As the worldwide airline industry remained grounded and the noise from Boeings in city skies gave way to the sound of birdsong, a piece of flight history was being made at a little-known airport in Washington State. On May 28, a modified Cessna Caravan 208B, or eCaravan built by electric aircraft company MagniX and aerospace … Read more
Airline passengers should not take any hand luggage on flights as part of measures to slow the spread of Covid-19, government guidance says today. The advice from the Department for Transport (DfT) insists travellers should check in all baggage before boarding, while they are also encouraged to wear masks in airports and stay seated as … Read more
A frequent flyer recently live-blogged his business-class trip from Heathrow Airport to New York via Amsterdam to ‘demystify what it’s actually like out there during Covid-19’. The blogger, Gilbert Ott, is now back from the Big Apple – which he said he visited ‘out of necessity’ – and he’s published some handy tips for staying … Read more
Airlines will divert flights if a passenger refuses to wear a mask, board the back of the plane first and abandon in-flight magazines in a bid to lure customers back on board. Passengers can also expect more layovers as cuts to services because of coronavirus travel restrictions means airlines will offer less direct flights. Air … Read more
Airlines including Delta and United have placed their aircraft in storage in a so-called ‘boneyard’ in the desert for with flight operations cut to around 5% of normal operations due to the coronavirus . Delta Air Lines have parked their planes at Pinal Airpark 90 miles south of Phoenix. The dry desert air helps to … Read more
‘We don’t care how crazy we look!’ Simon Cowell wears an inflatable shell suits on planes to avoid germs, reveals close friend Sinitta By Jack Newman For Mailonline Published: 14:03 BST, 26 April 2020 | Updated: 14:07 BST, 26 April 2020 Simon Cowell wears an inflatable suit on aeroplanes to protect himself from germs. Friend … Read more
The coronavirus pandemic could kill off large long-haul planes as the airline industry continues to be crippled by the worldwide lockdown, an expert warned today. Airlines are expected to switch to flying fewer, smaller aircraft – with the infection said to have accelerated the demise of the world’s largest passenger aircraft. These are the relatively … Read more
EasyJet grounds its entire fleet of 330 planes due to coronavirus pandemic By Martin Robinson, Chief Reporter For Mailonline Published: 07:16 BST, 30 March 2020 | Updated: 07:16 BST, 30 March 2020 EasyJet has today grounded its entire fleet of 330-plus planes as coronavirus continued to decimate Britain’s airlines. The company has worked with union … Read more
Easyjet founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou urges the airline to fire staff and stop buying planes amid coronavirus chaos By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 GMT, 23 March 2020 | Updated: 22:09 GMT, 23 March 2020 Easyjet’s founder urged the airline to slash costs by cancelling orders for planes and sacking staff during the … Read more
Radar pictures show skies across the world starting to empty as the number of travel bans increases. Most recent figures from flightradar24 show that as of yesterday there were 132,135 flights worldwide. On Monday March 16 there were 167,279 flights worldwide, a month before on Monday February 17, the number was 172,520. The biggest impact … Read more