American Airlines flight attendant dies of coronavirus
A Philadelphia-based American Airlines flight attendant and union representative, died Monday from coronavirus, the airline confirmed Thursday. "Earlier this week, we lost a respected, longtime member of the American Airlines…
BREAKING Hubei Province airports to resume flight operations
Starting Sunday, Hubei Province airports will resume flight services except for Wuhan Tianhe International Airport as the COVID19 pandemic is gradually contained. The Wuhan hub will resume services on April…
Microsoft Flight Simulator has released a new video about multiplayer mode
Watch as CEO Sebastian Wloch talks about multiplayer in the next evolution of Microsoft Flight Simulator.
London Gatwick Airport to close North Terminal
London Gatwick is to temporarily close its North Terminal and consolidate operations in its South Terminal, with flights only operating between 2pm and 10pm, from next month. The airport believes…
ALERT A temporary mortuary is being built at Birmingham Airport
A temporary mortuary site is being built at Birmingham Airport in preparation for an expected rise in coronavirus deaths, West Midlands Police have said. Work has begun on the mortuary…
Alaska Airlines is witnessing more than 80% drop in demand
Alaska Air Group’s ALK subsidiary Alaska Airlines plans to reduce capacity by 70% for April and May due to “historic and unprecedented” decline in demand as coronavirus concerns evolve. The…
More than 7,500 aircraft are currently stored due to coronavirus crisis
Around one third of the global commercial airline fleet is currently in storage as carriers seek to weather the coronavirus pandemic. In total, around 7,500 planes are now idle as…
Virgin Australia to make all Tigerair pilots redundant
Virgin Australia Managing Director Paul Scurrah said today that about 1000 of the 8000 workers being stood down will be made redundant. The 1000 figure includes all 220 Tigerair pilots…
BREAKING London City Airport is closing tonight
London City Airport temporarily suspends all flights. Here is the statement Following the Government’s latest instructions in response to the Coronavirus outbreak, we have made the difficult but necessary decision…
Virgin Australia asks for investigation into Qantas comments
Virgin Australia has written to Australia's competition watchdog, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), to complain about allegedly anti-competitive comments made by Qantas CEO Alan Joyce. Virgin MD Paul…
“As crew we’ve called the skies our home for so long.” Virgin Australia Supervisor’s emotional cabin announcement
Virgin Australia has posted a video on their Twitter of Cabin Supervisor Cassy making a final cabin announcement on a Virgin Australia service to Dunedin, New Zealand. In the emotional…
Virgin Australia slashes domestic capacity by 90%, grounds Tigerair
Virgin Australia announced today that it would slash domestic capacity by 90% and completely ground it's LCC Tigerair. The Tigerair grounding is effective immediately while Virgin's capacity reduction comes into…
