The UK and Ireland are to be added to America’s European travel ban over the coronavirus pandemic. The new restrictions are expected to begin on Monday night. It is thought that American citizens, green card holders and others will still be allowed to return home to the US.
Following the decision of the government of Poland to suspend international air traffic, which has been caused by the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, all LOT connections, from both Poland and Hungary, will be suspended as of March 15, 2020 for a period of 10 days. Because of a large amount of questions we kindly…
Jet2 cancels all flights to Spain amid the coronavirus outbreak with immediate effect. The airline operator turned flights around in midair on Saturday morning as they made the decision to halt all travel to the European country which has been badly hit by the pandemic. On Friday Spain declared a state of emergency over coronavirus…
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has issued a safety directive to reduce the risk of spread of the novel coronavirus through flights to and from high risk areas. This is the first EU-wide operational measure to control the spread of COVID-19 in Europe. The safety directive specifies measures to be taken for flights…
Poland will ban foreigners from entering the country from Sunday and impose a 14-day quarantine on its citizens returning home in a bid to curb the spread of coronavirus, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Friday (March 13). “The state will not abandon (its citizens). However, in the current situation, we cannot allow ourselves to…
Delta Air Lines will cut passenger-carrying capacity by 40% to deal with a nosedive in travel demand caused by the new coronavirus. The 40% cut in capacity is the largest in Delta’s history, surpassing reductions that were made after the September 2001 terror attacks. Delta Air Lines announced major cuts to its capacity Friday because…
As noted in an email to its employees (via OMAAT), American’s management has issued a number of changes to deal with the implications coming out of the Coronavirus outbreak and the temporary suspension of travel to the United States from Europe. One major point covers the earlier retirement of its older 757 and 767 birds.…
As KLM is fighting low demand due to the coronavirus, the airline plans to retire its Boeing 747s one year earlier than expected. KLM will retire its remaining seven Boeing 747-400s by late March to cut capacity and save costs. The retirement was planned in 2021, 50 years after introducing the Jumbojets into the fleet.…
In order to fight low demand due to the Coronavirus, Emirates is grounding part of its long-haul fleet. 8 Airbus A380 are grounded at Al Maktoum. 12 Airbus A380 are grounded at Dubaï Airport. 7 B777-300ER are grounded at Al Maktoum. According to Bloomberg, Emirates is looking to defer delivery of its final 8 Airbus…
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%.
Australia’a Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) today announced that Qantas had agreed to repay $A7 million to almost 640 staff that have been underpaid between June 2011 and June 2019. The underpayments affected head office, corporate and administrative staff of the airline. Interest on the back pay will cost an additional $A2 million. Qantas had self-reported…
Virgin Australia has confirmed a female cabin crew member has tested positive for COVID-19. The airline has refused to reveal the route or flight number in order to protect her privacy. Health authorities are tracking down anyone at risk of contracting the virus. Virgin CEO Paul Scurrah said, “I can confirm that we have a…