AirlinesEcuador Puts TAME In Liquidation – How Did It Happen? The Ecuadorian government started a liquidation process of its State airline TAME EP, among other initiatives to reduce the number of institutions in the country. Nevertheless, TAME EP will remain connecting small towns with no other commercial airline alternatives. Let’s investigate further.
LinkEtihad Operates Historic First Flight To Israel Etihad Airways today made history operating the first flight by a United Arab Emirates Airline to Israel. The flight carried 14 tonnes of urgent medical supplies bound for Palestine.
LinkSouthwest Announces 8% April Load Factor But Recovery Continues Southwest Airlines today released an investor update stating that in April, it measured a load factor of just 8%. However, data from the TSA and FlightRadar24.com seems to indicate that the industry’s recovery is continuing, albeit at a prolonged rate.
LinkPhilippine Airlines To Operate A Non Stop Flight To Miami A Philippine Airlines flight is due to land in Miami airport today, having flown 9,316 miles directly from Manila. The flight is scheduled to land just after 16:00 local time in Miami after a huge 15 hours and 58 minutes in the air. A Boeing 777-300ER is operating the long flight.
LinkQatar Airways Announces Details Of American Airlines Codeshare Qatar Airways has announced details of its new codeshare agreement with fellow oneworld member American Airlines. The news comes following years of disagreement between the two airlines.
LinkHungarian LCC Wizz Air Celebrates Its 16th Anniversary Hungary’s low-cost carrier Wizz Air today celebrates the 16th anniversary of its first flight. On May 19th, 2004, the purple liveried carrier commenced operations with a flight from Katowice (KTW) to London Luton Airport (LTN).
LinkThai Airways Bankruptcy Reorganization Approved By Government Thai Airways has received approval from the Thai government for reorganization under a bankruptcy court. Much like Chapter 11 in the US, this will see the airline protected from its creditors with a debt restructuring to keep it operational. The airline will continue with ‘business as usual’ throughout the process but could emerge as a privatized airline.
LinkBreaking: easyJet Loses 9 Million Customers’ Data To Hackers British low-cost carrier easyJet has revealed that the data of as many as nine million of its customers has been compromised. The airline describes a ‘highly sophisticated’ cyberattack on its systems, which have disclosed email addresses and travel details of millions.
LinkHundreds Reportedly Laid Off By Etihad Etihad Airways has reportedly laid off hundreds of employees, including flight staff, after the global COVID-19 pandemic caused it to cancel flights. According to international news organization Reuters, citing Etihad sources, the Abu Dhabi-based airline has made a large number of its employees redundant.
LinkDelta Adds Additional Capacity To Ensure Social Distancing The application, or lack thereof, of social distancing measures on board aircraft, has been a hot topic of late. Now, Delta Air Lines is planning to add more flights to its schedule than demand would normally justify, to be able to keep planes no more than 60% full to capacity throughout July.
LinkWhy Airlines Will Come Roaring Back After The Coronavirus Crisis Once the COVID-19 pandemic is contained, the airline industry will come roaring back, but it will not be in the form of business as usual. In the beginning, low prices will be used as an incentive in the hope that people who have been cooped up in their homes for the past two months will want to get away and have a summer vacation.
LinkAir France Is Slowly Ramping Up Its Flight Schedule Starting May 18th, Air France has gradually increased its flight schedule, while adhering to travel restrictions and passenger demand. From May to June, the carrier’s flight schedule will resume 15% of its usual capacity during the summer months.
LinkairBaltic Relaunches As An All Airbus A220 Airline airBaltic will resume services as an all A220 airline following the impact of the coronavirus. The airline has started flying between the three Baltic capital of Riga, Tallinn, Vilnius, and will operate a number of flights to other European destinations in the coming weeks. The decision to go all A220 means the airline will shelve over 40% of its fleet. Let’s find out more.
LinkEmirates Ditches Pre-Flight Blood Tests After Accuracy Concerns After being the first airline to perform rapid COVID-19 testing on its passengers, Emirates decided yesterday to cease any further tests from taking place. The move comes after the Dubai Health Authority (DHA) deemed these tests to be mostly inaccurate. Emirates first utilized the pre-flight blood tests on passengers flying to Tunisia on April 15th, and again this month for repatriation flights to India.
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