the video, Mr Cruz tells staff “To be frank, given the current changing circumstances, we can no longer sustain our current level of employment and Jobs will be [read more]
Norwegian is set to increase its flight cancellations from 3000 to 4000 following the banning of travel between mainland Europe and the United States because of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The move was announced by US President Trump yesterday and affects travel from countries in mainland Europe but excludes the [read more]
Like most other airlines, Loganair (LM/LOG) has announced a raft of reductions following a drop off in bookings during the Coronavirus outbreak. Loganair says that it has a seen a 15-20% drop off in bookings as the severity of the outbreak increased. Loganair now plans to cut flights by around [read more]
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