Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Tuesday the spread of coronavirus ‘is worse than 9/11’ for the airline industry. United, Delta and Virgin have already drastically slashed their flight schedule, taking other cost-cutting measures, and storing their large aircraft which will be out of use. The airlines have also requested a bailout package from the government, ranging … Read more
Robin Hayes is coming to London from the US – and he’s bringing his $8billion low-cost airline with him. The chief executive of America’s sixth largest carrier, JetBlue – currently being violently buffeted along with rivals by the impact of the coronavirus crisis – already has a production line of Airbus 321LR aircraft fired up … Read more
In the end, Flybe’s fall was no surprise, though the announcement undoubtedly shocked some. The carrier only just managed to avoid its life support machine being switched off in January. But the coronavirus outbreak was just too much for the airline, and at 3:30 am on Thursday, it announced it had gone into administration. The … Read more
Russia’s Aeroflot has been named as the world’s most on-time mainline airline in 2019 in a new report. It has beaten Japan’s All Nippon Airways (ANA), which comes second, and highest-ranked U.S airline Delta Air Lines is third overall. Virgin Atlantic is the UK’s most on-schedule carrier. Meanwhile, Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport is named as the … Read more
The end of the food and drinks trolley? In the future passengers could order meals on their phones and collect them from on-board lockers Seattle-based design firm Teague wants to transform aircraft galleys from kitchens into retail space areas It also wants to move airline food storage and warming from the galley and into the … Read more
Why Flybe collapse means you should check your travel insurance smallprint: A third of holidaymakers wouldn’t be covered if an airline goes bust Flybe announced it has gone into administration A third of travellers wouldn’t be covered by insurer for airline failure We reveal what passengers can do to claim their money back By Grace … Read more
‘Has FlyBe just ceased operating in front of my eyes?’ Passengers are turned away as flights are cancelled and ‘planes impounded at airports’ amid growing fears for ailing airline The low-cost European carrier faced slump in sales since coronavirus outbreak Passengers have spoken of how the airline ceased operating this evening One, who was … Read more
For a second year in a row Singapore Airlines has been named as the best airline in the world in the TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice Awards, with Jet2.com named the best in the UK and Europe and Southwest Airlines hailed as North America’s best carrier. Award winners were determined using an algorithm that took into account … Read more
As the economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak ripples out from the epicenter in China, airlines have been among the hardest hit. Already, the outbreak is leading to sharp reductions in air travel demand in the US, with major companies such as Amazon ordering a freeze on all non-essential employee travel. The result is clear … Read more
Ryanair has dropped two ‘carbon offset’ projects funded by passengers after claims they do little or nothing to reduce total emissions. The budget airline has dumped one tree-planting scheme before a single sapling was planted and pulled funding from a whale-watching project. Critics said the schemes were ‘woefully inadequate’ at cancelling out the massive amount … Read more