Today, Eurocontrol announced that the European network was down by 16% yesterday compared to a normal day. Nearly 4,600 fewer flights in Europe than on the equivalent Thursday in 2019. Traffic at Italian airports down 70% but others also affected: Munich -28%, Barcelona -18% and Paris CdG -16%.
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…
U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptors and Royal Canadian Air Force F-18s, supported by KC-135 Stratotanker and E-3 Sentry AWACS aircraft, intercepted two Russian Tu-142 near Alaska. The Tu-142s sometimes fly near international borders to collect data about a country’s air defense network and to collect mapping and signals intelligence. The United States also conducts similar…
Government of Kuwait announced that it will halt all commercial flights from midnight Friday 13 March 2020. The Government decided in an extra ordinary meeting held on Wednesday, to suspend all international flights “until further notice” over the coronavirus outbreak. Incoming flights will be restricted and Only Kuwaiti citizens and their immediate relatives will be…
This morning, three Airbus A319 left British Airways fleet. The aircraft left London Heathrow Airport to St Athan at 09.00. G-EUOC (18 years) G-EUOD (18 years) G-EUPE (20 years)
Korean Air Lines warned that the coronavirus outbreak could threaten its survival after more than half of the world restricted passengers entering from South Korea. Woo Kee-hong, Korean Air’s president, said more than 80% of South Korea’s biggest carrier’s international capacity had been cut as a result of travel restrictions globally, compared with a 18%…
A Pakistan Air Force (PAF) fighter jet crashed in the capital Islamabad on Wednesday morning, a PAF spokesperson said. The F-16 aircraft crashed during a rehearsal for the Pakistan Day parade, held annually on March 23. The jet fell down in Shakarparian, a wooded hilly area on the outskirts of the capital. The spokesperson did…
Air France decided to suspend all flights to and from Italy from March 14, until April 3. Until then, only one flight per destination will be provided to allow Air France passengers to travel back to France.