Qantas suspends plans to launch 19-and-a-half-hour direct flights from London and New York to Sydney

Qantas suspends plans to launch 19-and-a-half-hour direct flights from London and New York to Sydney and shelves order for 12 Airbus A350s for the services CEO Alan Joyce said it was not the right time to pursue the order due to Covid-19 Last year, Qantas carried out test flights from New York and London to … Read more

Utah government suspends contract with data collection company founded by ‘former KKK member’

The Utah Attorney General’s Office and multiple law enforcement agencies across the state have suspended their contracts with a surveillance company after reports that its founder had previously been a member of the Ku Klux Klan. The company, Banjo.io, uses AI to analyze GPS data, images and video scrapped from social media posts, surveillance cameras, … Read more

Corona beer suspends production due to coronavirus

Corona beer suspends production due to coronavirus The lager brand will not be produced after Mexico deemed it non-essential Brewery Grupo Modelo said it was scaling down operations to a ‘bare minimum’ But it suggested it could keep brewing beer if it was deemed to be agriculture  By Tim Stickings For Mailonline and Afp Published: … Read more

UAE suspends all passenger and transit flights

The UAE which is home to the world’s busiest international airport has suspended all passenger and transit flights in the battle against coronavirus. Dubai’s airport is a vital hub connecting Western nations with Asian countries and Australia, and suspending transit flights there will impact travellers around the world.  Saudi Arabia, meanwhile, announced that an evening … Read more

Jaguar Land Rover suspends work at its UK plant due to coronavirus

Jaguar Land Rover suspends work at its UK plant due to coronavirus – four weeks after production restarted at its factory in China Production at Jaguar Land Rover’s UK plants will shut down over the next week Management said they hoped car production will be resumed on April 20  Jaguar Land Rover’s plants in Brazil … Read more

Call the Midwife SUSPENDS filming amid the coronavirus outbreak 

Call the Midwife has become the latest programme to suspend filming amid the coronavirus outbreak. In a statement posted to Twitter, executive producer Dame Pippa Harris broke the news to fans that filming for the upcoming Christmas Special and Series 10 had been halted for the time being. Call The Midwife joins a long list … Read more

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby suspends Church of England services amid coronavirus lockdown

The Archbishop of Canterbury has today announced that public worship is ‘suspended until further notice’ amid fears over coronavirus.  In a joint letter, the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, Justin Welby and John Sentamu respectively, said it was ‘necessary to put public services on hold’.  They added church buildings may remain open for prayer ‘where … Read more

Uber suspends its pool option in US and Canada to limit the spread of coronavirus 

Uber suspends its pool option in US and Canada to limit the spread of coronavirus Uber has suspended its pool option in the US and Canada  The move is help limit the spread of the coronavirus The World Health Organization is urging people to practice social distancing  Coronavirus symptoms: what are they and should you see … Read more

Primark owner suspends shares after releasing coronavirus report

Primark owner Associated British Foods suspends shares after releasing bruising coronavirus report By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:20 GMT, 16 March 2020 | Updated: 00:06 GMT, 17 March 2020 Shares in Primark owner Associated British Foods were suspended yesterday after it released a bruising report into the effects of coronavirus on its … Read more

Travel giant Tui suspends vast majority of travel operations

Travel giant Tui suspends vast majority of travel operations until further notice as British Airways axes 75 per cent of its flights and EasyJet announces further cancellations IAG, the owner of BA, said today it would cut its flying capacity for April and May  Its outgoing boss Willie Walsh will delay retirement but won’t ask … Read more