easyJet has issued £600 million of commercial paper through the Covid Corporate Financing Facility. The decision comes as the low-cost carrier seeks to maximise its liquidity in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The airline has currently suspended virtually all flights, and there is a growing concern over the financial impact of an extended grounding.…
Operations at Changi Airport Terminal 2 will be suspended for 18 months. Operations at Changi Airport Terminal 2 will be suspended for 18 months from May 1, said Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan on Monday (April 6). “We will save on running costs – for the airport operator, retail tenants, airlines and ground handlers,”…
British Airways is sending six of its A380 fleet to France for storage. The planes will be transferred to Chateauroux this week. Monday G-XLEA G-XLEC G-XLEF G-XLEI Tuesday G-XLEJ G-XLEL The Airbus A319 G-EUPJ will bring the crews back to London.
Airbus continues to purchase and supply millions of face masks from China, the large majority of which will be donated to governments of the Airbus home countries, namely France, Germany, Spain and the UK. An Airbus flight test crew has just completed its latest mission with an A350-1000 test aircraft. This is the third of…
A woman who booked a flight out of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport was the only passenger on a flight to Boston to see her mother last week. Take a look at the personalized greeting she got from one flight attendant. As the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic grips the globe, it can be difficult to find…
Brett Crozier, the captain of a U.S. aircraft carrier relieved of his command, was given a hero’s ovation by his crew when he left the vessel. Here is brief clip showed Captain Brett Crozier walking down the gangplank of the Theodore Roosevelt as crew members repeatedly chanted “Captain Crozier, Captain Crozier!” The removal of Crozier,…
A senior Kenya Airways pilot has paid the ultimate price for his heroic efforts to evacuate Kenyans stranded in the Covid-19-hit New York City. Captain Daudi Kimuyu Kibati, who was taken ill on March 29, died on April 1, a week after performing his last international assignment. His death was announced by Health Cabinet Secretary…
Airbus is considering a sharp reduction in the production of its A320 family single-aisle aircraft due to industrial and delivery problems due to the coronavirus crisis, three sources familiar with the matter said on Friday. Two of the people said Airbus may have to reduce its official monthly rate of 60 A320-famiy jets by as…
This coronavirus crisis is so much more severe than past downturns in the industry that there’s a good chance there could be a new round of mergers and airline failures that the industry has gone through in the past. “In the near term, we’re going to see a shakeout,” said Joe Schwieterman, a transportation expert…
(file picture) The leader of the Ile-de-France region, which includes Paris, accused unidentified Americans of swooping in with cash to secure shipments already promised to French buyers. “We lost an order to the Americans who outbid us on a shipment that we had lined up,” said Valerie Pecresse, the chief of France’s most populous region.…
