Coronavirus: British Airways suspends flights to mainland China for a month January 30, 2020 Shares in British Airways owner IAG dropped 3.65 per cent after the airline announced it was suspending all flights to mainland China for a month amid the coronavirus outbreak. It follows the airline’s announcement yesterday that it would halt flights for two days because of Foreign Office advice to avoid “all but essential travel”. Direct [...]
FTSE 100 back in the red as coronavirus surpasses Sars outbreak January 30, 2020 The FTSE 100 fell sharply in early trading today as European stocks sank into the red after the number of coronavirus cases surpassed the total for the Sars outbreak in the early 2000s. Coronavirus has now killed 170 while the number of infections has risen to 7,700. There were around 5,200 cases of Sars, which [...]
Coronavirus: Lufthansa suspends flights to China January 29, 2020 Lufthansa has suspended all flights to mainland China until 9 February amid the coronavirus outbreaks. The decision follows similar moves by other airlines in a bid to curb the spread of infection. The cancellation of flights also affects flights run by Lufthansa’s subsidiaries Swiss and Australian Airlines. The airline said it would continue to fly [...]
Struggling Northern Rail franchise nationalised and renamed Northern Trains January 29, 2020 Northern Rail is to be nationalised, five years before the franchise was set to end, after months of delays, cancellations and poor financial performance. Transport secretary Grant Shapps will terminate the existing franchise for Northern and install the state’s Operator of Last Resort on 1 March as filings for a new state-run replacement – Northern [...]
Coronavirus: Brits returning from Wuhan face two weeks in quarantine January 29, 2020 British citizens being flown back to the UK from the Chinese city of Wuhan tomorrow will be put in quarantine for two weeks as a precaution against coronavirus. The government will evacuate Britons from Wuhan, where the outbreak started, and the surrounding Hubei province as the virus spreads across China. Hundreds could be flown home. [...]
Hong Kong stocks tumble three per cent on coronavirus fears January 29, 2020 The Hong Kong stock index slumped three per cent overnight in its first day of trading since the coronavirus outbreak intensified over the Chinese Lunar New Year. Coronavirus has now claimed 132 lives while the number of cases has hit 5,974. The jump in deaths has triggered an international response, with British Airways the latest [...]
Coronavirus: British Airways halts flights to mainland China January 29, 2020 British Airways has stopped flights to Beijing and Shanghai for the next two days in an attempt to stem the spread of the coronavirus outbreak. The airline’s decision follows the Foreign Office yesterday urging British citizens not to travel to mainland China unless it was essential to. Read more: UK citizens back from Wuhan face [...]
‘Enough is enough’: Two thirds of South Western Railway passengers fed up with fares January 28, 2020 Barely a third of South Western Railway passengers feel they are getting value for money, after months of strikes and delays caused misery across the network. According to the National Rail passenger survey, just 34 per cent of customers were satisfied with fares, the lowest score of any franchise in the country. Overall passenger satisfaction [...]
Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary calls Flybe a ‘loss-making turkey’ in stinging rebuke to chancellor Sajid Javid January 28, 2020 Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary has issued another sharp rebuke to chancellor Sajid Javid in the wake of the government’s rescue of Flybe, this time saying the UK’s business strategy is “doomed to fail”. In a letter bound to further escalate the row between the two, O’Leary called the struggling regional airline a “loss-making turkey”. He [...]
UK confirms 73 people have tested negative for coronavirus January 27, 2020 A total of 73 people have tested negative for coronavirus in the UK as the death toll in China rises to 81. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) announced today that there had been no coronavirus cases in the UK or of UK citizens abroad, and the risk to the public is low. [...]