AirlinesVirgin Atlantic Will Suspend All Passenger Flights For A Week Virgin Atlantic will halt all passenger services for just under week this month. This suspension will come into place between the 20th and 26th of April amid the impact that the coronavirus pandemic is having on the British carrier.
LinkSaudiGulf Airlines Cancels 16 Airbus A220 Orders SaudiGulf Airlines has cancelled an order for 16 Airbus A220-300 aircraft in March of 2020. These aircraft were initially ordered when the A220 was known as the Bombardier CSeries.
LinkLease Expirations Offers GOL An Easy Way To Cut Fleet Size GOL Linhas Aereas, the Brazilian carrier, could reduce its fleet from 130 Boeing 737 planes to 100. The airline would take this approach to ease the impact it is currently having due to the coronavirus pandemic, Reuters reported. Let’s investigate further.
LinkLATAM Cancels 10 Airbus A350 Orders LATAM Airlines Group has significantly cut down the number of orders for its Airbus A350 XWB aircraft within a space of just over a month. On February 29th, the Latin American outfit had an order for 25 of the widebody aircraft. However, this number had fallen to just 15 by the time this month hit.
LinkJetBlue Looks To Consolidate Flights In Major Cities JetBlue has today announced that it will be consolidating flights to just one or two major airports of the country’s five largest destinations. The announcement comes after the airline’s decision to cut its services by 80% in April and park more than 40% of its fleet. The suspension of flights to select airports will take place from April 15th to June 10th.
LinkSo Far 700 US Airline Employees Have Caught Coronavirus Many airlines continue to fly some routes during the COVID-19 pandemic, and with this comes increased risks for airline crew. Recent reports from flight attendant unions in the US suggest at least 700 airline employees have so far contracted coronavirus.
LinkThe Clever Reason Why Aer Lingus Isn't Selling Business Class On JFK Flights With the current reduction in passenger volumes, many airlines have grounded or significantly reduced flights. A number of routes continue to operate, however, and Aer Lingus has just launched an innovative way to keep flying to New York using two crews and turning the aircraft around straight away.
LinkDelta Enforces Social Distancing On All Flights Delta Air Lines has begun to enforce social distancing onboard all flights. The news comes as the magnitude of the coronavirus pandemic continues to intensify in the United States.
LinkAustrian Airlines Boss Says Demand Won't Recover Until 2023 The CEO of Austrian Airlines has said that he does not see demand after the COVID-19 pandemic recovering until at least 2023. As the Lufthansa Group-owned airline prepares for operations after the coronavirus crisis is over, it issued a statement saying that it anticipated a huge drop off in business.
LinkEtihad Trials New Kiosks Checking Passenger Health– Is This The Future? Etihad Airways is testing out a new kiosk that can help detect if passengers have symptoms of a viral illness. This kiosk will roll out for testing starting at the end of this month and will run through May using both volunteers and actual departing passengers. Could this be the future of airport check-ins?
LinkGood Deed: Delta Donates Tonnes Of Unused Food Delta Air Lines has donated over 200,000 pounds or just over 90 metric tons of food so far in 2020. This donation of unused food is a result of surplus quantities leftover after Delta streamlined onboard service, significantly reduced the number of flights with meal service, and scaled-back Sky Club food options.
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