Finnair announced that it started cooperation negotiations on plans to reduce 1,000 jobs due to COVID-19 impacts and travel restrictions. Finland’s flag carrier starts co-operation negotiations on its plan to reduce up to 1,000 jobs, to make other structural changes and to implement additional temporary layoffs due to the impacts of the corona pandemic. The…
Iberia has completed the retirement of its entire Airbus A340 fleet last week, ending its long history with the Spanish Flag carrier over decades. Before the coronavirus pandemic, the airline had planned to reduce its Airbus A340-600 fleet down to 10 aircraft this year, five by 2022, and then retire all of them by 2025.…
American Airlines Group Inc. said it would shed 19,000 workers Oct. 1 as the airline prepares to downsize to cope with weak demand for travel amid the coronavirus pandemic that isn’t expected to rebound for years. American’s cuts—which together with retirements and temporary leaves of absence will make the carrier about 30% smaller than it…
Delta Air Lines is planning to furlough 1,941 pilots in October as the airline industry struggles to rebound from coronavirus-related fallout. “We’ve said before that early retirements alone wouldn’t solve the pilot overstaffing situation caused by the Covid-19 pandemic,” said John Laughter, senior vice president of flight operations, in an internal memo to employees. Delta…
Cargolux Airlines International released a new livery on its Facebook account. One of the airline 747-8 freighters has received a new livery. The airline posted: “its very own mask on its iconic nose-door, reflecting the airline’s commitment to the fight against COVID-19”. If you want to track this livery, the registration is LX-VCF.
Manchester Airport is closing one of its three terminals due to low demand for air travel associated with Covid-19, just a month after it reopened. Managing director Karen Smart said the decision to shut Terminal Two was taken after “monitoring the travel patterns” of airlines and passengers. She added said the terminal would close its…
A man has been arrested at London’s Heathrow Aiport as part of investigations into the New IRA, named Operation Arbacia. The 62-year-old man has is being held by police while a property in Edinburgh, Scotland is being searched.
Two men were arrested in Spain for refusing to put on their face masks while on a flight and ignoring the pilot’s plea. The plane was travelling to Madrid when the incident broke out, with distressed passengers claiming it was fuelled by alcohol. Fellow passengers said the men had been making a nuisance of themselves…
Robert O’Neill was banned by Delta Air Lines after he refused to wear a mask aboard a flight and bragged about it on Twitter. A former Navy SEAL famous for his part in the raid that killed Osama bin Laden was banned by Delta Air Lines after he refused to wear a mask aboard a…
Boeing has announced an order for up to four Boeing 737 jets by Polish airline Enter Air. Boeing and Enter Air announced the Polish airline is expanding its commitment to the 737 family with a new order for two 737-MAX8 airplanes plus options for two more jets. “Despite the current crisis, it is important to…
London’s Heathrow Airport, the U.K.’s busiest, unveiled a new coronavirus testing facility Wednesday that it says could halve the length of time people have to stay at home after arriving from countries on the British government’s quarantine list. The government said it wasn’t ready to give its backing to the facility but insisted that it…
