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…
Delta Air Lines suspends flights from Atlanta to Rome-Fiumicino due to COVID-19. Delta Air Lines is also cancelling flights to South Korea and Milan from JFK.
Alitalia is suspending national and international flights to and from Milan’s Malpensa airport from March 9 after the government ordered a lockdown of large areas of northern Italy to stem coronavirus contagion. In a statement, the Italian flag carrier said it would operate only national flights from the smaller Milan Linate airport, and reduce the…
IranAir has stopped all flights to European destinations, the official IRNA news agency reported on Sunday, citing a statement from the Civil Aviation Organization. “With attention to the restrictions that have been placed on (IranAir) flights by Europe for unclear reasons all IranAir flights to European destinations have been suspended until further notice,” IRNA reported,…
Italy ordered a virtual lockdown across a swathe of its wealthy north on Sunday, including the financial capital Milan, in a drastic new attempt to try to contain a rapidly growing outbreak of coronavirus. The unprecedented restrictions, which will impact some 16 million people and stay in force until April 3, were signed into law…
German airline giant Lufthansa said it would ground 150 of its more than 750 planes worldwide, days after announcing a slimmed-down timetable over the effects of the novel coronavirus. “25 long-haul aircraft and 125 short- and medium-haul aircraft” will no longer fly, a spokesman for the group also including carriers Eurowings, Austrian and Swiss told…
Two British Airways staff members have tested positive for the deadly coronavirus, just a day after the UK’s confirmed cases surpassed 100. As per government advice, both individuals have been told to self isolate at home, the BBC reports. It is understood the staff members are baggage handlers. A British Airways spokesman said: “Public Health…
United Airlines, faced with a steep drop in travel demand due to the coronavirus crisis, is aggressively cutting April and May flights, freezing hiring and offering employees voluntary unpaid leave. The airline announced the unprecedented steps, the first by a U.S. airline since the outbreak began, in a memo to employees Wednesday. “Due to decline…
Flybe, which operated regional services from airports across the United Kingdom, has entered administration. All Flybe flights, and those operated by Stobart Air, are cancelled. Flybe customers are therefore urged to make their own alternative travel arrangements via other airlines, rail or coach operators. For flights operated by Flybe franchise partners (Eastern Airways, and Blue…
According to the BBC, the airline Flybe is set to collapse within hours. Its final airborne flights are expected to touch down at airports across the UK late on Wednesday evening. Last flights could be #BE7308 to Manchester and #BE2111 to Heathrow and #BE1047 to Aberdeen. Aircraft are already seized in Glasgow tonight. You can…
Flybe could collapse by end of the month as £100m loan looks unlikely. The Financial Times is reporting today Flybe is unlikely to secure a £100m state loan. UPDATE Flybe is stating that “following a miscommunication regarding re-fuelling” a number of flights were cancelled tonight at Glasgow Airport A potential loan was part of a package…