Japan Airlines ditches compulsory high heels and skirts for its 6,000 female cabin crew after equality campaign by feminists Feminist campaigners gathered 32,000 signatures to change the uniform rules From next month, female cabin crew can wear trousers and flat shoes at work The airline said the new rules will promote a ‘diverse working environment’ … Read more
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps says government could buy stake in struggling UK airlines after collapse in demand amid coronavirus crisis It’s ‘important to save companies that should survive in normal times’ says MP Transport secretary Grant Shapps says ‘everything’s on the table’ to save firms Rishi Sunak says he will not create specific support package … Read more
Passengers across Britain are being denied cash refunds from airlines despite the Foreign Office travel ban amid the coronavirus pandemic. Dozens have got in touch with MailOnline over the past 24 hours saying they are only being offered the chance to rebook after their holidays were cancelled. Others have been unable to get through to … Read more
The airline industry can be accused of many sins. It is infested with brassy billionaires, such as the avaricious Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, the founder of EasyJet, and the egregious Sir Richard Branson. It is responsible for pollution that is poisoning the planet. Customer service is sometimes woeful and industrial relations, wherever the main fault lies, … Read more
Chancellor Rishi Sunak is setting up support package for airlines as they struggle to survive slump in passenger numbers caused by coronavirus crisis Chancellor says special measures will help aviation industry cope with fallout Grant Shapps says good firms ‘shouldn’t be going bust’ as a result of coronavirus Responses include ‘on occasions organisations being run … Read more
US senators demand answers from airlines over why cameras have been embedded in some seat-back TV screens Jeff Merkley and John Kennedy have sent a joint letter to eight major US airlines They want to know whether the cameras could be used to monitor passengers The pair have put forward a bill to ban the … Read more
Airlines, rail and bus companies in Britain could be temporarily nationalised to help them through the coronavirus outbreak, Grant Shapps suggested today. The Transport Secretary told MPs good organisations ‘shouldn’t be going bust’ as a result of problems caused by the spread of the infection. He said a lot of different responses will be required, … Read more
Biggest stock market losers from coronavirus: Airlines, insurers and energy stocks take the heaviest beating with some losing two thirds of their value The share prices of insurance firms M&G, and Prudential have all fallen heavily Since the FTSE 100 peaked on 17 January at 7,675, it has plunged by over a third Travel firm … Read more
European airline stocks plunged as much as 20 per cent today after US President Donald Trump said he would restrict travel from Europe to the United States for 30 days to try to contain the spread of the coronavirus. The surprise move is another setback for a sector that has been battered by earlier travel … Read more
Flying with British Airways can increase CO2 emissions by up to 46 per cent per passenger when compared to rival airlines on the same routes, according to a new investigation. Which? Travel looked at six popular international routes from London, which are well served by a variety of carriers, to compare CO2 emissions. It found … Read more