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%…
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.
The Ethiopian government issued interim report on Boeing 737MAX crash that killed 157 people. The interim investigation report blamed Boeing’s design of the jet’s new flight control system and the training Boeing offered pilots. The report states that the system known as MCAS — the Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System, designed to push the nose of the aircraft…
Flybe collapsed last week, the 168 weekly slots (12 daily flights) at London Heathrow have been returned to British Airways. These slots belonged to British Airways which had to give to Flybe years ago. However it’s not come at the best time for British Airways, as airlines struggle to keep the slots active.
Spain on Tuesday decided to cancel all direct flights to and from Italy for two weeks in a bid to stop the spread of the coronavirus, according to the government’s official gazette. This measure will take effect from March 11 at midnight and continue until midnight of March 25, the gazette said. Spain has registered…
British Airways has cancelled all fights to and from Italy after the country was put on lockdown over coronavirus. A spokesperson for BA said: ‘In light of the Italian government’s announcement and the UK government’s official travel advice, we have contacted all customers who are due to travel today (10 March).’ The airline said it…
Ryanair has cancelled all of its flights to, from and within Italy amidst coronavirus outbreaks in the country. Italy is currently on lockdown as the Italian government looks to contain the spread of COVID-19, prompting the FCO to change its travel advice against all but essential travel to Italy. As a result, Ryanair has been…
An easyJet flight from Manchester to Alicante was forced to turn back twice after two separate ‘fights’ broke out onboard the plane. The U21919 flight was due to depart from Manchester Airport on Thursday afternoon, but was delayed by over three hours as a result of multiple disturbances. A spokesperson for the airline said that…
A second cabin crew member of Korean Air Lines Co. has been diagnosed with the new coronavirus, company and local government officials said Saturday. According to them, a 36-year-old Korean Air flight attendant has tested positive for COVID-19 after serving on a Los Angeles-Incheon route late last month. Another Korean Air cabin crew member on…
The Qantas Group has announced further cuts to its international flying, reducing capacity by almost a quarter for the next six months. The latest cuts follow the spread of the Coronavirus into Europe and North America over the past fortnight, as well as its continued spread through Asia, which has resulted in a sudden and…
Virgin Atlantic is retiring the remaining A340-600 fleet this week earlier than expected due to the coronavirus outbreak. Aircraft to be retired this week: G-VNAP G-VWIN G-VFIT Here is G-VFIT last commercial flight arriving at Heathrow from Lagos yesterday. Watch London Heathrow live 24/7 at cam.airlive.net/lhr
Airlines are being forced to operate ghost flights amid the coronavirus outbreak in order to keep their airport slots. The slots are run by the independent slot coordinator ACL on a ‘use it or lose it’ basis, with carriers told to use 80 per cent of their allocation or risk having them removed. The drop…