United Airlines could furlough 36,000 employees, or roughly 45 per cent of its workforce, by October 1 amid a drop in air travel resulting from the coronavirus pandemic. The fall deadline marks when a restriction against enacting furloughs and layoffs in a $5 billion payroll bailout of the airline expires. Officials at United made the … Read more
Chrissy Teigen SLAMS American Airlines for ‘only caring about money’ and not caring if passengers ‘get sick and die’ as they resume booking flights to capacity amid COVID-19 Model Chrissy Teigen tweeted at American Airlines on Friday and criticized the company for resuming business amid COVID-19 cases soaring She tweeted to her 13.1million followers: ‘Not to be … Read more
American Airlines to move Heathrow flight operations from Terminal 3 to Terminal 5 from July 7, with qualifying passengers able to use British Airways’ swanky lounges First-class passengers will be able to check-in at BA’s exclusive ‘First Wing’ American’s check-in desks will be located in Zone C for business and economy American will be operating … Read more
British Airways has a proud history of connecting Britain with the world and the world with Britain. We’ve been doing it for more than a century and in that time we have been through major crises – but not one of those crises has come close to where we find ourselves now. You only have … Read more
Grant Shapps tonight unveiled plans to make future flights more environmentally friendly – on the same day the Government was accused of bringing aviation in the UK to its knees. The Transport Secretary used the daily Downing Street press conference to unveil the formation of a ‘jet zero council’ bringing together figures from the aviation industry, … Read more
Grant Shapps tonight unveiled plans to make future flights more environmentally friendly – on the same day the Government was accused of bringing aviation in the UK to its knees. The Transport Secretary used the daily Downing Street press conference to unveil the formation of a ‘jet zero council’ bringing together figures from the aviation industry, … Read more
British Airways, easyJet and Ryanair launch legal action against Government’s ‘flawed’ quarantine policy they say will have ‘devastating effect’ on tourism and economy The group of airlines want a judicial review to be heard ‘as soon as possible’ They claimed quarantine would wreak devastation on British tourism industry They said they have seen no evidence … Read more
Optimism in global markets gave way to gloom yesterday as the painful impact of the coronavirus became clearer. As pubs in Britain were told they will not be allowed to open this month, bleak data from the eurozone and another dire warning for airlines gave traders the jitters. The turmoil sent London’s FTSE 100 index … Read more
Ministers have been hit with an unprecedented joint legal action by UK airlines infuriated by plans to impose a two-week quarantine period on travellers entering Britain. British Airways, easyJet and Ryanair have joined forces to argue that the measure is illegal on the grounds that it is discriminatory, irrational and disproportionate. The carriers say that … Read more
British Airways, Ryanair and easyJet SUE the government over ‘irrational and disproportionate’ 14-day quarantine rules Ministers have been hit with an unprecedented joint legal action by UK airlines British Airways, easyJet and Ryanair have joined forces to argue that the measure is illegal on the grounds that it is discriminatory and irrational Airlines argue … Read more