Taxpayers left with £60m bill from the 2017 collapse of budget airline Monarch By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 12 April 2021 | Updated: 22:03 BST, 12 April 2021 Taxpayers will be forced to foot the entire £60million bill for getting passengers home when they were stranded following the collapse of … Read more
Airline passengers may be able to securely connect to their families and browse the internet mid-flight via LASER systems as early as mid-2022, European Space Agency claims The UltraAir system will see lasers transmit data via satellites to the ground It could replace radio-based satcom, whose bands are experiencing bottlenecks Ground-based tests will begin this … Read more
Aer Lingus is moving staff to Britain because of the pandemic ‘uncertainty’ threatening Ireland’s travel industry, ministers have been told. Ireland’s flag carrier yesterday announced it was launching four trans-Atlantic routes from Manchester Airport in the coming months. Sinn Fein politician Darren O’Rourke said he had seen a ‘deeply concerning’ internal memo from the firm … Read more
Pictures of Holland that show just why the airline pilot who took them is flying high on Instagram Nick de Jonge flies Boeing 737s for KLM as a first officer – and he has 20,000 Instagram followers When you see his photography, you’ll see why – it’s regularly jaw-dropping. From the ground and the air … Read more
Pictures of Holland that show just why the airline pilot who took them is flying high on Instagram Nick de Jonge flies Boeing 737s for KLM as a first officer – and he has 20,000 Instagram followers When you see his photography, you’ll see why – it’s regularly jaw-dropping. From the ground and the air … Read more
Shares in airline Jet2 plunged yesterday as it announced a £422m share issue to help the business ride out the pandemic. Bosses said the new equity gave it enough liquidity to see it through an extended and unpredictable shutdown, but maintained a cautious approach to the 2021 summer season. The new shares, at a price … Read more
Airline and travel stocks plunged as UK ministers contemplated draconian border restrictions to contain new variants of Covid-19. The measures being considered to prevent the spread of strains from Brazil and South Africa include requiring some or all international arrivals to quarantine in hotels for up to two weeks. It would further reduce travel to … Read more
Fancy some extra leg roo-m! Kangaroo joey called Harry hops on American Airline flight from North Carolina to Virginia Kangaroo joey named Harry boarded a flight from Charlotte, North Carolina, to Newport News, Virginia Harry was being flown to the Virginian city as part of a conservation effort Video was taken by flight attendant Bobby … Read more
Budget airline Norwegian axes its long-haul network, leading to 1,100 job losses at Gatwick Airport The carrier said it will operate a ‘simplified business structure’ Its entire Boeing 787 Dreamliner fleet has been grounded since March 2020 Customers with affected bookings will be contacted by the airline and refunded By City & Finance Reporter for … Read more
British Airways owner IAG had a torrid 2020, to put it lightly, but things are looking up for Britain’s flag carrier after it secured a £2billion loan yesterday that it will be able to start tapping into this month. The facility has been underwritten by banks and partly by UK Export Finance, a Government arm … Read more