Airlines avoid Belarus airspace as EU mulls sanctions May 25, 2021 A growing number of airlines have stopped flying through Belarusia airspace after the “hijacking” of a Ryanair flight carrying a dissident journalist. Carriers including Lufthansa, KLM, SAS, Air France, LOT and Singapore Airlines have thus far announced they would stop flying over Belarus. The decision to stop flying comes after the EU last night called for [...]
Belarus’ act of aviation piracy and kidnapping proves the obvious: anyone can bully the EU May 25, 2021 Yesterday, within about five minutes of one another, both my partner and a colleague drolly made the same comment: “I know Ryanair is tough about customer service, but I didn’t realise you had to pay extra to avoid being kidnapped.” There were, of course, referring to the dreadful act of piracy that occurred over the [...]
UK tells airlines to avoid Belarusian airspace and suspends state carrier’s license over ‘hijacking’ May 24, 2021 The UK has joined a number of other countries in instructing airlines to avoid Belarusian airspace after a commercial flight was intercepted by a fighter jet and diverted to the country to arrest a journalist. Transport secretary Grant Shapps tweeted that he had instructed the UK’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to ask planes to steer [...]
Add Europe to ‘green list’, Easyjet begs, as airline books £700m loss May 20, 2021 No respite for Easyjet as airline dives to £701m loss as it pins hopes on UK green list growing
Vodafone: Pandemic-induced remote working hit women hardest May 20, 2021 Nearly half of all women who leave the workplace for over a year suffer from a loss of confidence, according to a new report today, which urged employers to further support employees as they flock to offices once again. As Covid restrictions are being eased, the study published today by Vodafone, found that women can [...]
Airbus to shut a Spanish production plant May 19, 2021 Airbus SE have announced plans to merge the activities of its two plants in Spain since the end of the production of A380 superjumbos has left the factories without enough work to sustain them both. The French company has already held discussions with the Spanish government and unions and aims to avoid forced layoffs, according [...]
JetBlue to enter transatlantic market with London-New York flights from August May 19, 2021 Low-cost airline JetBlue said that it would make its transatlantic debut in August as it seeks to shake up one of the world’s most competitive aviation markets. The carrier will launch daily flights from New York to Heathrow and Gatwick airports from 11 August and 28 September respectively. Tickets are now on sale for its [...]
Ryanair wins EU court challenges against KLM and TAP state aid May 19, 2021 Ryanair has this morning won its legal challenges against billions of euros in state aid paid to two European airlines as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. KLM, the Dutch wing of Air France, and Portuguese carrier TAP were granted a combined €4.6bn by the European Commission in response to the crisis in aviation. However, [...]
City investors dump hospitality stocks despite pubs welcoming customers back indoors May 17, 2021 England’s pubs welcomed customers back inside for the first time in months today, but investors in the City of London were less taken by the sector’s future. Worries about a possible spread of the Indian variant of Covid-19 made shareholders sell their pub stocks. Wetherspoon, Marston’s, City Pub Group and Fuller, Smith & Turner were [...]
Covid-19: Cost of UK’s pandemic response climbs to £372bn May 17, 2021 The UK’s response to the coronavirus pandemic has now racked up costs of £372bn, according to the latest official estimates. In a new update to its Covid-19 cost tracker, the National Audit Office (NAO) said £372bn was the estimated total cost of emergency financial support as of May 2021. This marks an increase of over [...]