BREAKING British Airways extends the cancellation of short-haul flights from Gatwick
British Airways announced it extends the cancellation of all short-haul flights from London Gatwick airport until March 2021, at the earliest.
British Airways announced it extends the cancellation of all short-haul flights from London Gatwick airport until March 2021, at the earliest.
The Emirates airline group unveiled plans to produce kosher meals in keeping with Jewish dietary rules, two days after the UAE and Israel signed a deal to normalise ties. Dubai-based Emirates, the largest airline in the Middle East, is expected to start flying to Tel Aviv by the end of the year, Israeli and Emirati…
Eurowings will replace about 95 percent of the program offered by Ryanair at Dusseldorf Airport after the Irish Ryanair closed its headquarters in Dusseldorf amid the coronavirus pandemic. The German airline Eurowings has decided to increase flight from Dusseldorf to Mallorca, Ibiza, Tenerife, Malaga, Alicante Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, and Faro in days to come. The…
After 11 years, Air India has resumed London to Kolkata direct flight service from today. This direct flight service will continue till October 24 with two flights taking off from London Heathrow on Wednesdays and Saturdays. The flight will depart London Heathrow at 12:00 PM local time and land at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International…
British Airways announced it will begin flying direct from Lahore, Pakistan to London Heathrow four days a week, commencing on October 14, 2020. The ‘City of Gardens’, Lahore and will be the second city in Pakistan that British Airways will connect to London. The airline already flies every single day from Islamabad, connecting friends and…
A third of Ryanair shareholders today revolted against a €458,000 bonus for chief executive Michael O’Leary today at the budget carrier’s annual general meeting. Although the firm’s remuneration report was approved by 65.8 per cent of voters, 34.2 voted against the packages, which had been criticised due to the ongoing financial crisis brought on by…
British Airways’ chief executive Alex Cruz said today that the airline is still facing the loss of some 10,000 workers amid the coronavirus pandemic. Executive Cruz informed about these redundancies before participating in the Parliamentary Transport Committee meeting. British Airways and its owner, International Airlines Group, firstly informed major restructuring of staff in April, after…
Airliners could reap fuel savings of up to 10 per cent — along with a corresponding decrease in emissions — by flying in formation like birds. The concept, which the European aerospace firm has dubbed fello’fly, will see planes fly relatively close behind one another. This allows the trailing aircraft to take advantage of the…
Jetblue announced its intention to launch 24 new routes towards the end of this year. Many of these routes have never been flown before by the airline. Each of the new routes adds strength to the airline’s focus cities in Florida, Latin America, the Carribean, New York, and California. Each of the markets added in…
The Cathay Pacific Group will park 40 per cent of its passenger fleet overseas and says a restructuring is “inevitable” as it reported a drastic drop in its traffic numbers for the month of August due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Hong Kong-based airline group revealed in its latest traffic figures for the month of…
Almost 600 UK-based Emirates employees risk losing their jobs after the airline warned its employees of the need to “consider reducing the size of the UK workforce”. The United Arab Emirates flag carrier stated that quarantine, border controls and other travel restrictions had left passenger demand “extremely subdued”, according to an internal memo seen by…
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has reportedly concluded its operational safety audit of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA). The audit was conducted by a four-member team and lasted for one week, reported the Press Trust of India (PTI). During the operational safety audit, which is performed every two years, the team consisting of foreign experts…