Norwegian Air to lay off around half of its staff and cancel 4,000 flights as it struggles to stay afloat By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 23:17 GMT, 12 March 2020 | Updated: 00:30 GMT, 13 March 2020 Norwegian Air will lay off around half of its staff and cancel 4,000 flights as … Read more
Last year and last decade busiest ever for air traffic in the UK: Almost 2.6million flights in 2019 and 13% growth since 2009 Nats, the UK’s air traffic control provider, saw an 0.9% increase in flights in 2019 Its busiest day on record was July 5, 2019, when it handled 8,863 flights in the UK Two … Read more
A slump in passenger numbers as a result of coronavirus has led to an increase in airlines running ‘ghost’ flights to hold on to valuable take-off and landing slots at British airports. The slots are run by the independent slot coordinator ACL on a ‘use it or lose it’ basis, with carriers told to use … Read more