Dubai-based airline Emirates has asked their employees to take up to one month’s unpaid leave, due to the rapidly spreading coronavirus, which has led to hundreds of flight cancellations around [ … ]
Category: Airlines
These are the best and worst US airlines
According to a recent ranking released by The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), Delta Air Lines was ranked as the best major airline in the US in 2019, while American Airlines [ … ]
Boeing had more cancellations than orders in 2019
For the first time in decades, Boeing ended 2019 with negative airplane orders. By the end of 2019, Boeing lost orders for 87 airplanes – therefore they had more cancellations [ … ]
European airlines told to avoid Iranian airspace
The EU Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has told the European airlines to avoid Iranian airspace, until further notice. This follows Iran’s admission that its armed forces unintentionally shot down a [ … ]
Ryanair closes their Canary Islands bases
Ryanair has now closed their bases in the Canary Islands, as they had previously announced in Autumn 2019 they would. The decision to close the bases caused a loss of [ … ]
New Ryanair CEO appointed to replace Michael O’Leary
Ryanair has announced the successor to their current Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Michael O’Leary. The company announced Friday that the replacement for O’Leary will be Eddie Wilson, who’s been in [ … ]
Qantas Airways testing 20-hour long flights
The Australian airline, Qantas Airways will start testing flights from October between New York and London to Sydney. Qantas are testing the flights with only a few staff to see [ … ]
Aer Lingus announces cheaper USA flights, after Norwegian withdrawal
Following Norwegian’s decision to stop its transatlantic flights from Ireland to the United States, Irish rival Aer Lingus has announced special autumn fares to North America, starting at €139. Aer [ … ]
Norwegian to end transatlantic flights from Ireland to USA
Norwegian has confirmed they are to end its transatlantic flights from Ireland to the United States from September this year. The low-cost airline blames the global grounding of the Boeing [ … ]
Ryanair to cut 1,500 jobs; blames increased competition
Over the next few weeks, Europe’s biggest airline, Ryanair will lay off 900 employees – with the total number of layoffs to reach 1,500, as another 600 layoffs are expected [ … ]