Virgin Atlantic said on Thursday it would restart some flights that have been grounded by the COVID-19 pandemic on July 20 and aimed to restore further services in August. The airline said that services to Orlando and Hong Kong from London Heathrow would resume on July 20, with flights to New York JFK, Los Angeles,…
The Trump administration is banning Chinese passenger airlines from flying scheduled service to the U.S. starting later this month A move aimed at ramping up pressure on China, which hasn’t allowed U.S. carriers to resume flights there, and threatens to further isolate the world’s two largest aviation markets from one another. The order, published Wednesday,…
London City Airport has announced plans to restart commercial operations from the end of June. Domestic services are expected to begin first, with international flights following in early July, though these will depend on the proposed quarantine of passengers arriving into the UK. Staff have been working since the March 25 operations suspension to get…
Local media is reporting that Deloitte have narrowed Virgin Australia’s potential buyers down to two – Bain Capital and Cyrus Capital Partners. The original shortlist also included US based budget airline investor Indigo Partners and Australian company BGH Capital. Bain Capital has $US105 billion ($A155 billion) in assets under management and has former Jetstar chief…
A 41-year-old Air France pilot died in the crash of its aerobatic plane. The departmental fire and rescue service of Aude was alerted of the crash of an aerobatic plane which occurred on the runway of Carcassonne airport, France. According to reports, the Pitts S2 had risen in the air just seconds, before diving vertically…
Christopher Nolan said that he and his crew blew up a real Boeing 747 for “Tenet” because it was “more efficient” than practical effects using miniatures or CGI. In an interview with Total Film magazine, director Nolan said: “I planned to do it using miniatures and set-piece builds and a combination of visual effects and…
A German engineer on the first flight carrying European workers back to China has tested positive for coronavirus as an asymptomatic carrier, local authorities said Sunday. The man was on a Lufthansa flight from Frankfurt to the northeastern city of Tianjin which landed with around 200 passengers, mainly German workers and their families. Tianjin authorities…
The Irish low-cost company plans to lay off a quarter of its pilots in France and offers wage cuts of up to 20%, as of this year, for pilots and 10% for flight attendants. According to several confidential documents that French radio RTL was able to obtain, Ryanair made a proposal. The airline has offered…
Airservices Australia released a report from former Sex Discrimination Commissioner Elizabeth Broderick today. ABC Australia reports the “A Review of Culture at Airservices Australia” report was commissioned to study the internal culture at the government owned organisation. “Specifically relating to bullying, harassment, sexual harassment, psychological welfare and inclusion.” The report found a “Lord of the…
EasyJet is to cut up to 30% of its workforce as it struggles to cope with the collapse in demand for air travel caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Up to 4,500 of its 15,000-member workforce could lose their jobs and the airline will start a consultation process with employees in the coming days. EasyJet expects…
Boeing resumed 737 MAX production in Renton. “Today, teams in Renton started to warm up the factory’s central production line,” said Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO Stan Deal in a message to employees Wednesday afternoon. The MAX has been grounded since soon after the deadly crash of an Ethiopian Airlines MAX in March 2019, following the…
Lufthansa’s supervisory board was unable to approve a 9-billion euro (US$9.90 billion) bailout in light of conditions imposed by the European Union, the airline group said on Wednesday. Lufthansa’s supervisory board postponed approval of a 9 billion euro (US$9.90 billion) bailout in light of conditions imposed by the European Union, the German airline group said…
