BREAKING Norway closes all airports to international flights
The Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg has announced several additional restrictions. From 8am CET on Monday, March 16, all Norwegian airports and seaports will close to everyone apart from those…
BREAKING U.S. government extends travel ban to UK and Ireland
The UK and Ireland are to be added to America's European travel ban over the coronavirus pandemic. The new restrictions are expected to begin on Monday night. It is thought…
BREAKING LOT Polish Airlines to suspend all its flight operations for a period of 10 days
Following the decision of the government of Poland to suspend international air traffic, which has been caused by the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, all LOT connections, from both Poland…
ALERT Jet2 cancels all flights to Spain with immediate effect
Jet2 cancels all flights to Spain amid the coronavirus outbreak with immediate effect. The airline operator turned flights around in midair on Saturday morning as they made the decision to…
EASA issues safety directive mandating disinfection of aircraft
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has issued a safety directive to reduce the risk of spread of the novel coronavirus through flights to and from high risk areas.…
BREAKING Poland to close borders and cancel all international flights
Poland will ban foreigners from entering the country from Sunday and impose a 14-day quarantine on its citizens returning home in a bid to curb the spread of coronavirus, Prime…
ALERT Delta to ground up to 300 aircraft and reduce operations by 40%
Delta Air Lines will cut passenger-carrying capacity by 40% to deal with a nosedive in travel demand caused by the new coronavirus. The 40% cut in capacity is the largest…
ALERT American Airlines to retire part of Boeing and 767 fleet earlier than expected
As noted in an email to its employees (via OMAAT), American’s management has issued a number of changes to deal with the implications coming out of the Coronavirus outbreak and…
ALERT KLM to retire its Boeing 747’s fleet by end of this month, well earlier than expected
As KLM is fighting low demand due to the coronavirus, the airline plans to retire its Boeing 747s one year earlier than expected. KLM will retire its remaining seven Boeing…
ALERT Emirates grounds 8 A380s and delays the delivery of its final Superjumbos
In order to fight low demand due to the Coronavirus, Emirates is grounding part of its long-haul fleet. 8 Airbus A380 are grounded at Al Maktoum. 12 Airbus A380 are…
BREAKING Traffic at Italian airports down by 70% compared to a normal day
Today, Eurocontrol announced that the European network was down by 16% yesterday compared to a normal day. Nearly 4,600 fewer flights in Europe than on the equivalent Thursday in 2019.…
Qantas enters legal undertaking after underpaying some staff
Australia'a Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) today announced that Qantas had agreed to repay $A7 million to almost 640 staff that have been underpaid between June 2011 and June 2019. The…