Italy ordered a virtual lockdown across a swathe of its wealthy north on Sunday, including the financial capital Milan, in a drastic new attempt to try to contain a rapidly growing outbreak of coronavirus. The unprecedented restrictions, which will impact some 16 million people and stay in force until April 3, were signed into law…
German airline giant Lufthansa said it would ground 150 of its more than 750 planes worldwide, days after announcing a slimmed-down timetable over the effects of the novel coronavirus. “25 long-haul aircraft and 125 short- and medium-haul aircraft” will no longer fly, a spokesman for the group also including carriers Eurowings, Austrian and Swiss told…
Two British Airways staff members have tested positive for the deadly coronavirus, just a day after the UK’s confirmed cases surpassed 100. As per government advice, both individuals have been told to self isolate at home, the BBC reports. It is understood the staff members are baggage handlers. A British Airways spokesman said: “Public Health…
United Airlines, faced with a steep drop in travel demand due to the coronavirus crisis, is aggressively cutting April and May flights, freezing hiring and offering employees voluntary unpaid leave. The airline announced the unprecedented steps, the first by a U.S. airline since the outbreak began, in a memo to employees Wednesday. “Due to decline…
Flybe, which operated regional services from airports across the United Kingdom, has entered administration. All Flybe flights, and those operated by Stobart Air, are cancelled. Flybe customers are therefore urged to make their own alternative travel arrangements via other airlines, rail or coach operators. For flights operated by Flybe franchise partners (Eastern Airways, and Blue…
According to the BBC, the airline Flybe is set to collapse within hours. Its final airborne flights are expected to touch down at airports across the UK late on Wednesday evening. Last flights could be #BE7308 to Manchester and #BE2111 to Heathrow and #BE1047 to Aberdeen. Aircraft are already seized in Glasgow tonight. You can…
Flybe could collapse by end of the month as £100m loan looks unlikely. The Financial Times is reporting today Flybe is unlikely to secure a £100m state loan. UPDATE Flybe is stating that “following a miscommunication regarding re-fuelling” a number of flights were cancelled tonight at Glasgow Airport A potential loan was part of a package…
A video has come out showing one flight attendant throwing snacks down the aisle rather than passing them out. If you look, the flight attendants are in their jump seats, which only happens on take-off, landing and during turbulence. Chances are this flight was a little bumpy so the crew wasn’t able to do food…
Emirates is asking staff to take unpaid leave for up to a month at a time due to the rapidly spreading coronavirus that has led to flight cancellations around the world. Emirates has canceled flights to Iran, Bahrain and to most of China because of the virus, and countries around the world have placed strict…
In the video, Sven Mestas, lead game designer at French studio Asobo reveals the astonishing work done by its airport team, which expanded on the 24,000 simulated airports in 2006’s FSX, to the hugely ambitious target set for this year’s game. Expect to see airports of all types, from small countryside airstrips to iconic international…
BA is cancelling 216 flights from 16-28 March from London to destinations including New York, Italy, France, Austria, Belgium, Germany and Ireland. The announcement came on Monday as the UK flag carrier slashed flights on routes across its short-haul network in addition to previously announced route suspensions and reductions to Italy, South Korea, and Singapore.…
Ryanair is cutting a quarter of flights to and from Italy for three weeks from the middle of this month as coronavirus hits bookings. The airline told passengers on Monday that it would cut its short-haul flight programme, mainly to and from Italy, by up to 25 per cent for three weeks from Tuesday, March…
