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- Coronavirus: Sweeping emergency powers announcedAirports could be ordered to close and people detained on public health grounds under government plans.
- How coronavirus is killing off global air travelQantas becomes the latest airline to scrap international flights as demand dries up during pandemic.
Financial Times
- Ryanair warns almost entire fleet will be groundedAirline expects ‘most if not all’ flights to be affected amid coronavirus travel bans
The Independent
- Thomas Cook customers without Atol protection cost taxpayer £1,078 eachSubsidy is likely to increase still further, National Audit Office report says
City AM
- IAG boss Willie Walsh to take pay cut amid coronavirus strifeBritish Airways owner IAG’s boss Willie Walsh, who earlier this week deferred his retirement to guide the airline group through The post IAG boss Willie Walsh to take pay cut amid coronavirus strife appeared first on CityAM.
Daily Express
- EasyJet on the brink: Airline CEO warns fleet could be grounded due to virus restrictionsEASYJET's CEO Johan Lundgren told ITV's Richard Peston that the airline has already cancelled 14,000 flights this month but
Mail Online
- Thomas Cook collapse to cost taxpayer at least £156millionThe Department for Transport forked out around £83million flying stranded Thomas Cook passengers back home, new figures reveal. A senior MP said 'lessons need to be learnt'
Birmingham Post
- Collapse of Thomas Cook cost UK taxpayer at least £156mThe total bill for those covered by the ATOL protection scheme – funded by industry members – could be closer to £500 million
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- Qantas halts all international flights as coronavirus restrictions tightenQantas Airways is canceling all international flights, after the Australian government told citizens to avoid any overseas travel in the wake of the novel coronavirus pandemic.
- Hong Kong and Tokyo airports are handling coronavirus very differently. Which one has it right?Passing through airports in Hong Kong and Tokyo this week highlighted the differences in the approaches of the two Asian hubs in dealing with the novel coronavirus pandemic.
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