Norwegian Air restructuring plan wins state approval April 12, 2021 Norwegian Air’s restructuring proposals have today been approved in the carrier’s home country courts, clearing the way for it to begin raising fresh capital. The airline said that Oslo’s County Court had this morning joined the Irish High Court’s decision to give its plans the go-ahead. After its government refused to extend further support to [...]
Exclusive: Liberty Charge kickstarts rollout of 800 EV chargepoints across London April 12, 2021 Telecoms giant Liberty Global has today kicked off plans to install 800 electric vehicle (EV) chargepoints across London over the next 12 months. The first 20 chargepoints, which were installed by Liberty Charge, a joint venture with Zouk Capital, went online this morning in the borough of Waltham Forest. It is the initial step in [...]
Heathrow passenger numbers down four-fifths in March April 12, 2021 The number of passengers passing through Heathrow Airport fell more than four-fifths in March as the worst ever financial year for aviation came to a close. Passenger numbers fell 82.6 per cent, to 542,000, last month, as the UK continued to impose strict controls on international travel. For the first three months of 2021, passenger [...]
Vroom to Zoom: UK business travellers to cut flying after pandemic April 12, 2021 A majority of UK business travellers will fly less often when pandemic-related travel restrictions are lifted, a new survey from YouGov has found. As a result of the widespread adoption of videoconferencing technologies such as Zoom, 56 per cent of travellers said they would cut down on corporate travel. That’s the highest percentage of any [...]
Airlines pull 737 Max from flight schedules after Boeing warning April 9, 2021 A number of airlines have begun grounding Boeing’s 737 Max aircraft today after the planemaker warned 16 of its customers over a potential electrical problem with the model. Southwest Airlines and American Airlines have pulled nearly 50 jets from their flight schedules on the back of the announcement. United Airlines, Alaska Air, and West Jet [...]
Jet2 cancels all flights and holidays until June 23 due to travel ‘uncertainty’ April 9, 2021 Holiday group Jet2 has this morning cancelled all of its flights and holidays until 23 June, blaming the government for the “uncertainty” surrounding the travel industry. In a statement, chief executive Steve Heapy said: “We are trying to run a business so that we can take customers away, but we need the Government to provide [...]
Tui to raise €350m from bond issue ahead of critical summer April 9, 2021 Holiday giant Tui today announced that it would raise €350m (£303.7m) through a bond issue as the quest to bolster its coronavirus-battered finances continues. The Anglo-German giant has already been on the receiving end of three bailouts from the German government, totalling €4.8bn. The offer of senior unsecured bonds, due in 2028, can be increased [...]
Wizz Air replaces ops chief after he told team to list pilots for redundancy who ’caused grief’ April 8, 2021 Wizz Air has replaced its flight operations chief after he was recorded telling his team to draw up a redundancy list of pilots who were often sick or “caused grief” while sparing cheaper contract crew. In a letter to staff dated April 4, seen by Reuters, Wizz said its head of flight operations Darwin Triggs [...]
IT weight mix-up leads to ‘serious incident’ on Tui flight April 8, 2021 A flaw in one of its IT systems saw a Tui flight take off with the wrong weight calculations after female passengers using the title “Miss” were registered as children. The error, which took place on a flight from Birmingham Airport to Majorca on 21 July last year has been labelled a “serious incident” by [...]
Virgin Voyages to launch in UK for vaccinated passengers April 8, 2021 Virgin Voyages has today announced that it will finally launch its long-delayed debut cruises this summer – but only for fully vaccinated passengers. The firm, which only caters to adult passengers, will offer six trips in UK waters, starting from Portsmouth, from August. Passengers aboard the Scarlet Lady can opt for either a three or [...]