London Southend boss: Airport testing NOW is the only way to make passengers feel safe and get UK flying again October 8, 2020 The chief executive of London Southend airport has said that the country’s airlines will only begin to recover when passengers are confident enough to fly again – and that means the government must impose a coronavirus testing regime now. Aviation leaders had hoped that ministers would announce plans to put in place an airport testing [...]
Consumer survey sees Netflix on top of Covid-19 satisfaction rankings – with Ryanair grounded October 7, 2020 A consumer ranking of how businesses performed for their customers during the Covid-19 pandemic has seen Netflix and Amazon take first and second spot. At the other end of the scale, power companies were seen to be thoroughly underperforming – with more of the bottom five responsible for gas and electricity. Read more: The businesses [...]
Wizz Air sees capacity drop in September as quarantine bites October 5, 2020 Budget carrier Wizz Air saw capacity drop 20 per cent in September as the imposition of quarantine restrictions hampered the airline industry’s nascent recovery. The Hungarian airline flew 1.56m passengers last month at a capacity of 60 per cent, down from 2.4m passengers at 80 per cent in August. Year-on-year, over 60 per cent fewer [...]
Coronavirus: Is the UK set to shake-up quarantine-free travel rules and finally begin airport testing for arrivals? October 4, 2020 The UK Government is set to make an announcement on airport testing “in the coming days,” as the list of quarantine-free travel options diminishes Airport testing is a “key priority,” Barclay told Heathrow boss John Holland-Kaye this week at the Conservative Party Conference, which is currently being held virtually. While many other countries and airlines have [...]
Government policy must change if travel companies are to survive the Covid-19 pandemic October 3, 2020 The government’s announcement on 25 July of a quarantine for anyone returning from Spain torpedoed the nascent recovery of the travel industry. Bookings immediately dried up. Since then it’s gone from bad to worse. This week, the government removed Turkey, Poland, and Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba from its Travel Corridor list, meaning that travellers [...]
Coronavirus: The seven quarantine free countries you can still visit, after Turkey travel ban October 3, 2020 Coronavirus: Here are the seven quarantine free countries you can still visit, after Turkey travel ban
Quarantine: Turkey and Poland added to self-isolation list October 1, 2020 More countries have been added to the UK's quarantine list. Passengers aarriving from Turkey and Poland will have to self-isolate from Saturday
Wizz Air cuts capacity to 50 per cent as quarantine hits demand September 25, 2020 Wizz Air today said it will operate at 50 per cent capacity in October after suffering a slump in demand due to coronavirus quarantine rules. The budget airline said its services will be running at half the normal level next month and would likely remain at the same level throughout the winter if restrictions remained [...]
BoE: Considering the climate would have held back stimulus September 24, 2020 The Bank of England has said it did not attach any climate-related conditions to its major loan scheme as this would have “frustrated” the effort to support companies quickly. However, Bank official Sarah Breeden said that the BoE is “considering” attaching green strings to its future corporate bond purchases. Threadneedle Street has been criticised for [...]
Lufthansa warns of more job cuts as travel recovery stalls September 21, 2020 Lufthansa shares lost nearly a tenth of their value this afternoon after the German flag carrier said that it would cut more jobs on top of the 22,000 redundancies previously announced. This afternoon the airline revealed that due to the stalling recovery in air travel it would have to reduce its fleet by 150 planes, [...]