Dutch airline KLM said on Thursday it will shed between 800 and 1,000 more jobs as the coronavirus pandemic is hitting the aviation sector for longer than expected. The job losses come on top of 5,000 layoffs that were already announced in July by the embattled carrier, which is part of the Air France-KLM group.…
All of its 270 weekly long-haul flights to the Netherlands from Friday. KLM, the Dutch subsidiary of Air France KLM, will halt all its 270 weekly long-haul flights to the Netherlands from Friday after new Covid-19 rules were imposed by the Dutch government, a spokeswoman for the airline said. Among a series of new regulations…
US President-elect Joe Biden plans to quickly extend travel restrictions barring travel by most people who have recently been in much of Europe and Brazil soon after President Donald Trump lifted those requirements effective Jan. 26, a spokeswoman for Biden said. Trump signed an order Monday lifting the restrictions he imposed early last year in…
A California man who police said claimed to be too afraid to fly due to COVID-19 hid out for three months in a secured area of O’Hare International Airport until his weekend arrest, prosecutors said Sunday. Aditya Singh, 36, is charged with felony criminal trespass to a restricted area of an airport and misdemeanor theft.…
The European regulator will authorize the return to service of the Boeing 737 MAX “next week”, according to the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). “We think we will publish it (the airworthiness directive, Editor’s note) next week. From our point of view, the MAX will be able to fly again (in Europe) from next week”,…
The Irkut MC-21 prototype (73051) overran the runway of the Gromov Flight Research Institute in Zhukovsky, Moscow Region. The footage shows the plane standing outside the runway. The incident happened today for an unknown reason. However a source said the roll-out occurred during maneuvers on the runway. There were no casualties and the degree of…
About fifty Chinese travelers tested positive for Covid at Paris Charles-de-Gaulle airport on Sunday. A strange phenomenon was observed at Paris Roissy-Charles de Gaulle Airport. 49 Chinese passengers, in transit to Shanghai, were tested positive for the coronavirus this Sunday. They are currently isolated in a hotel, but these concordant tests lead to questions as…
The UK has today closed all travel corridors, meaning all arrivals will now have to quarantine for ten days. The move, announced on Friday, is designed to slow the spread of Covid-19 across the country – but critics have argued it has been implemented up to a year too late. Travellers arriving in the UK,…
Terminal 1 being evacuated by Federal Police after reports of a bomb threat Due to an ongoing police operation, parts of Terminal 1, the regional train station and the crossing to the long-distance train station are currently closed at Frankfurt Airport. Two people have now been arrested in connection with the rogue piece of luggage.…
FAA Administrator Steve Dickson today signed an order (PDF) directing a stricter legal enforcement policy against unruly airline passengers in the wake of recent, troubling incidents. The FAA has seen a disturbing increase in incidents where airline passengers have disrupted flights with threatening or violent behavior. These incidents have stemmed both from passengers’ refusals to…
Secretary of State for Transport Grant Shapps said on Thursday all travellers from Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru have been banned from entering the UK. All arrivals from South America, Cape Verde, Panama and Portugal will be subject to a travel ban from Friday January 15. Secretary of State for Transport Grant…
Norwegian Air plans to close its long-haul operation and focus instead on a scaled-down European business as it seeks to contend with the coronavirus crisis and complete its debt restructuring, the budget carrier said today. The plan is subject to approval by an Irish bankruptcy court. It would cut Norwegian’s fleet to about 50 aircraft…
