Norwegian Air Shuttle has stumbled from crisis to crisis in recent years but the coronavirus-inspired fall in demand is the most serious test yet for Europe’s third-largest low-cost airline. 40 percent of long-haul capacity to be cancelled From March 13th to March 29th, majority of long-haul flights to the U.S. from Amsterdam, Madrid, Oslo, Stockholm,…
Rome authorities said they will shut Ciampino airport and close the terminal at Fiumicino as Italy contends with a coronavirus outbreak. As of Tuesday 17 March, at “Leonardo da Vinci” airport, Terminal 1 will be temporarily closed. All check-in procedures, security checks and baggage reclaim procedures will be carried out at Terminal 3, which remains in operation. In…
Another Quick Reaction Alert within few days. Two RAF Voyagers were scrambled this morning from RAF BrizeNorton as Russian aircraft triggered the NATO defense system once again. Please reload for updates… A RAF voyager headed to North of Aberdeen Another RAF voyager is now between UK and Danemark, followed by at least one Typhoon. Two…
The European Commission on Tuesday announced that it will put forward targeted legislation to temporarily alleviate airlines from their airport slot usage obligations under EU law. According to Εuropean Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, the proposed measure will help both the European industry and the environment. “It will release pressure on the whole aviation…
In a Wednesday evening address from the Oval Office, President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. would issue a thirty-day travel ban for travel from the European Union, a ban that would exclude the United Kingdom and has a number of notable exceptions. The steps are the latest effort by the government to tamp down…