Virgin Atlantic Airways has filed for bankruptcy protection for its United States business, as it tries to nail down a $1.6 billion rescue plan announced last month. It’s the second of Richard Branson’s airlines to do so during the COVID-19 pandemic, after Virgin Australia filed for “administration” — a form of bankruptcy in countries like…
Today, the outbreak of a global pandemic has brought with it a great deal of concern. We might see changes in the way we will travel for the foreseeable future. Our world may not be the same as it was half a century ago, but aviation will continue to play a key role. During the…
On August 2nd, 2020 the world’s largest plane, the Antonov AN225 Mriya, touched down in Scotland for the first time in 8 years. The last visit was back in March 2012. It touched down from Gander Bay in the US at 14:45 local time, then departed a few hours later to Châteauroux in France, around…
British Airways plan to dispose of its Airbus 318s, which operated the London City to New York route. British Airways started the route from London City in 2009. BA1 was a business class only service with just 32 seats. It attracted mainly business people who worked in the city. The closeness of the airport to…
Delta has already placed more than 100 people on a no-fly list for refusing to wear a mask, the carrier’s CEO Ed Bastian said. “We’ve been… steadily and rather aggressively stepping up our enforcement of the mask policy,” Bastian said. “You cannot board a Delta plane unless you have a mask on. If you board…
Microsoft Flight Simulator will be available August 18, 2020.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released an updated global passenger forecast showing that the recovery in traffic has been slower than had been expected. In the base case scenario the trade body expected global passenger traffic (measured in revenue passenger kilometres) will not return to pre-Covid-19 levels until 2024, a year later than…
Heathrow says it expects opening of third runway to be delayed by at least two years. London Heathrow Airport has confirmed to BBC Radio 4 today that it expects a two-year delay on its third runway. This is due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the effect it is having on demand for air travel.
Boeing is preparing to delay its all-new 777X jet by several months or up to a year, three people familiar with the matter said. Boeing hopes to bring the jet to market as passenger travel rebounds after a downturn caused by the pandemic. An announcement of the delay could come as early as next week…
Boeing is winding down production of the 747 jumbo jet. Chief Executive Dave Calhoun told staff on Wednesday that Boeing will stop building the iconic jet in 2022. The current version is the 747-8 launched in 2005.
Qatar Airways has resumed three weekly flights to Helsinki. The ailrine now serves all four Nordic capitals. The carrier also offers daily flights to Oslo and Stockholm and five weekly flights to Copenhagen.
Emirates will pay for your medical treatment, hotel quarantine, and even your funeral if you catch COVID-19 while traveling. Emirates has a new strategy for boosting passenger demand in the midst of a global pandemic: coronavirus insurance. If one of its passengers is diagnosed with COVID-19 during their journey, the Dubai-based airline will cover their…